Author: Markael
Date: 2005-06-22 12:05
I don’t think you can make a blanket statement that people transfer their ideas about musicality from piano to another instrument, especially when you are speaking about children. Some do this better and more naturally than others.
Note reading, especially treble clef, is the one thing that most everybody seems to “get.” But even that does not always carry over 100 percent. Some beginning clarinet students have trouble recognizing, say, a “C” as “C,” but they do associate the notation with the proper fingering of the note.
I find it very exciting and rewarding when a student really starts to connect musical knowledge from piano and another instrument. I had a piano student who was also taking guitar, and his musical interests covered an interesting mix of material. He was playing an arrangement of the standard tune, “Serenade in Blue,” and I pointed out a passing sharp 9 chord at the very end of the song, noting that it was the same kind of chord Jimi Hendrix used in “Purple Haze.” I love to point that out, because the chord has a totally different feel in those different contexts. He understood immediately what I meant.
Post Edited (2005-06-22 12:18)
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