Students, especially beginners, will often balk at learning to read music. Oh, learning the musical alphabet may be OK, and knowing how to find middle C on a keyboard is as far as they want to go; sometimes even that is going a little too far. They prefer to think of themselves as having a “gift”, and that they are a “natural talent”. Indeed, they might be a natural talent; but that alone will probably not get them very far.
Sometimes getting students to understand that learning to read music is difficult, but it’s vital; vital to their personal growth, and vital to the groups they may perform with.
Michelle
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