This school I attempted to go to (had to leave the "music department" or would have progressively gotten less musical) regularly graduates wannabe rock stars and very poor musicians through their music Edu. program. What's more unbelievable is that their 4th semester(final level) theory class, did not have text book and were still exploring writing in root position with out any formal guidelines. We were told just to feel it out.
It's scary to think this music department has accreditation at all. What's worse is they place these people in local grade schools/ middle schools for internships.
Sigh,,,, wish I had something more positive to contribute.
We even think we can perform quality church music by having people listen to recordings of their part until they memorize it. We call chords by their roots and components, without reference to function ("F7" not "V7/Bb"),
But we are concomitantly in the era of Common Core, so how does one arrive at the answer to the equation, "blech(x3)=???
Has anyone else encountered this term? "Musicing"?
SEVEN YEARS
Three years
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