tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316763.post2179374519580530172..comments2008-09-19T23:35:17.041-04:00Carol Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051292747177192972noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35316763.post-30658441448638745132008-09-19T23:35:00.000-04:002008-09-19T23:35:00.000-04:00I go through that with my students all the time - they'll practice something at home and either "cheat" at the rhythm or make a simple mistake, and play it so often that it becomes memorized (wrong). So we end up going back to the basics - listening, reading the notes, going through it phrase by phrase.<BR/><BR/>Body memory is really helpful for helping things become more natural and instinctive, but unfortunately with one's embouchure (like with the flute, or in my case the clarinet), it's a muscle that can get out of shape really easily. So even though you know how to hold your lips, how to blow, how much support to use and all that, if you're rusty it can take a long time to get things back up to where they were when you were playing regularly.desert rathttp://saturdayscribes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com