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That’s great! I certainly don’t mean to say that there’s something wrong with playing specific pieces. The fact that you’re creating the scores yourself sounds
by tobr 6y ago
That’s great! I certainly don’t mean to say that there’s something wrong with playing specific pieces. The fact that you’re creating the scores yourself sounds great, as it should make it clear to your son that there isn’t a “right” or “wrong” way to play. If your son continues to be interested in playing, maybe consider encouraging him to learn some melodies on his own by just listening to a recording.
- jacquesm 6y agoYes, absolutely, I show him how to make variations on the pieces he knows, adding ornaments, stripping it down to chord changes, harmonizing with it when playing back a recording and changing the timing and so on. Music is like paint for time, you can mix it and apply it any way you want.
- skeeter2020 6y agoI get the intent of what you're saying, but the reality is there are definitely "righter" and "wronger" ways to play. Music is incredibly mathematical, and the piano even more so. Written music provides input and queues to things like phrasing, fingering and the patterns that are often harder to decipher by ear. The true beauty to me is that we can use rules and technique to produce something that sounds so organic and pure. That's probably what also drives my deep love of computers and software.