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Music as paint-by-number is one of the worst failings of music education. The most robust and life-long music in the world is in cultures that actually use nota
by quadrangle 12y ago
Music as paint-by-number is one of the worst failings of music education. The most robust and life-long music in the world is in cultures that actually use notation only as appropriate if at all and don't think of it as the music. Most of the world's music is not so notation-focused.
- rquantz 12y agoI don't think this is the fault of music notation. Prior to widespread availabity of recorded music, playing music from sheet music was a common activity in the West. If anything, I would say the death of lifelong musical performance is more the result of recording -- "this disc here is the music" rather than "this sheet music is the music" -- the sheet music still needs a performer.