Hey Tony,
A couple of Grade 4 kids were leaving the music room after the whole class played a twelve bar, Chuck Berry style version of "Hot Cross Buns. One turned to the other and said, "I thought recorder sucked".
"Yeah, that was pretty amazing!"said the other student.
Having said that, I do stress to the kids that I work with, that the best musicianship comes from the ability to read notation along with the ability to play freely in an "ear trained" internalized manner. I feel pretty blessed that I am able to do what I do with the talent that God has given me. I do, however, wish I had taken the time to learn to read music.
God Bless,
Don
Keymusic education has always been very traditional in europe, read the notes and play them...
It took me years to learn to play by ear, which made things a lot more fun however, and thats one of the things i love about todays keyboard lessons.... They learn to read notes, and play by ear at the same time.. Thats a huge jump... They also learn to play both typical arranger style, for quick results and fun as piano style...
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