Facility is an element of excellence. The ability to move quickly, and seemingly without effort, is the eyebrow-raising characteristic of the person who excels at an activity.
Facility is also an aspect of creativity. Creative people display a flat associative hierarchy: the ability to bring to mind numerous associations in response to a stimulus. For example, while a normal person will name “chair” and maybe “tablecloth” if asked to associate things with “table,” an especially creative person will name many items. In addition, especially creative people can focus on many things simultaneously.
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Music: Composers, artists, and major works
Art Tatum:
- Ain’t Misbehavin’
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- Tea for Two
- Blue Moon
- Yesterdays
- Tiger Rag
- Over the Rainbow
- Just One of Those Things
- Blues in B Flat
- Night and Day
- Tenderly
- Tatum playing 21 versions of “Sweet Lorraine”
- “anthology of inhuman stride”
- a Tatum compilation
In a similar vein, Bud Powell played with a “lightning-fast right hand.”
- “greatest hits” compilation
- “Years of a Genius, 44-48”
- Paris, 1959
- “Groovin; at the Blue Note, 59-61”
- “Relaxin' at Home, 61-64”
- “At Home”, Paris 1964
- “Tribute to Thelonius, 64”
A young classical pianist, Lindsay Garritson, plays with breathtaking facility.
- Cliburn competition, preliminary recital 1
- Cliburn competition, preliminary recital 2
- Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor
- In 2014
Fabio Biondi and his Europa Galante ensemble have an exceptional flair for Vivaldi’s music:
- Concerti con molti strumenti
- Viola d’amore Concertos
- Mandolin concertos
- 6 violin concertos, “La Boemia”