Talk:Abby Whiteside

I want to give a better idea of the debate and controversy over her ideas. Being very pro-Whiteside myself, I can't think of a good reason why anyone wouldn't use them, but someone else probably can. Expansion is welcome in this section.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

"outlining," "muscle memory," and other edits
Thanks to the original writer of this entry.

I added material on an essential--guiding, one might say--principle of Whiteside technique: 1 graf on the principle of freeing the relation of muscle to mind, and then reattaching it; a graf on one of her practical methods to achieve that (the transposing, etc.) that help to "undo" (she says that somewhere) the training of a muscle memory that limits free, musical expression. I have also added a sentence or two on outlining, which was, in some respects, a principle and technique that focuses on which freeing the muscles and mind from anticipating merely the next note. I believe these two principles, their application, and method of achieving them, are critical in Whiteside's method.

I've also added a sentence on Alexander technique, which she ackgnowledges has some similarities.

Creating a "Works" section and killing it from the article makes sense and is correct style.

I have suggested only one citation needed (perhaps the other one was done by a robot). That is where the original author of this entry cited Whiteside directly. Along those lines, if the cite from the box quote could be narrowed down to which edition, the page reference would make more sense.

For what it's worth, I studied with Joseph Prostakoff for many years. Shlishke (talk) 22:33, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

WikiProjects: Huh?
I added a category listing for Whiteside to Music Educators. But, as to larger indexing, I barely understand "WikiProjects," nor do I think I want to find out the coding to say or request the editors in charge of projects, but judging by the titles, Whiteside shows up in Projects for Biography and for South Dakota. That's fine, of course, but there is a WikiProjectMusic, or something, and does anyone know how to get her there or wherever music area she belongs?Shlishke (talk) 00:30, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

added cite where requested
added citation to 1961 2cd ed. of "Indispensables..." & reference for quote. Twbeals31 (talk) 03:43, 7 October 2008 (UTC)