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The purpose of arranging lessons is to facilitate a focused, extensive, one-to-one discussion between student and teacher. Such an interaction can be very conducive to good learning.
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You mean as opposed to having multiple people make comments or suggestions on a piece of music. I suppose it makes sense if the subject is not simply a review, where the opinion of the larger community is sought, but on a specific aspect of the music.
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As for staff screening, we merely want to ensure that "teachers" aren't so elementary themselves that they would instruct their "students" outright wrongly, or just be next to useless.
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Ok, that makes sense. But what is the basis for making that determination? Wouldn't it depend on the goal of the student?
For example - a friend of mine has alot of talent in solo improvisation on the guitar in a blues medium. But he struggles with some basic music theory(for instance, notation). His talent far exceeds many musicians who know the theory he struggles with.
If someone wants to be taught by him (they want his talent) - what would the better choice be? The knowledgable teacher who can't do what my friend does, or him? The screening process may not match the students needs/wants with the teacher they are landed with.
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We have no plans of being snobbish with this - we can't afford to be, on account of the finite resources before us. And of course, if one takes, say, Qccowboy as being representative of the mean teaching standard we are aiming for (which he isn't, as I'll explain in a sec), it excludes pretty much everyone else on the forum. We don't all possess master's degrees, after all.  |
I think this comes close to what I'm talking about. I've heard music on this site and in general by people with far less formal education than others which I personally like better. Academia carries a fair distance - but it doesn't mean it matches the particular goals of the student in whatever area that he seeks to improve in.
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Care to name them?
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I think your explanation and mine have answered that.