wanderingmommy

When I was a kid my mom sent me to piano lessons. I did really well,
at first. Problem was I had a really good "ear" and I kind of cheated
by asking the teacher to play a piece first so I could hear it. Then
I pretended to read the music and just played what I remembered. He
eventually figured out what was going on. Darn! <g>

Anyway, my mom was telling her friend about this while my brother and
I played nearby. Suddenly my little brother (who was 5 or 6 at the
time) piped up and said "I can play by ear too!", then walked over to
the piano and started banging on the keys with the side of his head!!!

My brother is now 39 and we STILL tell this story whenever we get the
chance! Beth

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Just read this and had to laugh!
My youngest did the same thing, I mean about memorizing the music. He got
away with it for 2 years, then got so advanced he had to start sight reading
and his game was up! LOL

Teresa


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Stephanie Elms

> When I was a kid my mom sent me to piano lessons. I did really well,
> at first. Problem was I had a really good "ear" and I kind of cheated
> by asking the teacher to play a piece first so I could hear it. Then
> I pretended to read the music and just played what I remembered. He
> eventually figured out what was going on. Darn! <g>

You know...I think that being able to play music by ear is so much
more important (not sure if that is the right word, but it is the only
one coming to me right now) then reading music. Anyone can be taught to
read music. It is the ear to hear the pitches and the feeling that is
important.

Cute story!

Stephanie E.

Myranda

I agree!!! I took piano for several years, but could never hear if what I was doing was right. Instead, I got used to the feel of where my fingers were on the keys.... kinda like how I can type without looking at the screen or my keyboard and just *know* when I type something wrong. I think it would be much easier to be able to hear if you're doing it right or wrong. My piano teacher used to fuss at me all the time because I couldn't hear my mistakes.
Myranda

From: Stephanie Elms
You know...I think that being able to play music by ear is so much
more important (not sure if that is the right word, but it is the only
one coming to me right now) then reading music. Anyone can be taught to
read music. It is the ear to hear the pitches and the feeling that is
important.

Cute story!

Stephanie E.


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In a message dated 11/14/02 1:06:16 PM, stephanie.elms@...
writes:

<< You know...I think that being able to play music by ear is so much
more important (not sure if that is the right word, but it is the only
one coming to me right now) then reading music. Anyone can be taught to
read music. It is the ear to hear the pitches and the feeling that is
important. >>

True. But unless you tell someone to play something note for note, you lose
CONTROL!!
It did always seem to me in school that precision was stressed over
musicality, and mechanics over tone.

Sandra