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Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2011-01-29 15:35
luca1 wrote:
> CarlT opened this up with a question that shows an active mind.
> Not happy with merely fulfilling the teacher's request, CarlT
> wants to know the underlying reasoning. Such a questing
> imagination is probably not an individual who will be
> satisfied/fulfilled by practicing/memorizing scales for an hour
> every day. Some souls find this slavish repetition compelling,
> others do not.
> I do play scales every day, many by memory - not because I
> memorized them consciously, they just stuck. I would not
> however spend more than 10 or 15 minutes a day on them. I need
> a richer diet. There are all kinds of "musical" studies one can
> use to gain technique: Uhl, Lancelot, Galper...etc. I'd rather
> spend time playing music. Find joy where you find it.
No argument from me with this - I wouldn't ask a student to spend an hour a day memorizing rudiments. And I'm not sure that "slavish repetition" is the best or even an effective way to memorize (that was another discussion that CarlT alluded to in his original post). But, really, given a basic understanding of a diatonic scale's structure (which should come at the beginning of the process) and some kind of sequential set of goals, I'm not sure why it would take more than 10-15 minutes of each practice session to get at least the major and minor scales up to, say, 4 flats and 4 sharps, worked into memory. The other three pairs can come later, when the music the student wants to play requires them. In my opinion, the benefits outweigh the possible pain of spending 15 minutes on basic rote learning. The command of the basic vocabulary embodied in truly learned ("in the fingers") rudiments can make those musical studies, not to mention actual performance literature, easier to approach and allow the player's diet to be even richer.
Karl
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CarlT |
2011-01-29 00:41 |
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kdk |
2011-01-29 01:02 |
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moma4faith |
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2011-01-29 01:30 |
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2cekce |
2011-01-29 01:56 |
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kdk |
2011-01-29 04:34 |
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luca1 |
2011-01-29 04:01 |
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kdk |
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sonicbang |
2011-01-29 22:45 |
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luca1 |
2011-01-29 15:14 |
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Claire Annette |
2011-01-29 15:23 |
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kdk |
2011-01-29 15:35 |
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2011-01-29 16:27 |
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2011-01-29 16:37 |
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