Thread: Musical Instruments

I was just curious as to whether or not playing an instrument in a Lucid Dream would help at all at getting better at the instrument? Also, if it can, is it a significant difference between before the dream and after the dream?

HAHA. Nah, I don't think it honestly will make a significant difference, though I never have. I'm a very dedicated 5/6 string bass player though. :p

Maybe something you learned/read will make more sense. Cause you can think and solve problems in lucid dreams. Some people study LDing for the sole purpose of solving problems and their questions. Say you learn mode shapes/modes. They might make no sense but if you LD and think about it, you may get it the next morning.

Thank you for the info

I don't know, I have yet to have a dream about something, as I haven't really been stumped until just this wednesday, when I was taught walking 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, and 7ths over alternating key signatures in different modes, mainly Phyrigian, Ionian, and Dorian

I think if you have a very extended depth of understanding of an instrument, pitch relativity, and music theory, then one may be able to practice an instrument in an lucid dream, but other than that, your mind will create sounds that do not correspond with what a real instrument would produce.
It would be similar to the effect of reading or writing something in a lucid dream, but to an even more distorted extent, because your mind would likely produce a sound that you WANT to hear, rather than a realistic representation of what the instrument would actually do.

For example, if you've never heard what a G# locrian scale sounded like, but someone told you all of the notes to play, and you tried to play them in a lucid dream, unless you have perfect pitch and are very gifted at music theory, it's extremely unlikely that your mind would be able to create an accurate representation of how that would sound. Keep in mind, that the dream world is based on things that you have already experienced. Even things that you've never done in waking life, such as flying, are recreated by putting together elements of other things you have experienced-- jumping, falling, wind, breeze, cold, moving fast, etc.

With music, if you've never experienced it, that sort of thing would not be reproducable because it's something specific that corresponds to something else specific, you see? Does that make sense?