Comments on: The Convergence Pyramid http://www.beyondbasscamp.com/2009/10/the-convergence-pyramid/ Digging Deeper Inside the Bass, with Steve Lawson. Wed, 19 May 2010 21:35:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Patrick McLaughlin http://www.beyondbasscamp.com/2009/10/the-convergence-pyramid/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Patrick McLaughlin Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:17:45 +0000 http://www.beyondbasscamp.com/?p=107#comment-90 Great post, I really like the way you summed all of this up. Language classes seem to follow this progression very well - starting with basic letters, forming words, forming sentences, etc. etc. all leading up to the goal of communicating an idea fluently. The red pen is eventually put down. However, I feel that this progression slips the minds of many music educators. It seems like a lot of music educators always keep the red pen out to fix and correct things that weren’t textbook perfect. I think this is where the downfall of music education lies right now because it more or less mutes the student’s opportunity to truly convey a personal idea. Great post, I really like the way you summed all of this up.

Language classes seem to follow this progression very well – starting with basic letters, forming words, forming sentences, etc. etc. all leading up to the goal of communicating an idea fluently. The red pen is eventually put down.

However, I feel that this progression slips the minds of many music educators. It seems like a lot of music educators always keep the red pen out to fix and correct things that weren’t textbook perfect. I think this is where the downfall of music education lies right now because it more or less mutes the student’s opportunity to truly convey a personal idea.

]]> By: Kevin Montgomery http://www.beyondbasscamp.com/2009/10/the-convergence-pyramid/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Kevin Montgomery Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:49:59 +0000 http://www.beyondbasscamp.com/?p=107#comment-89 Nice article that really put a more personal perspective on my goals as a musician. I just read an interview with Wayne Shorter that said about the same thing, but in a totally different way. Thank you very much for sharing. Nice article that really put a more personal perspective on my goals as a musician. I just read an interview with Wayne Shorter that said about the same thing, but in a totally different way. Thank you very much for sharing.

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