Music has been a part of human existence for a long long time. Evidence for it goes back tens of thousands of years. One such piece of evidence was found in the Chauvet Cave in Southern France. Some 25,000 years ago a landslide blocked the main entrance, cutting off almost all airflow through the cave. […]
Natural vs Formal Learning In my post “What is a Child’s Natural Way of Learning?” I discussed how children learn outside of (and before) a formal setting, such as a school or private lessons. In this post I’ll discuss the latter and compare the two. If you haven’t already, I suggest you read my earlier
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Discovery & Play Children learn naturally from the moment they begin to become aware of their world through discovery and play. Children learn much more in the first few years of their lives, but walking and speaking are big milestones. They may get some help learning these, but most parents don’t instruct their children or
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In short, playing the piano is a very complex activity! Mentally, it’s not really like anything else. It uses all the senses except that of smell and requires directing those 2 bodies & 10 legs in a single flow of movement with precise timing while also listening intently and feeling the music one is
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