Why MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS CONT.

5. Music is a Foreign Language
Most of the terms are in Italian, German or French, and the notation is certainly
NOT English,but a highly developed kind of shorthand that uses symbols to
represent ideas. The semantics of music is the most complete and universal
Language!

6. Music is Art\
It allows a human being to take all accumulated knowledge and skill and use it to
create emotion. That is one thing science cannot duplicate: Humanism, feeling,
emotion, call it what you will.

THAT IS WHY WE TEACH MUSIC!!!
not because we expect you to major in music-Nor to play or sing all your life
Not so you can relax--NOT so you can have FUN!
but...
SO YOU WILL BE MORE HUMAN-SO YOU WILL RECOGNIZE BEAUTY
SO YOU WILL BE MORE SENSITIVE-SO YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO CLING TO
SO YOU WILL BE CLOSER TO AN INFINITE BEYOND THIS WORLD
SO YOU WILL HAVE MORE LOVE, MORE COMPASSION, MORE GENTLENESS, MORE GOOD
IN SHORT....MUSIC WILL BRING YOU MORE LIFE!!

why music in our schools continued

3. Music is Physical Education

It Requires fantastic coordination of fingers, hands, arms, lip, cheek and facial muscles, in addition to extraordinary control of the diaphragm, back, stomach, and chest muscles, which respond instantly to the sound the ear hears and the mind interprets. (this is applying to singing/choir)

4. Music is History
Music usually reflects the environment and times of its creation, often even the country and or racial feeling.

WHY MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS

Recently, at my son's junior high choir concert, on the back of the program was a wonderful list of why we should have music in our schools. I thought is worthy of sharing with my Let's Play Music families and friends.

1. MUSIC IS MATHEMATICAL
It is rhythmically based on the subdivisions of time into fractions which must be done instantaneously, not worked out on paper.

2. MUSIC IS A SCIENCE It is exact, specific and it demands exact acoustics. A condcuctor's score is a chart, a graph which indicates frequencies, intensities, volume changes, melody, and harmony all at once and with the most exact control of time.

stay tuned for more in the coming weeks.....you will definitely be impressed with what music will do for your child as they enter school and the school of life!