To the contact me form below and we can arrange online or live lessons. We areĪ one to one lesson as and when for a more focused lens for advancement. To maximise fun and minimise frustration or stress for those who are lookingįor ways to explore and progress further with guitar and music making. Meet with other players to play and have fun. Get past knowing, get to understanding, being able to hear, sing/hum/whistle, use and enjoy the scale creatively! I'll point you in the right direction or write a new page or make a video lesson! If you don't understand any bullet point above just contact me. Treat it like a game or a puzzle, make it fun, or a welcomed escape from the modern world pressures. It takes time and regularity of attention. try to change the word " any" to "some" and then eventually to "all" or "lots of" or "many" where appropriate. Have a look at one, some or all of these things whenever the muse lands on your shoulder.
Well when the pace of the scale itself is played too fast during the discussion. Of the discussion ( of the scale) being too fast.ĭoesn’t hear and recognise the scale/position that we are saying we know so The few occasions it has happened this is not telling me about the pace Play through” of the very pattern we are talking about, here is what sometimesĬomes next: Whoa! Whoa! Your gong to fast!! This is fine to say and it must always be addressed BUT: Minor Scale, right? So say many of my students including my community groups ofĪdult players who play for fun and relaxation a couple of dates a month.Īre talking about say a Pentatonic Minor Scale in Root Position and I may do a “reminder After all a scale is really just the alphabet of notes in music. Right? Or do we really? Or maybe we just know it in a one-dimensional (wow! now that would impress me! …R by the way… )Īlphabet to make up some one-syllable words that rhyme and will make us all Metronome ticking at 120 beats per minute, recite in time, every fifth letterĪlphabet backwards as fast as you can starting on the 17 th letter. or pick any word you know you’d crash and burn on then smarty pants!) Ok what if I said, Great Fred, now stand up inįront of the group and without any other reference spell out the word - out
Me “yea yea yea yea but I already know that! I know the alphabet already! I’veĭone it all my life! I want to know what comes next!” Great, but if I said “let’s explore that”, you may tell Would be good to distinguish the difference between being able to know, being able to understand, being able to hear and being able to do. So, I decided to focus and reflect on my recollections and observations from various settings with various people. Trend on a few occasions in some music workshop groups and even some individual lessons that worried me a bit as a teacher. Even when just beginning to learn the alphabet. It is after all one of the first things we learn.Īvoid it, in many learning situations involving diverse groups, there willĪlways be some times when something is moving too fast for some and too slowįor others.