Author: mrn
Date: 2008-07-27 02:00
EEBaum wrote:
>pewd wrote:
>> before you can work on musicality, the rhythm and notes have to be
> perfect.
> I find that to be very poor advice in any musical context. Musicality should
> be something you work on from day one, and should be integrated with
> work on all other aspects of any piece of music.
I don't think Paul intended his suggestion to be taken that literally--at least that's not how I read it. Otherwise, I don't think he'd be making recordings for his students to listen to.
I think the point Paul and David are making (or, if not, I'll make it myself) is that it is really hard to *sound* musical until you have the technique down. That doesn't mean you shouldn't be *thinking* about musicality from the outset, so that you have in mind what you should sound like.
That's why I think Paul's approach of making recordings of the etudes for his students to listen to early on in the process is a really good idea. That way, when his students get everything under their fingers, they already have a good idea what the music should sound like. The Suzuki violin folks do basically the same thing. The idea is that learning music is like learning a language. Before you can speak it fluently with a good accent, you need a lot of exposure to native speakers.
Post Edited (2008-07-27 02:01)
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