http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/04/08/falling-between-the-beats/ What's life like for an instrumental instructor in East Lothian? Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:55:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/04/08/falling-between-the-beats/#comment-3921 Alan Coady Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:28:47 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/04/08/falling-between-the-beats/#comment-3921 I must be a teenager at heart too :-) I respond more to either serenity or bedlam than to anything in the middle. I must be a teenager at heart too I respond more to either serenity or bedlam than to anything in the middle.

]]> http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/04/08/falling-between-the-beats/#comment-3914 Allsorts Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:39:29 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/04/08/falling-between-the-beats/#comment-3914 Interesting observation. My teenage son said to me today "Why is classical music much more quiet than normal music?" This is a boy whose favourite classical piece is the Saint Saens Organ Symphony, closely followed by Mars, from Holst's Planet Suite. So I think it's not just faster tempi but also louder dynamics that appeal to the younger psyche. We know that loud does not always go with fast, nor slow with quiet, but youngsters often make that link. Having said that, he has a really good feel for the romantic stuff on his cello. Maybe it's extremes they are programmed to respond to. The other stuff just passes them by. Interesting observation. My teenage son said to me today “Why is classical music much more quiet than normal music?”
This is a boy whose favourite classical piece is the Saint Saens Organ Symphony, closely followed by Mars, from Holst’s Planet Suite.
So I think it’s not just faster tempi but also louder dynamics that appeal to the younger psyche.
We know that loud does not always go with fast, nor slow with quiet, but youngsters often make that link.
Having said that, he has a really good feel for the romantic stuff on his cello.
Maybe it’s extremes they are programmed to respond to. The other stuff just passes them by.

]]>