For some 200 or more years, music lessons have followed much the same linear sequence. Perhaps you experienced lessons like these yourself as a child? Let me outline the flow:
Of course, this is a tongue-in-cheek view of lessons today. However, I'm sure it will still resonate with readers.
Depending on your measure of success, you could argue that this approach to teaching has worked perfectly well for the last 200 years, and so why do we even need to talk about it? If your measure of success is a student's ability to perform classical music with a flawless technique and with appropriate interpretation and style (and probably from memory), then you'll probably feel that this lesson process has been largely successful. And I'd agree. Indeed, you may have many competent past and present students demonstrating success in this area in your studios today.
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