This is very interesting to me. I have had conversations with math teachers at my school, some of whom are big fans of the advanced T.I. calculators and software, as it saves advanced math students a great deal of "grunt work", and others who believe the "grunt work" is the key to becoming a great math scholar. Should one replace the other? In dealing with young students, I find it harder and harder to convince them of the importance of the "grunt work" in music...transposing, for instance. With notation and scanning software, is it easy to create a transposed part (if one does not exist already), so how does one convince our "fast food syndrome" students in a result oriented society that the process is often more important than the product?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Goldberg Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:53 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Xposing Yeah, it's wonderful for horn players to be able to transpose, and it's wonderful for horn teachers to teach their students how to transpose. My teacher taught me, so I know how. But I didn't go into professional horning, I don't play as often as I would like to, and so for some keys I am trepidacious and I stumble mightily because although I learned and I know how, I never practiced enough. The same problem plagues many of my math students, especially at the elementary level. I can explain the rules of say, addition and subtraction of positive and negative numbers, but unless they take the bull by the horns and practice a million times they don't get it. I tell them that, I provide them websites and my own programs that give them infinite practice, but they don't put in the effort even when coaxed, much less take the initiative. So to a great extent, I move in the direction of exonerating teachers - having laid it out to the students and provided learning materials, it is then up to the students to take the responsibility. If they won't do it, too bad. I don't mean to sound anti-student - time and energy are limited, and choices must be made. Meanwhile, my C transposition is now nearly fluent because of the vocal collections that I mention here from time to time. Hal-Leonard, Alfred, Schirmer & others publish books that include piano or orchestra accompaniment on CD - songs and arias for all voices. There is infinite practice at a very high level of enjoyment. { David Goldberg: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } { Math Dept, Washtenaw Community College } { Ann Arbor Michigan } _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/pandolfi%40deerfield.edu _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
