No tape for me you see

Written by Charles Cook
Published: September 19, 2014 at 2:25 PM [UTC]

No Tape For Me You See

I have tape on my bow and tape on my knee
I have tape on feet as you can see
I have tape to move forward and tape to move back
Tape to go high tape to go low
But this is too slow for me you see
Tape is just not for me.

I have Tape on the fingerboard
And Tape on the scroll
I have tape everywhere to help me go
But I don’t use my eyes you see
My Proprioception guides me
I close my eyes and it will see
I just need to think first and it guides me
I think of a note and think of a tune
I may play too high or play too low
But Proprioception will guide me you know.

So teacher no tape for me: I’m not three
And I will play fine you see
For I have proprioception to guide me
Proprioception makes my sharps sharp and my flats flat
And does it just like that
He keeps my bow where it needs to go
I don’t have to look you know
Proprioception is my best friend
I close my eyes and he sees me and I see him.
So no tape for me please
For I have Proprioception you see
He’s better than tape will ever be.

So now I have a violin with no tape as you can see
No tape on the fingerboard and no tape on the bow
Now my violin is ready to go
I can close my eyes for now I can see
And let Proprioception do some work and guide me
Happy happy as I can be
Because Proprioception
My friend, is finally free.

By Charles Cook