[Trombone-l] Question

[Wayne Dyess]

On Feb 2, 2008, at 10:00 PM, Samuel Jay Keyser wrote:

> I've got an odd question I'd like to ask the listers.  Since I
> anticipate a lot of you will answer, let me apologize now for not
> replying to each of you. I am just curious about what you would say
> about this.
>
> Everybody knows that we can "hear ourselves" thinking in English (or
> whatever our native language might be) even though we are not actually
> speaking out loud .  For example, we can say our name to ourselves and
> actually hear it inside our heads.  If you aren't sure about this,
> just think of what you are doing as you read this.
>
> Now, I'm wondering if the listers can hear their trombone playing in
> the same way.  That is, listening to the language inside your head is
> called "silent speech."  Can you listers also hear "silent music?"
>
> Jay


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Now this is an interesting question.  Yeah.  I do that a LOT.  And I  
am fairly certain it's that sound in my head that I strive for when  
the instrument is actually on my face and real sound is coming out of  
the bell.

But yeah.  Darn right.

Sometimes I hear Adrian in my "silent" musical head, and that's when  
I go get a beer to extinguish the sounds.

That'll drive ya crazy!!!

--Wayne in Texas