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by WalterSear 1101 days ago
> but it is much harder, as you have to calculate the intervals between notes in real time

Not at all. You just hear the interval.

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Exactly. You have to internalize the process of "calculate" so that it's automatic, and occurs without thinking. And for other processes as well. My favorite teacher and I used to refer to it as "moving things into muscle memory". We're guitarists, but I imagine the conceit transfers to other instruments as well.