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RE: A Beginner Seeks Advice



>Hear hear, and what is solfege training anyway??  Sorry Henry, but I
>have to disagree slightly on this one.
>Basically get a good teacher and do hours of practice.  Get as much
>advice as you can, try new ideas and work out what works best for you.
>But above all have fun doing it!!



"It's as easy as DO-RE-MI."  (SOUND OF MUSIC)

Sorry for the quote, but solfege training allows one to internalize pitches
and turn the notes on the page into sounds in our ear.  The extremely
complicated skills needed to play can only be controlled at the highest ans
"simplest" level.

In all this I am a "card-carrying" follower of Arnold Jacobs.



Henry Howey
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Sam Houston State University
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