[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.49,0:00:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Guitar music throughout) Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.91,0:00:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Music is a language. Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.89,0:00:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both music and verbal languages\Nserve the same purpose. Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.60,0:00:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are both forms of expression. Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.86,0:00:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can be used as a way\Nto communicate with others. Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.62,0:00:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can be read and written. Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.82,0:00:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can make you laugh or cry, Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.67,0:00:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think or question, Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.92,0:00:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can speak to one or many. Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.59,0:00:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And both can definitely make you move. Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.24,0:00:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some instances, music works\Nbetter than the spoken word, Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.57,0:00:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it doesn't have\Nto be understood to be effective. Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.39,0:01:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although many musicians agree\Nthat music is a language, Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.45,0:01:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is rarely treated as such. Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.52,0:01:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of us treat it as something Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.15,0:01:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can only be learned\Nby following a strict regimen, Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.15,0:01:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the tutelage of a skilled teacher. Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.46,0:01:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This approach has been followed\Nfor hundreds of years Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.10,0:01:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with proven success,\Nbut it takes a long time. Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.07,0:01:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too long. Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.66,0:01:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about the first language\Nyou learn as a child. Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.26,0:01:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More importantly,\Nthink about how you learned it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.04,0:01:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were a baby\Nwhen you first started speaking, Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.30,0:01:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even though you spoke\Nthe language incorrectly Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.72,0:01:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you were allowed to make mistakes. Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.42,0:01:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the more mistakes you made, Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.68,0:01:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more your parents smiled. Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.68,0:01:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning to speak was not something\Nyou were sent somewhere to do Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.80,0:01:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only a few times a week. Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.65,0:02:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the majority\Nof the people you spoke to Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.72,0:02:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were not beginners. Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.07,0:02:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were already proficient speakers. Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.47,0:02:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine your parents forcing you\Nto only speak to other babies Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.62,0:02:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you were good enough\Nto speak to them. Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.97,0:02:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would probably be an adult before\Nyou could carry on a proper conversation. Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.96,0:02:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To use a musical term, Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.40,0:02:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a baby, you were allowed\Nto jam with professionals. Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.37,0:02:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we approach music\Nin the same natural way Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.22,0:02:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we approached our first language, Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.12,0:02:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will learn to speak it\Nin the same short time Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.43,0:02:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it took to speak our first language. Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.58,0:02:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Proof of this could be\Nseen in almost any family Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.11,0:02:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a child grows up\Nwith other musicians in the family. Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.20,0:03:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are a few keys to follow\Nin learning or teaching music. Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.55,0:03:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the beginning, embrace mistakes,\Ninstead of correcting them. Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.24,0:03:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a child playing air guitar,\Nthere are no wrong notes. Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.17,0:03:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allow young musicians to play Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.04,0:03:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perform with accomplished musicians Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.10,0:03:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a daily basis. Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.53,0:03:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Encourage young musicians to play\Nmore than they practice. Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.65,0:03:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more they play the more\Nthey will practice on their own. Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.32,0:03:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Music comes from the musician,\Nnot the instrument. Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.75,0:04:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most importantly, Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.44,0:04:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember that a language works best Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.43,0:04:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we have something interesting to say. Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.76,0:04:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many music teachers never find out\Nwhat their students have to say. Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.01,0:04:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We only tell them\Nwhat they are supposed to say. Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.09,0:04:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A child speaks a language for years\Nbefore they even learn the alphabet. Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.23,0:04:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too many rules at the onset,\Nwill actually slow them down. Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.16,0:04:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my eyes, the approach to music\Nshould be the same. Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.19,0:04:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, music is a language too.