the questions even if we do not like the answers?
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Norman
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From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Keith E Gatl=
ing
Sent: Sun 2/15/2009 10:19 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: 21st Century Computer Skills
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Norman Constantine <
nconstantine@wakefieldschool.org> wrote:
> On the music issue.....or any other issue really........can we not all=
ow
> students to ask how to make the music they like......and hence the
> progressions that they need........digital tools are very good at prod=
ucing
> sounds......some believe at least as good as any analog tool (instrume=
nts)
> that exist.........should we teach people to make music with them usin=
g 21st
> century tools instead of older century analog tools? I dont know the
> answer....i just wish i did.
Hmm...so are you perhaps implying that my colleagues in the Performing=
Arts
Department should stop giving courses in Music Theory, because all of=
that
old chord progression and chord structure stuff that's been with us for
centuries is going to go away now that anyone can put together something=
in
GarageBand? Are you suggesting that books that help teach piano and guit=
ar
are out of date because the kids will either figure it out anyway or mov=
e on
to the new digital instruments and make their own music?
The fortepiano, and later the pianoforte, did eventually supplant the
harpsichord, but it took a long time, and for a lot of that time they
coexisted. And, the skills that were useful with the harpsichord are eas=
ily
transferable to the piano, the organ, or a modern synthesizer. Chromatic
keyboard skills remain basially the same, no matter what form the instru=
ment
takes. Once you've gained them on one, you can easily move to another=
- but
you have to gain them on one first. This is the same argument I've been
making with word processing. It doesn't matter whether you learn the ski=
lls
first in WordStar, Pages or on a Smith-Corona; once you have the basic
skills from one method, it's easier to apply them to whatever new one=
comes
along.
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Keith E Gatling
mailto:keith@gatling.us
http://www.gatling.us/keith
The fact that I'm open-minded doesn't mean that I have to agree with you.
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