Pitch is right-brain-intuitive, "connective" and "feminine", if you will. Rhythm is left-brain-rational, "male" and "separating". Our culture values left-brain thought- technical and "separating". Connective right-brain thought is valued somewhat, but only for the technical, competetive purposes of the connected group, usually the corporation or bureaucracy, rather than the community. We emphasise corporate cooperation and culture toward world commerce over community cooperation toward local commerce and culture. Our imbalance is reflected in popular music's mechanical rhythms.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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The Suzuki Method was originally called the "Mother Tongue Method" I believe. Here is a wonderful ebook about how this music educator groped after this concept and developed it:
http://books.google.com/books?id=4d0PwBJjcb8C&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=%22A+New+Music+Education+Method%22&source=bl&ots=dtFMtcYpLg&sig=nLBjr6_d4IFE54AyU3XwrFVVLEg&hl=en&ei=pQx1SvnCBYajtgfFh92WCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=%22A%20New%20Music%20Education%20Method%22&f=false
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