On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:19:03 +0000, Steve Latham wrote:
> "David Raleigh Arnold" <darnold4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:pan.2008.04.15.00.59.59@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> I've begun revising my theory workbook.
>>
>> http://www.openguitar.com/theory
>>
>> I got a lot of useful feedback on the first version, especially from
>> Steve Latham. Is he still around? I think the discussion became
>> somewhat crossposted. daveA
>>
>>
> Dave,
>
> I think you let your personal opinion come in, and that sometimes can
> make an author seem like they're biased, bitter, uniformed, etc.
>
> "Because music necessarily begins at the beginning, it would be best if
> children were taught to read music as early as possible, before they
> were taught to read anything else whatever. More than likely there would
> be very much less dyslexia."
>
> What evidence do you have that cases of dyslexia will be lessened with
> early music studies?
>
> I don't disagree that music is something that would be beneficial for
> children to be exposed to, but I wouldn't make any claims that it
> lessens dyslexia, heightens left brain activity, or, creates a more
> culturally aware society (or let's say, if I did, I'd try to make sure
> that I prefaced it with "In this writer's opinion...").
>
> Probably the other big thing I notice is - is this for guitarists, or
> musicians in general - it seems like you jump back and forth.
Is every theory book you've ever seen for pianists, or for musicians
in general? The answer is that the writers of theory books expect
all musicians to be pianists. How can I accommodate both without
"jumping back and forth"? I can't in the first 4 chapters, where
the entire purpose is to get the student to fill some blank pages
with readable notation.
As you can see, the new version is even more of a workbook than
the old. One more chapter and I think I'll be able to cut the
other three better.
Do you know of any piano method on line in the public domain
which I can legally explode like the Carcassi? I asked this over in
the piano ng too. It would help a lot. daveA
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DGT: The very best technical exercises for all guitarists:
http://www.openguitar.com/dynamic.html.
Original easy solos at:
http://www.openguitar.com.
:::=={_o) David Raleigh Arnold
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