> he is saying "I can't explain how to do this,
> you'll have to work it out yourself."

No, it's more like I'm "not" going to explain this because the only way it'll really work for you is to figure it out for yourself.

I don't trust teachers who want to give all of the answers. Answers are useless. It's questions that make the wheels turn - and "teaching" really revolves around nothing more than presenting the absolute basics and helping the student see that it's okay to try, make mistakes, ask questions and find his or her own path.

Right and wrong . . . well outside of some basic technique issues and the stuff that forms the core of music theory (basic rhythm, chord progressions and stuff like that) the rest of it is pretty much open to any interpretation. As long as the player is making musical sense and he or she is happy (this is, after all, supposed to be fun) there really is no right or wrong.

-Patrick