Friday, March 16, 2012

The Most Fun In Music

By Mark Strings


Listening to music is fun; playing music is more fun; playing music by ear is the most fun of all. If the player recalls the music he is playing by means of his ear, he's playing by ear.

But most players who have learnt to play by the normal method of reading notes on a page and then slapping keys on an instrument do not trust to their ears to tell them what's coming next. Instead , they remember the notes by name or by their chord name, or they have got a visible memory of the way in which the notes look on the page, or they use some other non-musical system of recall.

Naturally this turns their attention from the sound of the music and inspires the habit of watching keenly the ins and outs of playing with just about total disregard for the music itself.

Practicing music isn't fun. So say most of the kids who are having lessons and many people adults who once took lessons but "wouldn't practice." But practicing is indeed fun for many children. Listening to music is fun; and when listening to music is the chief activity in practice, practicing is a laugh. This is rather more true for adults than it is for children; children get pleasure from the intellectual and physical exercise involved in practice. Maybe adults do additionally , but there is not so much novelty in it for the adult.

However , when one practices the music, and not the mechanics, the result is fun?or the individual just dislikes music. A very important thing, as an example while playing violin, is to play with the proper violin sizes.

Folk who play by ear are often thought to be especially accomplished. This is wholly a fiction. They don't play by ear because they are accomplished; rather they're accomplished because they play by ear.

They use their ears in figuring out what's correct to play, and this relentless activity develops their ability to manipulate musical sounds.In in contrast fashion, the person that never plays by ear often renders himself far less "talented." When this neglect is continued year by year, the individual does become one-sided and can't play even the most straightforward small tune by ear.

This doesn't imply nonetheless , that he won't learn how to play by ear but rather that he particularly needs to use his ear and beat his weakness. If the advanced musical performer is unable to play by ear, he will be able to improve his performance decidedly by learning how to play by ear?even if he learns this strategy of playing only to a slightly little extent. The musical feel and insight which this develops is often considered talent.




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