dreamed tunes you are trying to learn by ear! I was dreaming Maggie in the Woods last night, and still can’t play the dang thing, I end up sueging into other tunes in G instead! Or maybe I’m getting Old Timers Disease and can’t remember very well!
That’s so weird! Last night, I dreamt (dreamed?) that I had to perform The Swan (a classical piece I’ve been learning) with a live orchestra accompaniment in front of hundreds of people, and I couldn’t remember it…it (the experience in the dream) was terrible.
My husband often complains that I am singing in my sleep, usually tunes or pieces I’m just learning. But I never remember anything of it. So I practice day and night.
Apparently my wife seems to think I’m a pretty decent nocturnal musician. After cranking out a tune, I say “pretty good huh?” And she says, “Yeah, in your dreams.”
Blaine
This is more up Dale’s alley!
But having anxiety dreams is common…like having to play somewhere important in front of lots of people and:
- Forgetting the tune/your instrument
- Leaving your sheet music at home
- Arriving on the wrong day
- Forgetting to get dressed before you left home…etc.
As far as “practicing” in your sleep, I think it is a great idea! Think of all the other things you could do in your sleep to save time during the day!
Sue
All my whistle dreams are sweet (though sometimes wierd)
The nightmares I still have involve not being prepared for the classroom, even though it’s been over thirty years since I taught school. And all the years as a carpenter hardly evoked dreams at all (unless I’ve just forgotten them)and yes, I still have all my fingers, and hearing, and what was the other…
It’s funny, as a performance poet, I never had stage fright, now as a whistler I look at a stage or a microphone and I get sick to my stomach! Wonder if that’s just because I’m not as confident with a whistle yet. Still dreaming “Maggie in the Woods” and can’t play it yet! Dang! When I start dreaming sheet music, then I’m in trouble, or maybe just programmed my brain!
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Guess my dreams are paying off! Woke up this morning and played “Maggie in the Woods” straight through without a stumble! Now, if I can program these songs, I may make my goal of learning one new tune a week!
I have never dreamed about whistles. I always dream about … oh never mind …
Anna, pardon my ignorance, but what is a “performance poet”?
I once had a Spanish instructor that said once you start dreaming in the language you are studying then you are getting very close to true fluency in that language. Music is essentially a language so the fact that you are dreaming it is very cool indeed. I used to dream organic chemistry equations when in college, that was truly frightening!
Mark V
After twenty years I still have occasional dreams about being in the Army. With my long hair and civilian clothes and the resultant anxiety. I was never “fluent” in Army.
Blaine
Hey that’s OK I was never fluent in organic chemistry or Spanish!
Mark V.
On 2001-08-21 11:08, garycrosby wrote:
I have never dreamed about whistles. I always dream about … oh never mind …Anna, pardon my ignorance, but what is a “performance poet”?
Basically, I just get to ham it up when reading my stuff on stage! If you want a sample go here: http://www.kdsj980.com/ibh_v02n05.htm
heh, heh, heh!
Is “Deep Raspy Snore” a song, I mean, tune? If so, I am quite the virtuoso.
Do you think putting my whistle and the sheet music under the pillow at night will help me learn a new piece sooner? Of course, I might wake up with the whistle sticking in my ear or something. Is that like whistling and knee driving?
Wheeew!
I have been looking at this post of yours Anna for two days now and was afraid to open it. And joy oh joy, I was relieved to see that the next word was dreamed.
Think of it–"Has anyone ever… What?
When? Where? How?? With Who?
Never leave me an open reference question like that. To me it’s an open invitation to fish in an aquarium.
Now I was thinking that phrase could have been, “has anyone ever… taken a pee off a railway bridge and find out that a train is coming real fast and you are in the middle of bridge.” could have been a real interesting off topic subject for this board.
Far more exploratory in a Jungian way than I dream of Maggie in the Woods—just a minute—Hummmmm. Lets forget that one also. Then maybe—
I thought that you might have said something like that.
I have often awakened with an amazing tune still running through my mind, either a distant, subconscious memory, or something my mind “composed,” although I suspect the latter. With full wakefulness, the tunes invariably disappear. This seems sad, but perhaps 'tis the way it’s supposed to be…some things are best enjoyed in dreams.
Tom
I think dreaming can be an incredibly creative time if you learn how to harness it if you know how. Try this method used by many fictional writers who borrow ideas from their subconscious for their writing: Keep a pen/pencil and a writing pad by your bed. When you awake in the morning immediatly record everything that you can remember from your dream. At first you will find you won’t remember much (perhaps only a few words or images that might seem completely unrelated) and that you won’t retain it for very long; over time you will find that you remember more, that your memories will be more coherent, and that you will retain it much longer. If you are consistent, within a few months you will remember more from your dreams than you ever thought possible - its very interesting (and sometimes scary).
This is kind of ironic, recently I was told that on the night before a dance compition, I would sleep-dance. Kind of interesting. I don’t think I have played whistle in my sleep but I know dance
After my sister told me I was dancing in my sleep, it make so much more sense as to why I had all theses bruses on my legs 
Caryn
Hey, you guys! I’m not always profane, just earthy!