I know a person who took ten years of piano lessons and could play beautiful classical music, but she was unable to improvise. Without the sheet music in front of her, she couldn't play.
I think it is wrong to teach that there is a right way and a wrong way to play. Especially if teaching a child. Music as a form of expression suffers when a musician is not able to hear and feel their own emotional influence on the music.
I gave my acoustic guitar to my eight year old niece and was told to make sure she understood that it is noy a toy. I asked why we call it playing an instrument. Or why we say that is for playing music.
Sure, it can evoke emotion other than happiness, but playing it should be fun for the one playing. Otherwise the motive is going to compromise the quality of the music being played.
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JFC
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