{"id":1812,"date":"2014-04-05T08:58:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T15:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2018-03-03T08:59:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T16:59:20","slug":"q-is-for-quiet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/archives\/1812","title":{"rendered":"Q is for Quiet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, in practicing, we play louder and louder, more and more coarsely, and wonder why <!--more--> our bodies and ears are getting tired. To avoid this, stop playing and sit quietly.<\/p>\n<p>Listen for every sound you can hear, and name each sound out loud (quietly).<\/p>\n<p><i>Mary is practicing down the hall.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Bert is running the floor polisher downstairs.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The logs are crackling in the fireplace, and the fire is hissing.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>A bird is singing outside.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Someone&#8217;s walking past the building.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The radiator&#8217;s gurgling.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Gradually, your hearing gets more and more sensitive. Keep naming sounds \u2018til you haven&#8217;t heard any new ones for a few moments. Then start playing again, gently.<\/p>\n<p>With your ear-sensitivity restored, you can play much softer than before and yet it will be plenty loud. With your body relaxed and attentive, you&#8217;ll have the poise to play softly with reliability.<span class=\"jb-end-of-post\"><img class=\"jb-end-of-post\" src=\"\/Mordent.svg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, in practicing, we play louder and louder, more and more coarsely, and wonder why<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1813,"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812\/revisions\/1813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}