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Originally Posted by The Mites
Having being through the British college system, and quite possibly one very similar to the one Andy teaches on, I can honestly say I've had enough of that crap. The students at that level don't need to be shown the lesser known styles of music.
They need to learn how to make good music, regardless of style. Skills include (for all musicians) significant understanding of rhythm, subdivisions and time signatures, harmony including upper extensions and voice-lead chord progressions, reading, music structure, and of course all the basic scales and modes.
Andy: I think college students in Britain should basically be tought how to create everything written in Tommy Igoe's 'Groove Essentials' books. Think about it for 5 minutes, and I bet you'll agree whole-heartedly.
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yes let's make us some robots
jk
I suppose I didn't fully realize that the threadstarter is a college teacher and not just another teacher that gives lessons. But all I'm sayin is I'll take creativity over technicality or even music theory knowledge any day of the week.