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Originally posted by Gadget
The first part I think could almost be taught before the workshop by giving the participants the notes to read a week or so beforehand. This would enable you to skim over this bit, and giving more time to the "dancing" bit and less to the "listening": Listening can be done without a partner, dancing {MJ} is a bit more tricky on your own. |
I think listening to the music is a vital part of learning musical interpretation. When I first learnt this, I had read about it from a few places on the internet. But it was only when I heard the examples that it started to make sense. Although I could give the notes out first, and may do so in future, I would not be happy duplicating loads of CDs for people. (And I only finalised the music just before we flew up, and it has already changed since we came back!)
I had wanted to have more dancing examples. And if I ever teach the workshop again I'll include them throughout the workshop. However at the time my legs and feet were really hurting, and I felt that many other people wanted a rest. So we decided to leave them to the end. In hindsight this was probably a mistake.
I'm quite happy to get some criticism of the workshops. I'd have only rated myself as about 5/10 overall, with the musical interpretation perhaps 4/10. It is definitely the one that needs most work on it.
David