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Post by tedtseng on Nov 22, 2004 12:57:37 GMT
I have formed a Chinese music teaching studio in Toronto, Canada. Your suggestions are appreciated. www.maytune.com-ted tseng |
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Post by davidmdahl on Nov 23, 2004 16:31:09 GMT
Hello Ted,
Welcome to our forum! I am sure we all look forward to your contributions to our discussions on Chinese music.
Congratulations on your new studio. It is a good thing that people of all backgrounds learn to play and appreciate Chinese traditional music. Your studio is a gift to your community.
I find that some students take lessons and practice their instruments, but they do not listen to recordings of traditional music. I think that intensive listening to music of the sort a student is learning is very valuable and vital for playing in-style and with correct tuning. In Vietnamese music at least, the modal systems do not always fit the western scales. If the student only hears western or western-influenced pop music, he or she will not have the right sounds in the ear, and will not be able to play them.
Best wishes,
David Dahl
Portland, Oregon
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Post by tedtseng on Nov 23, 2004 18:42:32 GMT
Good point, David.
This is sort of like the Chinese kids born in foreign country will eventually lose their own culture if we do not create the environment for them. My idea is to gather the Chinese teachers to create the atmosphere and we can go from there.
Ted
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Post by Charlie Huang on Nov 23, 2004 22:03:24 GMT
Good luck on your studio, Ted-san!  |
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Post by lumry on Mar 25, 2006 1:31:48 GMT
i was wondering but do all the teachers thqaqt teach there speak english?...and is it a requirment to know chinese
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