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Thread #134822   Message #3070241
Posted By: Bobert
08-Jan-11 - 09:05 PM
Thread Name: Baby's First Instrument?
Subject: RE: Baby's First Instrument?
Ya'll don't know much about "Orff Music", do ya???

I saw it work for years and years and the 100's of kids my wife taught over the years did just fine... Many ended up in bands... Many went on to major in music...

I mean, lets get real here... Average 3 and 4 year olds ain't gonna learn to play geetars or pianos until they get a little older... Orff gives them a foundation... It gets them playin' music when they are real young...

The only bad thing about Orff is that alot of people think they can teach it without knowing what then heck they are doing... Duhhhh!!!

There are not alot of really trained Orff teachers around... Lotta wantabees who don't understand it...

Anyone who has seen it work knows that it works... I've seen it work and as a musician myself going back some 50 years I am impressed when it is done in accordance with what Orff himself taught...

"Out of vogue" my butt... Bunch of lazy people who think they know how to teach kids by sittin' around jammin' with their friend while the kids play on the floor propagate that BS...

Grrrrrrrrt!!!

Ignorance!!!

B~