Whenever
I go to a Borders bookstore here in San Diego, I make
it a point to look at the art instruction books. I'm
not a visual artist, but I've always enjoyed the step-by-step
approach authors of the better books take to teach
students how to create a finished painting.
You
get to see it all demonstrated within 2 pages or so.
Everything is explained and while I may not understand
it by just reading about it, (you have to do it!)
a complete finished painting was always the goal -
a very attractive goal too for someone wanting to
learn how to paint!
You
have something worth working for by doing this. I've
always wondered why music instruction couldn't be
more like this. If you could explain, in a step-by-step
approach, how to complete a piece of music, then students
would be able to sidestep the tiresome harmony and
theory courses taught at college and University.
This
is what I've tried to do with my online piano lessons
and while there is nothing wrong with learning theory,
it's not the end all be all that many piano teachers
would like you to believe.
Instead,
a step-by-step method, where students get the materials
they need to create with right away (scale, chords,
technique) can be used with great success! Students
are able to use these materials to create unique compositions
and improvisations of their own!
Edward
Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence
Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping
students learn how to play piano in the New Age
style for over 14 years and works with students
in private, in groups, and now over the internet.
Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html
for a FREE piano lesson!
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http://EzineArticles.com/)
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