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Welcome
to Music Teachers Insightful Practices (MTIPS)
Newsletter!
Wednesday,
April 12, 2000
Table
of Contents:
1.
MTIPS Theme
2. Welcome Notes
3. MTIPS Development
4. Notable Quotables
5. Notable Birthdays
6. Book Time
7. Recommended Sites
1.
MTIPS Theme
Do
you remember the magic? The magic of pure exploration
and discovery, simply because it was fun to learn new
things. It was fun to play with paint and blocks and
well, how about sound?!
2.
Welcome Notes
Welcome
to Music Teachers Insightful Practices (MTIPS)! Welcome
to our 15 subscribers! And thank you to our friends and
colleagues who forward MTIPS to their friends. That's
how we grow and have a greater impact on the music
community. THANKS!
I
have just returned from a wonderfully relaxing and
exciting vacation. My family and I went to Disney World
(again!). And again, I return to the "real
world" with a renewed commitment to my dream of
sharing music with the world! MTIPS is a free monthly
newsletter that's goal is to provide piano teachers,
(hopefully you!) with insightful practices that will
make the career of sharing music with soon-to-be
musicians a more rewarding and successful one. I hope
that this electronic publication assists you in creating
a more enjoyable and successful lesson for you and your
students.
Please
let me know how I can be of service to you in reaching
this goal. You may contact me at: NickAmbrosino@musicsimplymusic.com.
I look forward to playing with you through this
newsletter. Let's have some fun!
Be
sure to check our web site at: http://www.musicsimplymusic.com.
We have lots of information, and resources you can use.
We're constantly adding and up-dating, so check it
often!
3.
MTIPS Development
As
I return from the magical world of Disney (we took our
vacation in Florida), the theme song of the Disney
parades continues to ring in my ears! It's been 6 days
now, yet I still find myself humming - "It's time
to remember the magic".
Do
you remember the magic? The magic of pure exploration
and discovery, simply because it was fun to learn new
things. It was fun to play with paint and blocks and
well, how about sound?!
It
has been an awakening watching my 5 year old daughter
make and then learn music! She doesn't need to
"remember the magic" because she has never
forgotten (or at least misplaced!) it! As I listen to
her play at the piano, it occurs to me that the keys of
the piano are to her ears, what the crayons in a 64
piece box of Crayolas are to her eyes!
She
isn't afraid to simply draw musical pictures with the
sounds. Not only is she not afraid, she is delighted!
And when she stops feeling delighted, she stops
playing…only to come back at another time to continue
her exploration and discovery of the magic of sound.
What
a wonderful way to learn! What a wonderful way to go
through life! I recently have been more fully utilizing
this approach with my students, both the youngsters and
the adults.
I
simply have them play single notes and listen, until
they hear things they recognize. The results have been
outstanding! The excitement in their eyes, when they
hear a small phrase from a familiar song, reminds me of
why I became and educator!
Some
have chosen to explore non-familiar colors by creating
songs from tone clusters, utilizing contrasting elements
of sound; loud and soft, high and low, short and long.
Some of my adults return after a week of playing with
this activity to declare that they would get lost in
their explorations and hours would just pass by!
Most
importantly, is that they are excited about making music
through the simple process of exploring sounds! Give it
a try, be patient and watch your students (and possibly
even yourself!) "remember the magic."
NEXT
ISSUE: HOW TO DIRECT THE EXPLORATIONS!
4.
Notable Quotables
"Listening
is the song our ears play." -Sark
"All
sound comes from within a man's heart." -Yueh Chi
37:3
5.
Notable Birthdays
Sergei
Prokofiev April 23
Sergei Rachmaninoff April 1
6.
Book Time
The
Inner Game of Music by Barry Green. I love this book!
Have you ever heard an annoying "little critical
voice" talking to you and distracting you while you
were playing your instrument? The focus of this book is
on ridding ourselves of those conversations. We all know
of the "little voice" (for some of us, it's
actually HUGE!) that talks to us while we perform. To
get the most from your music, you need to give that
critical voice a job so it does not distract you. The
Inner Game of Music shares specific activities to allow
us to distract the distracting conversations in our
minds and remain in "the zone" while we play.
To order this book for only $15.37, click on the link
below: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385231261/musicsimplymusic
7.
Recommended Sites
http://www.philiphumbert.com
Visit this site for over 200 pages of articles, Top
10 lists (everything from motivation to romantic things
to do for your partner!), humor, quotes, and tools for
your success! Philip Humbert also publishes a FREE
monthly newsletter to which you will want to subscribe.
Check it out!
Copyright
© 2000 Nicholas Ambrosino. All rights reserved.
Permission is granted to reproduce, copy or distribute
MTIPS so long as this copyright notice and full
information about contacting the author is attached. The
author of this article is Nicholas Ambrosino and he may
be contacted at:
http://www.musicsimplymusic.com
director@musicsimplymusic.com
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