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 Re: For a teacher giving lessons to a younger student, what should you focus on? ++
Author: allencole 
Date:   2008-03-05 21:03

I'm with Ken on pulling scales together and playing some songs by ear, and with Dave on doing some stuff with canned accompaniment. Both things are tremendously important to developing a spunky player with good situational awareness.

I'm also with Clariniano (enjoyed the student video BTW) as far as choosing your battles. I have many similar stories of kids with 3 years of lessons who couldn't play a scale or read their way out of a paper bag--all of a sudden waking up and going great guns when instruction was fed to them in a more digestible way.

Scales are deadly important, no doubt, but I often see too much of a push into minor scales and modes before the majors are solid. I would make sure that a kid can play at least 9 of the major scales, extract the root major arpeggios from them, and play some simple songs by ear on them before delving too much into the minors--particularly harmonic vs. melodic, etc.

We often try to classify too wide a variety of things as being basic, and emphasize too many choices too soon to get good retention by the student. The result can be that tasks of physical practice can take on levels of mental calculation that cripple the process. It may also account for some of the problem with teachers talking too much.

I have some kids who think (from a misunderstanding of their school band curriculum) that they are supposed produce their scales by mental assembling intervals and tetrachords--as opposed to repetitive physical practice. KISS is important when you're starting out--or starting OVER.

I agree with a lot of posters here that a 9th grader should be straight on all major scales (I agree a bit less on minor),chromatic, etc. But some of these folks may be college level instructors who screen their younger students.

When you're down in the trenches, you have to be more circumspect. I like the results I heard on that student's video.

Allen Cole
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Ashley91489 2008-02-21 21:13 
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Ken Shaw 2008-02-21 21:50 
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Tobin 2008-02-21 22:46 
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Sylvain 2008-02-21 22:52 
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pewd 2008-02-22 02:28 
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clarnibass 2008-02-22 04:52 
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Bassie 2008-02-22 13:21 
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Bob Phillips 2008-02-22 15:37 
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DavidBlumberg 2008-02-22 16:12 
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clarinetmike 2008-02-22 19:26 
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clariniano 2008-03-04 19:33 
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davidsampson 2008-03-05 03:08 
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pewd 2008-03-05 03:24 
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allencole 2008-03-05 21:03 
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Hank Lehrer 2008-07-17 11:25 
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DAVE 2008-07-17 12:28 
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Tobin 2008-07-17 13:08 
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Nessie1 2008-07-17 13:28 
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allencole 2008-07-17 14:21 
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Clarie 2008-07-18 15:19 
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runner 2008-07-18 15:27 
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allencole 2008-07-18 15:32 
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