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Re:Engage, don't show by mecsred on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @04:15PM (#41050331)
But the reason they are a student is because they can't play the music. Showing them the notations and demonstrating how to play it are steps towards them playing it themselves.
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Re:Engage, don't show by soneca on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @04:22PM (#41050402)
Not necessarily. Especially the notations are certainly not a necessary step towards the student playing.

Playing for them, sure. But you can play once and invite them to play. Not keeping showing until you think they learned.

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Re:Engage, don't show by mecsred on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @06:11PM (#41051513)
Sure, you can have them learn by ear or learn by sheet, both possible. According to the analogy you can't do engage without doing either show or tell. Which one doesn't matter.
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