3/16/2012

The Fun Part Of Playing Music

By Mark Strings


Listening to music is fun; playing music is more fun; playing music by ear is the most fun of all. If the player recollects the music he's playing by way of his ear, he is playing by ear.

But most players who have learned to play by the traditional strategy of reading notes on a page and then smacking keys on an instrument do not trust to their ears to tell them what's coming next. Instead , they remember the notes by name or by their chord name, or they've got a visible memory of how the notes look on the page, or they use some other non-musical system of recall.

Naturally this turns their attention from the sound of the music and inspires the habit of watching keenly the ins and outs of playing with just about total disregard for the music itself.

Practicing music is not fun. So say almost all of the children who are taking instruction and many folks adults who once took lessons but "wouldn't practice." But practicing is indeed fun for many youngsters. Listening to music is fun; and when listening to music is the chief activity in practice, practicing is fun. This is far more correct for adults than it is for kids; kids get pleasure from the intellectual and exercise concerned in practice. Perhaps adults do also , there is however not so much novelty in it for the adult.

Nevertheless when one practices the music, and not the mechanics, the result's fun?or the person just doesn't like music. An important thing, for instance when playing violin, is to play with the correct violin sizes.

Folk who play by ear are often thought to be especially accomplished. This is wholly a fiction. They don't play by ear because they are accomplished; rather they're accomplished because they play by ear.

They use their ears in deciding what is correct to play, and this continual activity develops their power to manipulate musical sounds.In contrary fashion, the person who never plays by ear frequently renders himself less and less "talented." When this neglect is perpetuated year after year, the individual does become one-sided and cannot play even the simplest little tune by ear.

This does not mean nevertheless , that he will not learn to play by ear but instead that he especially wishes to use his ear and overcome his weakness. If the advanced musical performer isn't able to play by ear, he can improve his performance decidedly by learning to play by ear?even if he learns this method of playing only to a rather tiny extent. The musical feel and discernment which this develops is commonly considered talent.




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