By Laurie Niles: Do you have dreams about your violin, viola or other instrument that you play? ![dream about violin]()
And I mean literal dreams - do you go to sleep and night and occasionally dream that you are playing, or trying to play, or are in some music-related situation? Here is an example for you, of a cello-related dream:
I think my favorite part of this is where the pianist randomly says, "It's for Rostropovich!"
I've certainly had a number of violin-related dreams over many decades of playing and teaching. The earliest one I can remember was actually a really positive one: as a teenager I was working very hard on learning the first movement and cadenza of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, and I just could not get over the hump with it. I was due to play the piece for some auditions, and I was very frustrated. One night I dreamed that I was playing the piece, but it was actually unfolding just exactly the way I wanted it - and it was easy! It was a real break-through, it made me feel like this was going to be possible and that I was on the right track.
Not all violin-related dreams have been so positive, though - a number have been like the video above! I've dreamed that I went to play my violin, and instead of being my beloved violin, it had turned into a squeaky little 16th-size violin! I've also had the equivalent of the panicky final exam dream, where realize you've missed class for the entire semester - but in this case I was taking an audition, but wait, what was I supposed to practice?
Have you had any dreams related to your instrument? Does this happen often? Please participate in the vote, and then tell us about dreams you've had about your fiddle!
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