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Originally Posted by ragman1
There's a lot jammed into those theory lessons but it gets pretty superficial thanks to the need to cover all the keys.
Wait.. wut. I teach guitar.
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02-06-2024 01:58 PM
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Do you apply the theory to tunes?
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
In general it will take much much much longer to work through music theory with younger children. It might seem like moveable guitar grips would make things easier, but actually that’s a level of abstraction that’s pretty difficult for kids to understand until middle school or so.
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Originally Posted by emanresu
And the most important question here: HOW OLD ARE THE KIDS?
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Originally Posted by ragman1
constant training of chords in the theory classes. All they have is T S D. In 7th year, here they reach dim7. In some schools even mII7.
This stuff needs constant work or it doesn't help. It doesn't help if they just..."know" that this is 4th triad. And in instrument classes, no time for this work.
Because of the "many keys" program is prioritized so heavily.
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HOW OLD ARE THE KIDS?
See, I used to teach too. But I realised they'd only get something happy out of it if they were actually making music rather than being put through boot camp. So we did tunes-they-liked and then used theory to give them more playing options and make it sound better.
A bit of fun goes a long way. But I had the freedom to do that, I didn't have to follow a strict program.
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Originally Posted by pamosmusic
6-16, They start mostly at 7.
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Originally Posted by emanresu
Is this the only school you can work at?
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by emanresu
I always teach using moveable do. Frankly I don’t really understand the benefit of fixed do, but I’m sure part of that is cultural. Almost no one uses it in the US aside from fairly intense choral circles.
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Originally Posted by emanresu
Any level of abstraction above that is a tall order.
I teach 9-10 and we’ve been able to get into triad spellings and things, but I base it all in moveable do.
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Originally Posted by pamosmusic
I get that I'm using a sample pool of one. So yeah, you have more experience here.
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
But that thought may be helpful...
Maybe a hard workout to learn the notes on 1st position, then those 3 grips, then they could just cheat the classes with the grips
hmmmmm
edit: yeah. in my mind, its doable, yet 1 position is not enough. Could be even more work than it takes now.
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Originally Posted by emanresu
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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Originally Posted by emanresu
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Originally Posted by emanresu
Or fix Benzes, of course :-)
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