Why does so much string-instrument teaching focus on playing with a straight, even bow? It's like teaching actors to speak in a monotone. No long note should be played without life. Our bows need constantly to change speed/pressure; they need to dance, laugh, speak - to have fun!
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Replying to @StevenIsserlis
The mastery of pedagogy is rendered more difficult by the extreme scarcity of its masters; lacking examples worthy of emulation, most emulate unworthy examples. Which leads to pedagogical malpractice, which makes masters scarcer still. But look at this:http://bit.ly/1Pn1UEN
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @StevenIsserlis
Ultimately, the most important thing to remember about teaching and learning is that neither is worth the effort if their effect is evanescent. And people only retain what they practice. And only practice what they love to do. So it's all really seduction.
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No one is born loving anything. We emerge from the womb dazed and mystified, and in no fit condition to decide what we love. We are all seduced. And this is a good thing: we desperately need others to seduce us. Without this crucial service, we would never become fully human.
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