Laura,
I think you are right. I had been writing on the computer all
morning, and then put in a few hours on some lute pieces that I
hadn't played fro a while.
After sending my message, I put down the lute for an hour, and when I
began again, the problem had more or less gone. It must be a form of
computer based brain-overload.
Perhaps, the keyboard set-up has some hidden influence. I had also
been doing some number-based exercises with no particular
correspondence to courses.
Now when you mention Malbec, I did wonder whether my blood-alcohol
level might not have fallen to a dangerous low. I had no Malbec, so I
swigged some yellow Savagnin, my own cèpage of choice.
Cheers (I think I can safely say here, with out the fear of passing
for an Esturian),
Anthony
Le 16 mai 07 à 20:37, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
> Surely It's not a geographic issue, I live far from you...but it
> happens the same to me, but it is worse if I'm playing baroque
> guitar...at a moment I cannot say what kind of tablature I'm
> reading...neither do I realize which is the upper or lower string
> in the tab.
> But it usually happens late at night after a thousand hours at the
> computer, and very dry and red eyes...
> My suggested cure is similar to the one already offered...but I'd
> prefer a Malbec.
>
> Laura
>
> ----- Mensaje original -----
> De: Narada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Fecha: Miércoles, Mayo 16, 2007 1:09 pm
> Asunto: [LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?
>
>> Mmmm,
>>
>> I've suffered from this very same problem since I was about 17
>> years of
>> age. It's usually caused by excessive rehydration on a Friday
>> night, and
>> often leads to weakness of the left hand, poor syncopation with the
>> right and a sort of blurred vision, as well as the symptoms you
>> mention,the only known partial cure ( not fully ) is to drink say
>> 5 pints
>> instead of 6.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> N
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: 16 May 2007 16:23
>> To: Lute Net
>> Subject: [LUTE] vertical dyslexia?
>>
>> Dear All
>> Recently, I have noticed that I seem to be beginning to suffer
>> from
>> a sort of vertical dyslexia when reading tablature, even on pieces
>> I
>> have played before. Suddenly, I become conscious of the fact that
>> the
>> notation is the inverse, position-wise, of the actual strings
>> (high
>> bottom-string at the top, etc.). At that moment, I feel slightly
>> dizzy (slight vertigo) and confused (well perhaps that might be my
>>
>> natural state) and I become sort of literal and unable to use it
>> as
>> an automatic trigger for note playing. I have to consciously ask
>> myself which string is being referred to. This seems to occur just
>>
>> after there are successive notations with the same letter, but one
>> on
>> a high string and the other on a low string. For a time, I can't
>> seem
>> to get back into the automatic reading mode.
>> Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing?
>> Regards
>> Anthony
>>
>>
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