How to truly listen
As you listen, take down information to answer the questions below, which will serve as ideas for class discussion.
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Example:
What does she aim to teach the world?
She wants to teach the world how to listen.
- What point does she make about reading music, about its translation and interpretation?
- Why does she say she can ‘get more dynamic with less effort’?
- What does she say about the time you need to get to know the instrument?
- What difference does she refer to as regards the way percussionists and musicians play the same piece of music?
- How long has she been playing?
- What is different about the way she ‘listens’ to sounds?
- What did her early training sessions consist of?
- What reasons did she give to express her disagreement when she was not accepted at the Royan Academy of Music in London?
- What happened when she was finally accepted there?
- What does she say about current music halls?
- Why does she insist on the idea of giving time to a piece of music?
- What does she say is one of the best things about being a musician?
- What does she illustrate through the example of imitating rain by clapping?
- What did her first instructor ask her to do about the drum? Why?
- What does your emotional baggage do to you in a music hall?
- What is her final piece of advice for people going to concerts?
