Caruso and overcoming programmed responses.

[kehaulani]

This stuff is harder than it looks. Old tricks die hard.

After one or two notes and nose breathing, I catch myself breathing through an open mouth. Nice and relaxed but not, well, through the nose.

I tap my feet on the first few beats at first, then realize somewhere that I have stopped it. I've learned early and always moved my big toe inside my shoe, so it doesn't show, but the toe tapping is more obvious and, I suspect, has wider physiological effects.

I have a good internal clock, so defer to it for tempo, forgetting to make the tempo more external.

The best way to overcome a habit is not to fight against it but to replace it. This Caruso definitely calls for that.
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[GeorgeB]

Mostly I can stick with the instructions and play accordingly, but I also find myself slipping into breathing through the mouth every now and then. It's the breathing through the nose thing I find toughest about Caruso 6 Notes.
George
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