Music on a regular
While we use our class discussions to speak about music and the power it has on people on an everyday basis, I can’t help but wonder “how on earth we as music teachers will teach music?” It’s no surprise that the modern world is light years ahead of its game. Not only with technology but with music as well. There are so many new and different types of genres that it makes it seem impossible to teach music. What do we teach now-a-days? do we try to stick with the ol’ baroque and classical or do we try and teach what our kids really want to learn? Genres like metal, scaw, or hiphy? (To tell you the truth, I really don’t even know what the last two are!) Students in today’s society have dramatically changed. Social matters have changed. An old professor of mine had it right the first time when she said “If it doesn’t mean something to them, then it really doesn’t matter.” Musically speaking, if our students feel that the lesson being taught is not to their benefit, then they won’t care about it and zone out. Trying to teach the “old” music becomes more difficult and time passes. So once again, what kind of music do we teach our students? We always want to teach and have it mean something, not only to our students, but to ourselves as well. Music has changed and will keep on changing. I feel as though we will always be trying to keep up with the latest music trend in order to teach with meaning and perception. Just like our older professors and technology of today. They do not know how to use it and alway do one of two things: Tries to figure out how to use it themselves or asks a student of today’s age (us) to teach it to them. One day, WE will become the “old professors” and do the very same thing with in future’s modern day. I can’t wait!….Well, maybe I can.
