| From: "DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)" Subject: Re: teaching styles To: vocalist Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
MBO wrote:
>>My point being that imagery must be used as a reinforcement of the result. It is a way of solidifying the result not inducing the behavior.
I agree with what you said about needing a good balance between scientific knowledge and imagery. I also understand the above sentence, and get good results when I ask a student to describe what he/she has just done. I.e., it is important for each student to verbalize his own imagery that is meaningful to his process. However, it is also possible to offer ideas with which the student can experiment before he finds the sound he is looking for. Such ideas or images should not be presented as "You should feel thus-and-so," but rather, "Some people feel thus-and-so; why don't you try working with that idea?" It may take several different ideas before the student finds the one that works for him, but success is often achieved in this way. As Wes Balk would say, sometimes we work from the inside out, and sometimes from the outsidein, but both are useful, and balance is always good.
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