One smart isn't all-smart
Sandra Dodd
There's a name for God (Thor or Odin, I was going to ask my husband
but he's not at his desk; how can he not be available whenever I need
an answer about Norse mythology!?) from a thousand years ago,
"Allfather." It's a cool word. I like it. And I thought of
that when I wrote "all-smart."
The other day Holly asked me what an average IQ was. I said "by
definition, 100, but 95-105 is considered average, I think--but IQ
doesn't mean much anyway, it's only measuring language, and..." and
she said "Because my IQ is 101."
I said "No it isn't."
And I realized I had stepped into where I didn't want to be.<g>
So we talked about IQ a bit, and then I tried to extricate myself
from it. <bwg> She had taken some online IQ test. I talked about
multiple intelligences (which I'm sure I'll be doing until I die).
-=-I bought a book
classical works produced by William F. Buckley, which uses the method
he found worked for him: every black-key note is printed in red.-=-
That's kind of horrible!
And it speaks to the idea of IQ.
William F. Buckley is a virtuoso at word use. It doesn't stop him
that others don't know what those words mean, he just continues for
the effect of intimidation, more than communication. There's an
element of The Emperor's New Clothes to it; if you can't see what he
means, then you're an idiot. If you say "You're only talking to
yourself, because no one else understands you," then you're a
Philistine, ignorant, jealous. So...
So... he's wealthy and he plays piano and he feels he's plainly,
flatly, smarter than anyone around him (because he was always a
verbal prodigy, and verbal is where it's at, IQ-wise). So he thinks
it will help everyone to have... black keys, really? Not just all
sharps and flats in a given key? printed in red, like the words-of-
Christ-in-red editions of the Bible <bwg>.
Musically, though, to have some notes in red will be confusing. The
red notes would still be on the same scale, the same proportions, the
same relationships to the other notes. So setting them apart like
that will ONLY be a clue for piano, and not for any other
instrument. It's vandalistic to notation.
But when I'm playing something, if there's a note I keep missing
because its a C sharp, for instance, and I'm forgetting, I get a
pencil and draw a diagonal line through the note. Later I might
erase it if it's distracting me or if I have it so well I just don't
want others to think I was a baby and needed lines through my notes.
<g> (I've rarely erased them, but could if I wanted to, because it's
pencil.)
It would make more sense to reprint books with all the silent letters
in red, or something. I think "learn to read and stop whining,"
that's what I think. If someone were to learn to read music by a
method like that, they would be handicapped for reading the notation
of the past 300 or however many years.
Sandra
http://sandradodd.com/intelligences
Being verbally intelligent isn't everything.
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but he's not at his desk; how can he not be available whenever I need
an answer about Norse mythology!?) from a thousand years ago,
"Allfather." It's a cool word. I like it. And I thought of
that when I wrote "all-smart."
The other day Holly asked me what an average IQ was. I said "by
definition, 100, but 95-105 is considered average, I think--but IQ
doesn't mean much anyway, it's only measuring language, and..." and
she said "Because my IQ is 101."
I said "No it isn't."
And I realized I had stepped into where I didn't want to be.<g>
So we talked about IQ a bit, and then I tried to extricate myself
from it. <bwg> She had taken some online IQ test. I talked about
multiple intelligences (which I'm sure I'll be doing until I die).
-=-I bought a book
classical works produced by William F. Buckley, which uses the method
he found worked for him: every black-key note is printed in red.-=-
That's kind of horrible!
And it speaks to the idea of IQ.
William F. Buckley is a virtuoso at word use. It doesn't stop him
that others don't know what those words mean, he just continues for
the effect of intimidation, more than communication. There's an
element of The Emperor's New Clothes to it; if you can't see what he
means, then you're an idiot. If you say "You're only talking to
yourself, because no one else understands you," then you're a
Philistine, ignorant, jealous. So...
So... he's wealthy and he plays piano and he feels he's plainly,
flatly, smarter than anyone around him (because he was always a
verbal prodigy, and verbal is where it's at, IQ-wise). So he thinks
it will help everyone to have... black keys, really? Not just all
sharps and flats in a given key? printed in red, like the words-of-
Christ-in-red editions of the Bible <bwg>.
Musically, though, to have some notes in red will be confusing. The
red notes would still be on the same scale, the same proportions, the
same relationships to the other notes. So setting them apart like
that will ONLY be a clue for piano, and not for any other
instrument. It's vandalistic to notation.
But when I'm playing something, if there's a note I keep missing
because its a C sharp, for instance, and I'm forgetting, I get a
pencil and draw a diagonal line through the note. Later I might
erase it if it's distracting me or if I have it so well I just don't
want others to think I was a baby and needed lines through my notes.
<g> (I've rarely erased them, but could if I wanted to, because it's
pencil.)
It would make more sense to reprint books with all the silent letters
in red, or something. I think "learn to read and stop whining,"
that's what I think. If someone were to learn to read music by a
method like that, they would be handicapped for reading the notation
of the past 300 or however many years.
Sandra
http://sandradodd.com/intelligences
Being verbally intelligent isn't everything.
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Nancy Wooton
On Mar 23, 2007, at 8:16 AM, Sandra Dodd wrote:
depressed for days -- I think he was 13 or 14, and it put him in second
grade. I showed him one for reading ability which put him in college,
and suggested the test was biased towards a particular curriculum (and
the Learning Center the test was trying to sell...)
could use 'peaceful?'" He said, "it needed three syllables." He
writes prose with music in mind.
house; I'm sure my word-loving started there.
grade teacher.
sharps, flats and those that aren't played on black keys --
accidentals? I didn't assume everyone here was musically trained. All
the accidentals in the key are in red.
I had to look at it again to remember the other thing: every single bit
of fingering is numbered, and every place where fingers will cross, the
number preceding it is circled. These were techniques he used while
spending 14 months memorizing a concerto for a live performance.
had done it for me.
without sightreading it. As an admittedly non-musical person, I found
it helpful. I would have found it helpful if someone else had written
it, too.
Nancy
> There's a name for God (Thor or Odin, I was going to ask my husbandAlex takes those, too. He took a grade level test once and was
> but he's not at his desk; how can he not be available whenever I need
> an answer about Norse mythology!?) from a thousand years ago,
> "Allfather." It's a cool word. I like it. And I thought of
> that when I wrote "all-smart."
>
> The other day Holly asked me what an average IQ was. I said "by
> definition, 100, but 95-105 is considered average, I think--but IQ
> doesn't mean much anyway, it's only measuring language, and..." and
> she said "Because my IQ is 101."
>
> I said "No it isn't."
>
> And I realized I had stepped into where I didn't want to be.<g>
>
> So we talked about IQ a bit, and then I tried to extricate myself
> from it. <bwg> She had taken some online IQ test. I talked about
> multiple intelligences (which I'm sure I'll be doing until I die).
depressed for days -- I think he was 13 or 14, and it put him in second
grade. I showed him one for reading ability which put him in college,
and suggested the test was biased towards a particular curriculum (and
the Learning Center the test was trying to sell...)
>I once read an interview where he was asked "why use 'irenic' when you
>
>
> -=-I bought a book
> classical works produced by William F. Buckley, which uses the method
> he found worked for him: every black-key note is printed in red.-=-
>
> That's kind of horrible!
>
> And it speaks to the idea of IQ.
>
> William F. Buckley is a virtuoso at word use. It doesn't stop him
> that others don't know what those words mean, he just continues for
> the effect of intimidation, more than communication.
could use 'peaceful?'" He said, "it needed three syllables." He
writes prose with music in mind.
> There's anI preferred to get a dictionary. I grew up with National Review in the
> element of The Emperor's New Clothes to it; if you can't see what he
> means, then you're an idiot.
house; I'm sure my word-loving started there.
> If you say "You're only talking towow. You react to Bill Buckley like I do to Mrs. Gaunt, the third
> yourself, because no one else understands you," then you're a
> Philistine, ignorant, jealous. So...
grade teacher.
>I used the term "black keys" because I couldn't think of the word for
> So... he's wealthy and he plays piano and he feels he's plainly,
> flatly, smarter than anyone around him (because he was always a
> verbal prodigy, and verbal is where it's at, IQ-wise). So he thinks
> it will help everyone to have... black keys, really? Not just all
> sharps and flats in a given key? printed in red, like the words-of-
> Christ-in-red editions of the Bible <bwg>.
sharps, flats and those that aren't played on black keys --
accidentals? I didn't assume everyone here was musically trained. All
the accidentals in the key are in red.
I had to look at it again to remember the other thing: every single bit
of fingering is numbered, and every place where fingers will cross, the
number preceding it is circled. These were techniques he used while
spending 14 months memorizing a concerto for a live performance.
>How is it different than :
> Musically, though, to have some notes in red will be confusing. The
> red notes would still be on the same scale, the same proportions, the
> same relationships to the other notes. So setting them apart like
> that will ONLY be a clue for piano, and not for any other
> instrument. It's vandalistic to notation.
>I go through music with a highlighter -- he just printed a book that
> But when I'm playing something, if there's a note I keep missing
> because its a C sharp, for instance, and I'm forgetting, I get a
> pencil and draw a diagonal line through the note.
had done it for me.
> Later I mightThe point of this book is to learn the music so well you can play
> erase it if it's distracting me or if I have it so well I just don't
> want others to think I was a baby and needed lines through my notes.
> <g> (I've rarely erased them, but could if I wanted to, because it's
> pencil.)
>
> It would make more sense to reprint books with all the silent letters
> in red, or something. I think "learn to read and stop whining,"
> that's what I think. If someone were to learn to read music by a
> method like that, they would be handicapped for reading the notation
> of the past 300 or however many years.
without sightreading it. As an admittedly non-musical person, I found
it helpful. I would have found it helpful if someone else had written
it, too.
Nancy
Sandra Dodd
Those who don't know formal music theory, skip on by; I'm leaving the
world of English.
-=-I used the term "black keys" because I couldn't think of the word for
sharps, flats and those that aren't played on black keys --
accidentals?-=-
They're not accidentals when that's part of the key in which you're
playing. It's an accidental if you're in G and there's a C-sharp.
If you're in A, a C-sharp isn't an accidental. It's "a black key"
either way.
-=-How is it different than :
had done it for me.-=-
I didn't do it to other people's books.
If someone wants to go through and highlight or cross out all the
silent letters in a book, it won't really help her be a better
reader. And it ruins the book for others.
-=I had to look at it again to remember the other thing: every single
bit
of fingering is numbered, and every place where fingers will cross, the
number preceding it is circled. These were techniques he used while
spending 14 months memorizing a concerto for a live performance.-=-
Wow.
Well, he documented how HE did it, but there's more than one way to
finger a passage, very often.
It seems more of his unbearable arrogance to me.
the
house; I'm sure my word-loving started there.-=-
I don't mind getting a dictionary sometimes, and I LOVE words. The
first book I ever bought with my own money was a dictionary.
That doesn't mean I have to think that William F. Buckley isn't being
an arrogant prick when he expects a million people to get a dictionary.
Sandra
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world of English.
-=-I used the term "black keys" because I couldn't think of the word for
sharps, flats and those that aren't played on black keys --
accidentals?-=-
They're not accidentals when that's part of the key in which you're
playing. It's an accidental if you're in G and there's a C-sharp.
If you're in A, a C-sharp isn't an accidental. It's "a black key"
either way.
-=-How is it different than :
>I go through music with a highlighter -- he just printed a book that
> But when I'm playing something, if there's a note I keep missing
> because its a C sharp, for instance, and I'm forgetting, I get a
> pencil and draw a diagonal line through the note.
had done it for me.-=-
I didn't do it to other people's books.
If someone wants to go through and highlight or cross out all the
silent letters in a book, it won't really help her be a better
reader. And it ruins the book for others.
-=I had to look at it again to remember the other thing: every single
bit
of fingering is numbered, and every place where fingers will cross, the
number preceding it is circled. These were techniques he used while
spending 14 months memorizing a concerto for a live performance.-=-
Wow.
Well, he documented how HE did it, but there's more than one way to
finger a passage, very often.
It seems more of his unbearable arrogance to me.
> There's an-=-I preferred to get a dictionary. I grew up with National Review in
> element of The Emperor's New Clothes to it; if you can't see what he
> means, then you're an idiot.
the
house; I'm sure my word-loving started there.-=-
I don't mind getting a dictionary sometimes, and I LOVE words. The
first book I ever bought with my own money was a dictionary.
That doesn't mean I have to think that William F. Buckley isn't being
an arrogant prick when he expects a million people to get a dictionary.
Sandra
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diana jenner
On 3/23/07, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
--
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com
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>He's Odin, for whom our Wednesday is named.
> There's a name for God (Thor or Odin, I was going to ask my husband
> but he's not at his desk; how can he not be available whenever I need
> an answer about Norse mythology!?) from a thousand years ago,
> "Allfather." It's a cool word. I like it. And I thought of
> that when I wrote "all-smart."
>
>
>
>
--
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com
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Kim H
<< The other day Holly asked me what an average IQ was. I said "by
Kim
> definition, 100, but 95-105 is considered average, I think--but IQI've been 140 and 95. They're all so different and I hate the fact I ever did one, well two or three. It's made me feel really icky, abit like how I feel if I know what my real weight is. Although very different because I know that IQ tests are not a gauge (I've forgotten how to spell that word) on intelligence. Phew!
> doesn't mean much anyway, it's only measuring language, and..." and
> she said "Because my IQ is 101.">>
Kim
>
----- Original Message -----
From: Nancy Wooton
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:44 AM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] One smart isn't all-smart
On Mar 23, 2007, at 8:16 AM, Sandra Dodd wrote:
> There's a name for God (Thor or Odin, I was going to ask my husband
> but he's not at his desk; how can he not be available whenever I need
> an answer about Norse mythology!?) from a thousand years ago,
> "Allfather." It's a cool word. I like it. And I thought of
> that when I wrote "all-smart."
>
> The other day Holly asked me what an average IQ was. I said "by
> definition, 100, but 95-105 is considered average, I think--but IQ
> doesn't mean much anyway, it's only measuring language, and..." and
> she said "Because my IQ is 101."
>
> I said "No it isn't."
>
> And I realized I had stepped into where I didn't want to be.<g>
>
> So we talked about IQ a bit, and then I tried to extricate myself
> from it. <bwg> She had taken some online IQ test. I talked about
> multiple intelligences (which I'm sure I'll be doing until I die).
Alex takes those, too. He took a grade level test once and was
depressed for days -- I think he was 13 or 14, and it put him in second
grade. I showed him one for reading ability which put him in college,
and suggested the test was biased towards a particular curriculum (and
the Learning Center the test was trying to sell...)
>
>
>
> -=-I bought a book
> classical works produced by William F. Buckley, which uses the method
> he found worked for him: every black-key note is printed in red.-=-
>
> That's kind of horrible!
>
> And it speaks to the idea of IQ.
>
> William F. Buckley is a virtuoso at word use. It doesn't stop him
> that others don't know what those words mean, he just continues for
> the effect of intimidation, more than communication.
I once read an interview where he was asked "why use 'irenic' when you
could use 'peaceful?'" He said, "it needed three syllables." He
writes prose with music in mind.
> There's an
> element of The Emperor's New Clothes to it; if you can't see what he
> means, then you're an idiot.
I preferred to get a dictionary. I grew up with National Review in the
house; I'm sure my word-loving started there.
> If you say "You're only talking to
> yourself, because no one else understands you," then you're a
> Philistine, ignorant, jealous. So...
wow. You react to Bill Buckley like I do to Mrs. Gaunt, the third
grade teacher.
>
> So... he's wealthy and he plays piano and he feels he's plainly,
> flatly, smarter than anyone around him (because he was always a
> verbal prodigy, and verbal is where it's at, IQ-wise). So he thinks
> it will help everyone to have... black keys, really? Not just all
> sharps and flats in a given key? printed in red, like the words-of-
> Christ-in-red editions of the Bible <bwg>.
I used the term "black keys" because I couldn't think of the word for
sharps, flats and those that aren't played on black keys --
accidentals? I didn't assume everyone here was musically trained. All
the accidentals in the key are in red.
I had to look at it again to remember the other thing: every single bit
of fingering is numbered, and every place where fingers will cross, the
number preceding it is circled. These were techniques he used while
spending 14 months memorizing a concerto for a live performance.
>
> Musically, though, to have some notes in red will be confusing. The
> red notes would still be on the same scale, the same proportions, the
> same relationships to the other notes. So setting them apart like
> that will ONLY be a clue for piano, and not for any other
> instrument. It's vandalistic to notation.
How is it different than :
>
> But when I'm playing something, if there's a note I keep missing
> because its a C sharp, for instance, and I'm forgetting, I get a
> pencil and draw a diagonal line through the note.
I go through music with a highlighter -- he just printed a book that
had done it for me.
> Later I might
> erase it if it's distracting me or if I have it so well I just don't
> want others to think I was a baby and needed lines through my notes.
> <g> (I've rarely erased them, but could if I wanted to, because it's
> pencil.)
>
> It would make more sense to reprint books with all the silent letters
> in red, or something. I think "learn to read and stop whining,"
> that's what I think. If someone were to learn to read music by a
> method like that, they would be handicapped for reading the notation
> of the past 300 or however many years.
The point of this book is to learn the music so well you can play
without sightreading it. As an admittedly non-musical person, I found
it helpful. I would have found it helpful if someone else had written
it, too.
Nancy
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