rastahomie
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- Mar 5, 2010
I simply do not get music - at least, the academic aspects of it. I can dig a good tune as much as the next guy. But when people start talking about time signatures, chords, minor keys, flat this and sharp that, they might as well be speaking in Swahili.
The little guy that Mrs. Homie babysits (turns three in December) watches Little Einsteins(?), and it teaches kids about music. They have this sequence where they pat their knees in time to the music, with emphasis on certain beats, and I'm still lost. I remember back in first grade, our music teacher teaching the same thing (patting on the knees in time, emphasis on certain beats), and I was utterly lost. I just gave up and waved my hands around.
Similarly, math has always been my Achilles Heel. I'm pushing 50 and I can barely handle simple arithmetic. Seriously: I almost need a calculator to keep score in pinochle.
The little guy that Mrs. Homie babysits (turns three in December) watches Little Einsteins(?), and it teaches kids about music. They have this sequence where they pat their knees in time to the music, with emphasis on certain beats, and I'm still lost. I remember back in first grade, our music teacher teaching the same thing (patting on the knees in time, emphasis on certain beats), and I was utterly lost. I just gave up and waved my hands around.
Similarly, math has always been my Achilles Heel. I'm pushing 50 and I can barely handle simple arithmetic. Seriously: I almost need a calculator to keep score in pinochle.