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I am always intrigued by the philosophical spins that interesting minds put on music and learning. Here are some more nuggets on playing in time from the Facebook page of the irrepressible Mr. Berlin:
The Truth about Learning Music in Time!
by Jeff Berlin on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 3:19am
1. Dave Reichen said, “Relativity!”
2. Mathew Koon said, “Life experience!”
3. Mathew also said, “Playing music with other people!”
4. Albert Calor said, “Music!”
5. Albert also said, “Drumming!”
6. Phil Romo said, “Rudimentary subdividing- Whole notes vs.half notes vs.
quarter notes!”
7. Christopher Brown said, “Rhythm as it applies to any art or discipline.”
These are sufficient to address at this time. I’ll go through them one by one.
1. Relativity is not a skill.
2. Life experience is full of errors, mistakes, and missteps. Even a child
needs to practice to walk and talk which is done out-of-time from the funtional
in-time abilities of these things!
3. Performance is always done out of time until one learns his part and also
what to expect from the other players. Who plays in time that which they
haven’t learned well (which is an out-of-time experience?)
4. Music that is not learned cannot be represented in-time. Nobody can play
that which they haven’t learned. And nobody learns that which they haven’t
taken the time to learn.
5. Drumming is an experience representing the rhythms by moving your hands and
feet. If you haven’t learned how to play drums, then how can you play it in
time?
6. Rudimentary subdividing cannot be done if one doesn’t know what it is.
Learning things like this are always done out of time!
7. Art is best reprented by the freedom to express it. It is the last thing to
accomplish, not the first. Art cannot happen well if one hasn't learned how to
express themselves through their "art or discipline", terms raised up by
Chrisopher Brown! l Interestingly, the word "discipline" is defined by one
source as " training to act in accordance with rules" the key word here being
TRAINING!
NOTHING is best learned in time!
With this philosophy, and the fact that nobody can name anything that is best
learned in its own time/speed without first learning the details related to
that thing, then music must be included in the Universal Truth that EVERYTHING
requires an out-of time regard to learn well.
This is actually a
good thing, and maybe this Truth will take root. But if you find something that
is best learned in-time, then send this my way to check out. But I don't think
that one can do this. It is too much a fact that skill requires regard, and
regard needs time to digest. If this philsophy is true for EVERYTHING, then
music has to function according to the same laws that affect everything else.
Thoughts?
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I am always intrigued by the philosophical spins that interesting minds put on music and learning. Here are some more nuggets on playing in time from the Facebook page of the irrepressible Mr. Berlin:
The Truth about Learning Music in Time!
by Jeff Berlin on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 3:19am
1. Dave Reichen said, “Relativity!”
2. Mathew Koon said, “Life experience!”
3. Mathew also said, “Playing music with other people!”
4. Albert Calor said, “Music!”
5. Albert also said, “Drumming!”
6. Phil Romo said, “Rudimentary subdividing- Whole notes vs.half notes vs.
quarter notes!”
7. Christopher Brown said, “Rhythm as it applies to any art or discipline.”
These are sufficient to address at this time. I’ll go through them one by one.
1. Relativity is not a skill.
2. Life experience is full of errors, mistakes, and missteps. Even a child
needs to practice to walk and talk which is done out-of-time from the funtional
in-time abilities of these things!
3. Performance is always done out of time until one learns his part and also
what to expect from the other players. Who plays in time that which they
haven’t learned well (which is an out-of-time experience?)
4. Music that is not learned cannot be represented in-time. Nobody can play
that which they haven’t learned. And nobody learns that which they haven’t
taken the time to learn.
5. Drumming is an experience representing the rhythms by moving your hands and
feet. If you haven’t learned how to play drums, then how can you play it in
time?
6. Rudimentary subdividing cannot be done if one doesn’t know what it is.
Learning things like this are always done out of time!
7. Art is best reprented by the freedom to express it. It is the last thing to
accomplish, not the first. Art cannot happen well if one hasn't learned how to
express themselves through their "art or discipline", terms raised up by
Chrisopher Brown! l Interestingly, the word "discipline" is defined by one
source as " training to act in accordance with rules" the key word here being
TRAINING!
NOTHING is best learned in time!
With this philosophy, and the fact that nobody can name anything that is best
learned in its own time/speed without first learning the details related to
that thing, then music must be included in the Universal Truth that EVERYTHING
requires an out-of time regard to learn well.
This is actually a
good thing, and maybe this Truth will take root. But if you find something that
is best learned in-time, then send this my way to check out. But I don't think
that one can do this. It is too much a fact that skill requires regard, and
regard needs time to digest. If this philsophy is true for EVERYTHING, then
music has to function according to the same laws that affect everything else.
Thoughts?
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