The most streamed song on Spotify, Shape of You, has four chords. So does the second, and the third. It is no surprise, then, that such pieces are not staple in instrumental lessons aimed at developing a student's high-level musical abilities. Instead, quite understandably, we often resort to Western classical music.
It lacks social media advertising campaigns, novelty, or indeed coolness, but classical music is nonetheless often deemed indispensable towards ‘proper’ cultivation, as indeed Miles Davis might attest. It is thus likely that some students play classical music in their lessons not out of preference, but of necessity. For many, it barely goes beyond that. Indeed, most music students that I know derive little or no joy from classical music in their lessons. That the tackling of such an issue would improve their abilities is self-evident.
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