Is there such a thing as "custom made" music lessons?
Well, we all love to feel special, dont we?
And we also like to feel that ,, ok this is made ESPECIALLY
for ME!!
We have custom made clothes... "Hi Mr Tailor, can you add a pocket here for me at the sleeves?"
"Sure,, Mr Unique, as long as you like it".
We
have custom made drinks... "Hi Mrs Bubble Tea,, I dont want any pearls in my bubble tea, but add jelly instead".
"Sure, any how you want it Miss".
We can custom make anything we want in this world, as long as we are willing to pay $$$ !!! Right??
Ok, and today im going to talk about "CUSTOM MADE" Music lessons!!!
This may sound good AS IF you can custom make your lessons , meaning you can omit certain things you DONT wanna learn, or add things you wanna learn.
Eg,, i hate
scales! can you omit that in my music programme??
WELL... if that's what you mean by custom made lessons, IM SO SORRY< BUT THAT"S IMPOSSIBLE IF YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE A GOOD COMMAND OF TECHNIQUE N SKILLS IN YOUR PERFORMANCES!
Of
course you can choose what you want to learn before starting lessons, like classical (which encompasses music written in the baroque period all the the way to 20th century).Or music written from the 20th century like jazz, ragtime, novelty piano , pop etc.
BUT you have to experience all styles and genres when you choose to take up classical piano lessons.
Therefore, scales which greatly benefit you especially when you play classical sonatas is a MUST to include!
Music lessons should
be holistic meaning it should have all these, like aural training , sight reading, scales, expression, history of music, interpretation , theory, performing etc.
You cant pick and choose what you want or dont want to do.
So, there's
really NO SUCH THING as a custom made music lessons!!!