[Harp-L] Reading Music

[The Iceman]

IMO, if a student learns to read music and improv scares the heck out of them, they need to find a different teacher!



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx>
To: Slim Heilpern <slim at xxxxx>
Cc: harp-l <harp-l at xxxxx>
Sent: Fri, Nov 2, 2018 3:45 pm
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Reading Music

Yes, it is the lack of early "by ear" approaches coupled with reading music
ONLY that causes fear of improvisation later in life.

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 12:16 PM Slim Heilpern <slim at xxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Michael!
>
> I found your personal journey of learning to read music to be really
> interesting, and even though it’s very different from mine, I can relate.
>
> Just wanted to comment on this bit though:
>
> BUT what I have discovered is that there is a certain type of student who
> took lessons reading music as a child.  Almost always, their relationship
> with music is a skittish one.  Improvisation scares the heck out of them.
> It is like a shelter dog who was beaten by their previous male owner and
> now all men scare it.  This is not an exaggeration.
>
>