Free Advice For Beginner Music Students.

 

"...make the most of every opportunity, the clock's winding down..." -RH TODAY.

“The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be.” – Pete Seeger

"Music is The Order of Sounds by Law! Principles govern everything, yet, every principle respects the exceptions to the rules... This however, do not imply there's room for any lawlessness! Basic Foundations matters too... Therefore, do not despise foundational lessons... And, next, you have to learn discipline, yes, practice when you should, sight-read where you should, and yes, PLAY BY EAR! That too is highly essential, we call the foundational lessons for that EAR TRAINING, it begins with Solmization or Solfege, if you prefer, I'm referring to our SOL 100 course... Of course, of course, Improvize, improvize, but do that where you should and strictly speaking, do that, intelligently- that is, know what it is you're doing, understand even those "moves" you "just stumbled" on...know them, don't be as those who 'worship they know not what...' And, be thorough, through and through and, yes, it takes a lot of time, quality time, to get things right, if you don't have perfect pitch, nonetheless 'perfect your relative pitch...' And, remember the foundation is everything...So, get your foundations right... Don't forget Psalms 11:3, so, for now, welcome to ReHearsal House..."

Adapted from the ReHearsal House College of Applied Music Orientation Session Notes for Freshman Applied Music Students.