Re: Re: Standardizing...Going to Spah etc

[John Dixon <jwdixon_sbis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great thread.  How do you make sure this doesn't happen?  I want to
give my kids the pleasure of the musical moments that aren't
planned and everyone can get their groove going and magical things
happen.  I also want them to have a good theory foundataion, but if
giving them that foundation takes away the best application of
theory and the most pleasure from music, is it worth it?  Maybe
"band" isn't the way.  Private piano lessons?  Private guitar
lessons?  We all know how hard it is to find a good local harp
instructor.  Any input would be appreciated.

JD
- --- Garry Hodgson <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> "Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > not enough teachers
> > encourage experimenting enough and sometimes are too much of a
> stickler of
> > doing everything by rote, and so by doing that, it's no wonder
> you see too
> > many who are totally helpless without the sheet music in front
> of them. 
> 
> this is a pet peeve of mine, with the way music is taught in the
> schools.
> i've got three daughters who've been through varying degrees of
> music
> education, and i've sat through a lot of school band concerts.
> my oldest, a HS junior, is a wonderful flute player.  she can
> sight read,
> plays in the marching band, great stuff.  but she looks at me
> like i'm from
> mars if i even suggest the idea of jamming, and can't (or won't)
> play anything
> that she doesn't have sheet music in front of her for.
> 
> and this makes sense, as they're never taught to do anything but
> play
> what somebody else wrote, exactly as written, at the direction of
> the 
> music teacher.  which is fine, perhaps, for the tiny fraction
> that'll end up in 
> orchestras.  but it means that, for most of them, once they leave
> school, their musical life is over.  and that's a real shame.  i
> want
> them to make their own music, not just play somebody else's.
> 
> ----
> Garry Hodgson, Technical Consultant, AT&T Labs
> 
> Be happy for this moment.
> This moment is your life.
> 
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