Ask the Professor: Magical Music & Helpful Tips.

Ask the Professor: Magical Music & Helpful Tips, Starter flush 1A, 1B, 2, music and lyrics by dint of Janet Vagt; Professor's Comments through Janet Vogt, Gail Berenson and Judith Strickland Minter. Heritage Music Pres A Division of the Lorenz Corporation (PO receptacle 802, Dayton, OH 45401), 2004 24 pp each, $595 each. Easy.

For centuries the piano scholar has sat quietly by, week after week, listening to the teacher ramble upon and on about "that note," "this sharp," "that forte" and "why are you rushing?" While chiefly teachers would love for bookish mans to ask them questions, hardly any students actually do, and seldom are the twinklings when a teacher engages in a discussion with a observer about style or meaningful practice.

Ask the Professor--a breakthrough universal for students and teachers--is a way to lay open communication with the student and allow the observer to ask the "professor" questions about musicianship, verse recitals, practicing and technique. Questions are pos at the beginning of greatest in number pieces, and the professor answers. Sometimes the questions are related or reinforced in the piece that tread in the steps ofs and sometimes they are not. apt repertoire and lyrics are a bonus to these supplementary materials for any rule The questions and repertoire are actually up to date with the kid agriculture of today (reference to Harry trifle for the two-note slur!).

While an questions are not exactly in succession the tip of the tongue of greatest in quantity students, for example: "How can I bring this piece to a quiet close?"--the questions are important in music research and will prompt some teachers to be more conscious of the various aspects of music that ne to be protected in a lesson. Although several areas of music and performance are addressed (a scarcely any too many on recitals--30 percent of questions), there extremitys to be more questions regarding note reading, form and verse Undoubtedly, the "magic" of Ask the Professor is in the communication, relationship and sharing of ideas that will make known between teacher and student. Reviewed at Rachel Kramer, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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