| 摘要 |
A method of teaching music which utilizes a set of unique card and dice games, special charts and diagrams indicating finger and hand positions for keyboard, and a specific learning sequence, all of which teach the student how to play basic musical patterns such as notes, chords, scales, arpeggios, melodies, rhythms, and songs. This is taught in an organized sequence, before teaching the student how to read musical notation. Unlike standard methods which begin with the reading of musical notation, the Magic Music Method's sequence of skill acquisition begins with the student directly copying the teacher, and progresses to interactive card and dice games utilizing special charts and diagrams, which give the student the ability to play songs quickly. This allows for concrete visual and auditory instruction to occur before the student is expected to read musical notation. The foundation is keyboard, and the method may also be used to teach any other musical instrument, given the fact that piano proficiency is normally required for music majors no matter what their principal instrument may be, and given the fact that the method described herein has it's basis in the study of musical harmony, which may be applied to any instrument. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method of teaching music in a four-stage spiral learning sequence, wherein the teacher is:
Demonstrating, either in person or via recorded video or videoconference, the skills of playing notes, chords/arpeggios, scales, chord inversions, various hand positions, melodies and songs to the student(s) who copies by the teacher directly (Stage 1); Playing and teaching the student to play musical card and dice games in which the selected card(s), from a standard deck of playing cards, corresponds to the musical note(s) as shown in FIG. 4, and/or the selected dice number(s), from normal 6-sided dice, corresponds to the musical note(s) as shown in FIG. 8 (Stage 2); Querying of a set of specific charts utilizing different configurations of Magic Music Blocks (FIG. 2) in order to discover and learn to play musical patterns related to the notes chosen by said randomly selected card and dice, said charts including, in any particular order, “Piano Map” (FIG. 3), “Clock of Fifths” (FIG. 4), “24 Basic Chords” (FIG. 5), “Five Finger Patterns” (FIG. 6), “Scale Patterns” (FIG. 7), “Scale Degrees and Dice” (FIG. 8), and “Chord Inversions” (FIG. 9), and any combination of said charts thereof, or reconfigured charts consisting of Magic Music Blocks arranged in such a way as to direct the student to play specific note patterns (Continuation of Stage 2); Teaching the student(s) to play songs and compositions as presented with Magic Music Blocks in a vertically oriented manner as shown in FIG. 10 (Stage 3); Transitioning the concrete skills learned in the above stages, to the study of musical notation with the student(s) viewing charts that place Magic Music Blocks next to standard musical notation as in FIG. 11 (Stage 4); and Repeating the four stages described above, as necessary, with each new concept introduced to the student(s). |
