szvarga -> RE: teaching methods and materials (Apr. 29 2019 15:48:46)
|
Well, I'm only at age 45, but I had similar problems. Tried many methods, read many books. And finally I came to think, to learn an instrument and play music is same as sex:))) Not for fun (well, not only), but I can't pick a better metaphor. Because after all, everybody has to figure out, what is working for himself and what is not. And the best advice one can get from somebody who did, is how he found his working way. Because chances are great, what he founds, and works for him, is useless for you. Just like in sex. Therefore I finished looking for exercises. I'm now looking for interviews, storytellings with musicians I have high regard, how they find the working ways for themselves. And filled with his inspirations, I start to listening myself, and make MY exercises. Here is may way to good sex:)))))): My learning method is something like reverse engineering. First and foremost I imagine the sound what I want to hear when I'm playing. I try to imagine as sharp as possible. How the notes are to sound, how the left hand fingers positioning on the fretboard, how my right hand moves. And how these complex movements creates music. I do nothing serious till I'm not seeing this image sharp enough. Then I try to play. If it's sounds what I imagined, then everything's fine, I have nothing to do, just play. But if it's not sounds right, then I get a metronome, and try to play it slowly. If the problem is a minor one, fingering, wrong beat counting, or something like that, slower accurate playing will show it. Then I try to fix it, because if I can't play it slowly with a metronome, I will never be able to play it in tempo. If it's still sounds wrong, I'm looking for the section contains the problem. Start working on this section, looking for the error(s) I make. If I found it, try to fix it as slow and accurate as it needs to be. Only that section. Because, if I can't play a section, I never be able to play the whole piece of music. If it's still sounds wrong, then I make a sequence of the problematic phrase. If the problem is kind a musically thing, I make a little study exercise. If the problem is technically, I have to make a technical exercise. Because if i can't play it as an exercise, I never be able to play it as music. And this is the bottom. Playing this exercise(s) will solve the root of my problem. Then I can move forward, and try to play the section. If it's fine, moving on to slow and accurate playing. And if it's sounds well, I can play in tempo, and it will sounds good. So, my answer in short is this: the good exercise is corrects your playing errors. Maybe it can solve by some nice musically thing. Maybe it needs to be a boring technical study. It depends on the level of YOUR playing error needs to be solved. And, since nobody on earth knows better what is your playing error than yourself, the best and most efficient exercise for you is what YOU make for yourself. This method is, what I found for myself. Maybe it works for you too. Maybe not. Or, maybe just give you some inspiration... Sz
|
|
|
|