Originally Posted by: NecroniusEventually, your hands treat typing exactly like speaking. You don't THINK about the letters you are typing, or really even the words themselves. Your brain just instinctively knows through repetition how to recreate the word you want.

I think that's an excellent analogy. Steve Vai had a video where he demonstrates the idea of being able to sing your solo, and play what you sing. So he'd sing out the notes while simultaneously playing them on the guitar. Seems like a really good thing to practice.