Chapter summary: In this chapter, Ristad discusses inspiring motivation in lessons. She gives an example of a piano student who hates going to her lessons, doesn't do well at playing, and hates practicing. Both the student and the teacher are frustrated and trying, but minimal results are achieved. This is due, Ristad cites, to the teacher's teaching method. For this student, a different teaching method would have been better not only to learn the piano, but also to preserve the student's love of music. In reading this chapter, it was striking to read the student's emotional struggle as the young girl came to hate playing the piano with criticism of subjectivity and of improvisation. The criticism of these two things, Ristad says, stunts the growth of the student and teaches them that music is no fun. Plus, throwing math at students for rhythm doesn't work for all; for some, they just have to feel it.
Key concepts: a lot of success in music has to do with how fun it looks and how well we do at it.
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Making connections: as a teacher, a lot of responsibility rests on my shoulders in teaching. It has to be fun/engaging, and catered to the individual needs of individual students. As a student, I have the responsibility of making it fun, experimenting, and feeling the music.
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