Wednesday 8 July 2009

Teaching music? Or being a guide?

I have a real trouble with the concept of "teaching" music. Much like art, it's so much about your own self and reference to yourself it's impossible for someone else to set out exactly for you. From everything from how your hands work to your taste and direction in music, it is something best found for yourself and there are many many ways to approach it. I can only hope to communicate a few good examples and the enthusiasm to continue learning.

What can I pass on?
  • A received technique that has been tried and tested by many musicians
  • Ways of developing your body awareness to manage and develop your own technique
  • Ways of getting into listening, reading and processing music
  • Ways of practising and improving coordination
  • Give you signposts to what music already exists, point to what music can be but I have no intention of telling you what music should be.
  • A positive attitude and an enjoyment for challenging yourself - how to make a game out of difficult things

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