Why is it such a pleasure to make music? As I was having my guitar lesson on Friday morning, my teacher and I were playing 3 chords - D C and G. We started with a little finger picking and then moved into a nice steady strumming rhythm. There was a point when it felt like meditation. A point when I didn't have to think about what I was playing, I simply allowed my body to be it's musical self. And it was beyond "fun". Fun is such a funny word. Was my strumming giving me the giggles? Not really. It was giving me a sense of freedom, but also a sense of connecting to my self and to the other player. I absolutely loved it.
When introducing someone to the Simply Music program, I love talking about how we are all innately musical. Being musical is such a part of who we naturally are. Here's a wonderful video with Neil Moore (the founder of Simply Music) talking about musicality and the simplicity with which a student gets to immediately experience himself/herself as a musician. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhpIdijE0zw&feature=related
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