http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2007/09/21/in-the-wild/ What's life like for an instrumental instructor in East Lothian? Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:32:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2007/09/21/in-the-wild/#comment-3505 Connected Blog » Counterpoint Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:01:54 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2007/09/21/in-the-wild/#comment-3505 [...] Craig (Chief Executive of the Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing), in her presentation at the Scottish Learning Festival suggested that the very adaptability they demonstrate leads to [...] [...] Craig (Chief Executive of the Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing), in her presentation at the Scottish Learning Festival suggested that the very adaptability they demonstrate leads to [...]

]]> http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2007/09/21/in-the-wild/#comment-3491 Connected Blog » Anarchy in the UK Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:21:42 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2007/09/21/in-the-wild/#comment-3491 [...] event was reminiscent of In The Wild - a fringe event (sponsored by Channel 4) at the Scottish Learning [...] [...] event was reminiscent of In The Wild - a fringe event (sponsored by Channel 4) at the Scottish Learning [...]

]]> http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2007/09/21/in-the-wild/#comment-3480 Alan Coady’s Musical Blog » Anarchy in the UK Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:29:25 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2007/09/21/in-the-wild/#comment-3480 [...] event was reminiscent of In The Wild a fringe event (sponsored by Channel 4) at the Scottish Learning [...] [...] event was reminiscent of In The Wild a fringe event (sponsored by Channel 4) at the Scottish Learning [...]

]]> http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2007/09/21/in-the-wild/#comment-3431 Alan Coady’s Musical Blog » Counterpoint Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:02:47 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2007/09/21/in-the-wild/#comment-3431 [...] What makes the Air from Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 tricky is counterpoint. Initially, pupils survive the distraction of opposing melodies going on around them by shutting them out. They then pass through a phase of noticing them before arriving at the final stage of coming to depend on them – by which time the opposing melodies have adopted the role of cues. This process of converting a difficulty into an asset seems to be something at which humans excel. Carol Craig (Chief Executive of the Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing), in her presentation at the Scottish Learning Festival suggested that this this very adaptability leads to acquisition rarely matching expectation in a consumerist society. It seems simply to be part of life. It always strikes me as odd to consider that, in the beginnings of our universe, oxygen was the great destroyer. We sure tamed that beast! [...] [...] What makes the Air from Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 tricky is counterpoint. Initially, pupils survive the distraction of opposing melodies going on around them by shutting them out. They then pass through a phase of noticing them before arriving at the final stage of coming to depend on them – by which time the opposing melodies have adopted the role of cues. This process of converting a difficulty into an asset seems to be something at which humans excel. Carol Craig (Chief Executive of the Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing), in her presentation at the Scottish Learning Festival suggested that this this very adaptability leads to acquisition rarely matching expectation in a consumerist society. It seems simply to be part of life. It always strikes me as odd to consider that, in the beginnings of our universe, oxygen was the great destroyer. We sure tamed that beast! [...]

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