Reading and playing music can occur without genuine listening

Evidence

I noticed that many musicians were not listening to what they were performing! There was good hand-eye coordination in reading music, but listening was not necessarily a part of the performance. … There was disconnection from the environment that included the audience as the music was played. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 46

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the book’s broader theme of how consciousness, not just skill, shapes perception — parallel to attention studies in neuroscience. — connects to: Trained performers can play music without truly listening — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 46; Hearing gathers all sound but listening is selective and rarely conscious — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 61; Hearing is passive while listening requires active attention — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 320 (+3 more)
• SEED: Angle: the skilled-but-disconnected performer — how expertise can mask the absence of attention; relevant to educators in any discipline.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 46

Broader Connections

• Trained performers can play music without truly listening #exemplifies (0.95) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 46
• Hearing gathers all sound but listening is selective and rarely conscious #expands (0.85) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 61
• Hearing and listening are meaningfully distinct experiences #corroborates (0.85) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 311
• Hearing is passive while listening requires active attention #corroborates (0.80) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 320