The May/June 2012 Harp Column talked about ideas and books that help you ‘get out of your head’ in the Learning Curve section. Among their recommendations they suggested The Inner Game of Music. I started that, but due to reviews on Amazon ended up going with The Inner Game of Tennis and found it interesting.
This thread isn’t necessarily about dealing with the topic of getting out of your head. Just wondering if there are any books you read and recommend?
That’s interesting. I had a similar experience with the reviews, so I haven’t read the book yet.
I think “The Art of Practicing” has an interesting perspective. Definitely something I had not considered before reading it. I don’t recall anything specifically about harp, but I think the concepts are pretty solid.
I just bought “Affairs of the Harp” by Samuel Pratt and it is only about harps but contains points that can be generalized to the broader topic of musicianship, I think.