Thread: Using Lucid Dreaming for Violin Practice

Practicing a specific song would not work very well in a dream since it will likely be different or you won't remember it when you wake up. However, anything that requires muscle memory (like runs on a musical instrument) can be improved through dreams. While you're sleeping your brain is still trying to send signals to your muscles to tell them to move. These signals obviously don't cause your muscles to actually move but they are still sent out by the brain. If you repeatedly do a task in a dream your neurons will still fire as if you were doing it in reality, hence improving the muscle memory for that task. So, while you may not be able to practice that entire Frescobaldi, you can still work on the runs and repeated melodies it includes.