Talk:Classical guitar pedagogy

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[edit] References?

I also agree with much of the information here, although most of it seems to either to not be cited, or to be original research. If someone wanted to fix that somehow, I think that it needs attention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greenhelium (talk • contribs) 23:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] This article ought not be a tutor

Although I'm broadly in agreement with much, but not all, of content that has recently been added to this article I am also very alarmed in that some of it is highly subjective. There are many legitimate approaches to teaching musical instruments, and teachers often have strong and understandably passionately held viewpoints on where various emphasis should be put etc. I think content that reads along following lines "teachers should...", "not enough emphasis is placed " etc amounts to opinion and is neither fact nor neutral. Such material, no matter how sincerely held or offered is not an appropriate in Wikipedia (although perfectly appropriate in a published method or tutor book under an author's name). RichardJ Christie (talk) 09:11, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes true - different teachers have different viewpoints on where emphasis should be put. Hopefully more ideas will be added. Sentences that read "teachers should..." etc. may still be neutral. But perhaps the wording is sloppy and can be changed. For example: "Teachers should ideally analyse both music and instrumental technique" can be changed to "Teaching involves the analysis of both music and instrumental technique". Or the sentence "Teachers often do not emphasise beautiful tone production enough when a person is receiving instruction." - could be changed to "For the classical guitar, a consideration of beautiful tone production is important, when receiving instruction.", etc. TheRationalGuitarist (talk) 12:25, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Some sentences have now been improved slightly. TheRationalGuitarist (talk) 16:04, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's mostly a matter of how the material is presented rather than its content. Modifications, similar to above, are just the ticket. RichardJ Christie (talk) 08:36, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article in the realm of art, philosophy, learning?

This whole article (due to the very nature of its title) is in the realm of art and philosophy, or rather: in a metalevel talking about learning of an artform.

As a good addition to this article, or for those who insist on some pointers or something that can justify the writing (its style and a bit of its topics), I can only recommend Álvaro Pierri's beautiful interview about aspects of teaching and learning, etc. - Part 1, Part 2
TheRationalGuitarist (talk) 22:12, 8 June 2008 (UTC)