Modern Methods of Teaching Music
MISS GWEN HUMPHREYS, L.T.C.L., R.R.S.M. It will be of interest to many to learn that Miss Gwen Humphreys, L.T.C.L., L.R.S.M., who is well known to Feilding audiences as a plamist and who has of late being studying under Mr Gordon Short, of Wellington, is commencing teaching. Besides studying piano technique, Miss Humphreys has also spent time learning modern methods of teaching music which not only aid fluency but also guarantee a more intelligent performance. In the past too much time has been devoted to teaching pupils to read individual notes instead of to recognise groups of notes. This may be compared to spelling out words instead of reading them and results in an impression of aimlessness. By studying tho groups of notes and rythmit patterns constantly recurring in all music and playing with a consciousness of their correct association of sounds and time values, music is transformed from a mere gabbling of notes into a language. On the principle of training pupils in the correct association of sounds and time-values from the beginning Miss Humphreys’ system of teaching is based. Besides giving private tuition at any stago of advancement Miss Humphreys is prepared to arrange classes' for beginners at reduced fees.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 33, 9 February 1937, Page 3
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