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From:  John Link <johnlink@n...>
Date:  Mon Nov 25, 2002  11:18 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] The curse of teaching voice.....

Dr Dean wrote:

>After eight years of college grad and post grad schooling I could talk
>the talk and walk the walk. Then my first work was with the children in
>CTW (Sesame Street). They didn't have a clue as to what I was talking
>about. So now, after 45 years working with singing kids most of my
>music terminology has flown away on silvered wings, out the window,
>never to be seen again. It's only when reading the vocalist I remember
>most of the meaning of the terminology. God help me if I ever have to
>work with adults again. They'll think I'm talking down to them unless I
>take a refresher on music-speak.

Are you sure? Maybe they'll just understand what you mean when you
speak in concrete terms in plain English.

John Link

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