Name: 【TED-Ed】Music as a language - Victor Wooten
Uploaded: 2013-03-19T16:14:54.000Z
Duration: 5 min
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Both music and verbal languages serve the same purpose.

They can be used as a way to communicate with others.

In some instances music works better than the spoken word,

Although many musicians agree that music is a language,

This approach has been followed for hundreds of years

with proven success, but it takes a long time.

Think about the first language you learn as a child.

More importantly, think about how you learned it.

You were a baby when you first started speaking,

and even though you spoke the language incorrectly

Learning to speak was not something you were sent somewhere to do

And the majority of the people you spoke to

Imagine your parents forcing you to only speak to other babies

until you were good enough to speak to them.

you could carry on a proper conversation.

To use a musical term, as a baby you were allowed

If we approach music in the same natural way

we will learn to speak it in the same short time

Proof of this could be seen in almost any family

where a child grows up with other musicians in the family.

Here are a few keys to follow in learning or teaching music:

in the beginning embrace mistakes, instead of correcting them.

Like a child playing air guitar, there are no wrong notes.

Encourage young musicians to play more than they practice.

The more they play the more they will practice on their own.

Music comes from the musician, not the instrument.

We only tell them what they are supposed to say.