Imagery in Music

Chapter 8 from The Balanced Musician by Lesley Sisterhen McAllister

Questions for Reflection

1. I don't know if I have had postperformance imagery in the past. I do normally review how I did mentally. I would say that it is almost never as good as I have sounded, but most of the time I can objectively look at how I did. I normally think of the negatives first and then continue to the positives.

2. Again I don't think I normally do imagery. I do not mentally prepare my performance by going through it in my mind. Audiation I do use especially with rehearsing because it is important to understanding the piece.

3.
Some mindset adjectives.
Strong
Expressive
Calm
Cool
Collected
Free
Confident