When you hear any kind of Music, what you are enjoying is the end result of a long chain that begins somewhere in the unconscious area of pure sound in our beings.
Then like an image far away becoming clearer, that sound becomes conscious. If we are so inclined, we try to bring it out through singing, banging, clapping, blowing, whistling, and other means, even man-made instrumentation.
Then we experiment with “hearing” sound, until it resembles the inner sound we heard at the beginning, in our unconscious.
When it is satisfactorily close to the original inner sound, we play it as clearly and passionately as possible, so others can share our enjoyment in the gift of organized sound. MUSIC ----------MUSIC FIRST! TECHNIQUE SECOND!
When you love the sound or melody or feeling of a certain piece of music, you will do anything to get it out, even though it may be beyond your technical means,but ----- in order to express yourself, you will learn how!
So ----- I choose to learn and play only music I really want to express myself with, and if it’s technically too difficult, I sit down, and develop and practice that technique and pattern. This is the method.
The means is through 'pattern memory.'
PATTERN MEMORY is the method whereby the eye absorbs the pattern of musical notes on the page. The brain quickly processes this information and then sends it directly to the fingers. With repetition, these note patterns are memorized and then the fingers play the right keys in the appropriate pattern on the keyboard.
In my books, I have chosen certain consistent Patterns, such as Triads, Chords, Arpeggios,Scale Passages, for Beginning to Advanced level Musicians. These Patterns are arranged in sections, each containing 5 - 8 compositions from the Public Domain Classical repertoire which use these patterns extensively.
This is how the technique is learned. TECHNIQUE THROUGH MUSIC.
Also, I give a list of additional examples on the explanatory page preceding the musical examples. These Additional Examples contain Public and Non-Public domain Music, including jazz, popular, and any other selections I have come across in my researching which I feel demonstrate the Pattern being presented. Repertoire is being developed simultaneously with technique!
This does not mean that if a student wishes to do scales, etc., in the traditional manner, that he/she should not. Please, learn standing on your head, upside-down if you wish.
Just remember - - - - - MUSIC - - - - -
self-expression through organized sound is what it's all about. ENJOY!!
Then like an image far away becoming clearer, that sound becomes conscious. If we are so inclined, we try to bring it out through singing, banging, clapping, blowing, whistling, and other means, even man-made instrumentation.
Then we experiment with “hearing” sound, until it resembles the inner sound we heard at the beginning, in our unconscious.
When it is satisfactorily close to the original inner sound, we play it as clearly and passionately as possible, so others can share our enjoyment in the gift of organized sound. MUSIC ----------MUSIC FIRST! TECHNIQUE SECOND!
When you love the sound or melody or feeling of a certain piece of music, you will do anything to get it out, even though it may be beyond your technical means,but ----- in order to express yourself, you will learn how!
So ----- I choose to learn and play only music I really want to express myself with, and if it’s technically too difficult, I sit down, and develop and practice that technique and pattern. This is the method.
The means is through 'pattern memory.'
PATTERN MEMORY is the method whereby the eye absorbs the pattern of musical notes on the page. The brain quickly processes this information and then sends it directly to the fingers. With repetition, these note patterns are memorized and then the fingers play the right keys in the appropriate pattern on the keyboard.
In my books, I have chosen certain consistent Patterns, such as Triads, Chords, Arpeggios,Scale Passages, for Beginning to Advanced level Musicians. These Patterns are arranged in sections, each containing 5 - 8 compositions from the Public Domain Classical repertoire which use these patterns extensively.
This is how the technique is learned. TECHNIQUE THROUGH MUSIC.
Also, I give a list of additional examples on the explanatory page preceding the musical examples. These Additional Examples contain Public and Non-Public domain Music, including jazz, popular, and any other selections I have come across in my researching which I feel demonstrate the Pattern being presented. Repertoire is being developed simultaneously with technique!
This does not mean that if a student wishes to do scales, etc., in the traditional manner, that he/she should not. Please, learn standing on your head, upside-down if you wish.
Just remember - - - - - MUSIC - - - - -
self-expression through organized sound is what it's all about. ENJOY!!
