But nothing beats face to face or personal online interaction
Call me old fashioned, I have never had personal online interaction to learn music, but surely just being in the company of good players beats all that by a country mile?
But nothing beats face to face or personal online interaction
Ok, you're old fashionedCall me old fashioned
but surely just being in the company of good players beats all that by a country mile?
I don't think there's much point in asking OAIM to add support for my tablet, because it's entirely my fault that I set Chrome back to factory settings of 2013 - the newer version I had didn't work with YouTube any more (and updating to the most recent version didn't work either - neither does the new YouTube App... I suppose they want me to buy a new tablet to keep the economy turning. But I'd rather spend the money on whistle lessons...). As for the speed - the Whistle Basics course is expressly for beginners, it starts with how to hold the flute, so there should be no way to bore anybody by going too slow. The problem might rather be that Kirsten Allstaff is so good that she can't quite put herself into the position of a beginner with no experience of learning by ear. Or that she thinks it's easy enough to back up (the 10 s button is really handy - if it works...) Or of course it could be all my fault for being too slow on the uptake.awildman wrote:Pacing is always an issue with canned lessons, and OAIM is no different. You either go too slow and bore the more advanced players or too fast and alienate the beginners.
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Have you tried contacting OAIM admin and asking them to add support for your tablet? ....
It isn’t a YouTube, I talked with some of their staff and they have their own type of video player. I don’t know much about it.fatmac wrote:If it's just Youtube, you can slow it down by using the little 'gear wheel' symbol.
Mileages may vary there.The problem as I see it, is they're always in too short supply
YESThe company of good players, the interaction, listening, listening and more listening, to immerse yourself and have a hunger to learn should go a long way. It's important to get some pointers every now and again, to keep the right track, and have people to bounce ideas off.
Certainly a positive for 'grinding in' a tune, and giving you an opportunity to explore small variations while strictly observing time as you pass through the nth iteration of a tune. . .i would guess that the best practice by far would be playing in a dance band: having to get it done, not just for fellow musicians but for dancers.
. I've observed a strong 'consumer' bias in the 'States' The hunger is a more important element. . .I have had pupils who had the consumer approach: I come to you, you teach me to play well. That's not really the way it works, you have to be hungry for it