Very unusual and probably best drop in class

granrey

granrey

Son Montuno
The other night I was a salsa party event with a live band.

Before the band there was a salsa drop in class. As usual, I'm like "ok let's do more of the same "

However, this teacher was new for me and something that really surprised me was that he did not waste time by talking about: what is salsa, where does it come from, how to get more classes with him (selling himself), etc.


He went right into teaching salsa and probably 25% of the class was more about teaching people to find the beat.

I don't recall teachers in random drop in classes doing this and rarely on regular classes.

I tend to think lots of people in that class were able to find the beat.

Very interesting.
 
granrey said:
He went right into teaching salsa and probably 25% of the class was more about teaching people to find the beat.


Very interesting.
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The percentages of capability is moot, however, the approach to teaching methods are numerous and I agree, by and large, that going into more than a superficial explanation ( which is something for a later date ) has little value. The "lets get on with it " approach is pretty standard and common from my experiences .
 
opm1s6 said:
I wish this wasn't surprising for anyone. It says a lot about the state of teaching.
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It really speaks to the lack of Prof. training .The genre is rife with the untrained in the art of "teaching " .

The vast majority have little or no extensive background on which to draw .
I would virtually give a free lecture/demo on salsa's relationship to other genres, and how they have impacted salsa..
 
To me a class about teaching to find the beat or active listening is the other half missing from most "musicality" classes. Often you with see musicality classes and all they do is footwork for an hour. But they don't show why they are doing that footwork for a certain part of the song.
 
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