hearing vs feeling notes

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AtomicClock
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hearing vs feeling notes

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When I play anything in 6th partial ( :tenorclef: :space5:) or lower, I just play it, letting muscle memory find the right partial. But for anything higher, even the F#, I have to hear the pitch in my head before I can play it. F has always been the cutoff, since I was a wee lad; it hasn't moved as I've improved as a player.

Is that everyone's threshold? Do other people even think of notes that way? Is it possible to raise the threshold? Is it a mistake (musically) to rely on it?

I can still be shaky, intonation-wise, on the shortened 7th partial positions. Maybe that has something to do with it?
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tbdana
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Re: hearing vs feeling notes

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I have to hear every note I play.
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