> > I wouldn't try to think that far in the future. We should concentrate on > this year's agenda. How about a class on ho C# and Db are the same note. > The next day, there'll be one on how D# and Eb are the same note. They won't > get through the whole scale in one Convention but at least it'll be a start. > > In about 10 years, they can start teaching how to spell intervals and why a > tooner should know how to do that. Teaching the 4:5 ratio of contiguous > 3rds, how to spell the intervals and actually having more than just a few > people even know what that means is about 20 years away. > > Bill Bremmer RPT Yes, I see your point. There are as many difficulties involved in teaching someone that what they see isn't what they see as in pointing out that what they were taught isn't what they see in practice. With so few seeing what they see, there seem to be a number of long hard roads ahead. Ron N
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