Once upon a time...

[Stefan Mazur]

This group was a relatively active one with some insightfull posters
readily sharing knowledge and information. I have some questions
regarding introducing music and music making to small childreen (too
young for formal lessons). Anyone around here willing to share their
own experience or is this place as dead as it looks?

Stefan Mazur

[Unclefred]

Post by Stefan Mazur
This group was a relatively active one with some insightfull posters
readily sharing knowledge and information. I have some questions
regarding introducing music and music making to small childreen (too
young for formal lessons). Anyone around here willing to share their
own experience or is this place as dead as it looks?
Stefan Mazur

I just start kids on a classical program with beginner stuff. I know
some tohers around here go for special programs that dum everything down
for the poor little tykes, but then I get mothers calling me saying, "My
little Johnny has been in the "Kids Notes" program, (not a real program,
but I've changed the name to protect the,... guilty?), and he still
can't read a note of music.
I've found children respond really well to learning noted on the staff
and which key they are. Often they already have the alphabet and I
build on that. It's simpler, we only use the first 7 letters. (;-))
Now I don't say that's the only way to teach, and we have to adapt for
each child, but it works for me so far.

[Roberto Waltman]

Post by Stefan Mazur
This group was a relatively active one with some insightfull posters
readily sharing knowledge and information.

Unfortunately the slow death is happening all across usenet groups.

Post by Stefan Mazur
I have some questions
regarding introducing music and music making to small childreen (too
young for formal lessons). Anyone around here willing to share their
own experience or is this place as dead as it looks?

There is an active "Piano Teachers" group in Yahoo Groups.
You will need to sign up 1st to Yahoo and again to that particular
group. Hope this helps ...
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Roberto Waltman

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[Jean-David Beyer]

Post by Roberto Waltman

Post by Stefan Mazur
This group was a relatively active one with some insightfull posters
readily sharing knowledge and information.

Unfortunately the slow death is happening all across usenet groups.

I blame it on the web interfaces, using browsers, to Usenet. Also stupid
ISPs, such as my Verizon FiOS, that first shrunk their support to only
the "big 8", and when they did not get enough complaints (no way to give
them complaints), they cut UseNet off completely. They did not reduce
their rates as a consequence of their reduction in service. Most Windows
users did not seem to know or care about Usenet. So people using it with
browsers are mostly trolls and spammers. Many groups have switched over
to mailing lists.

[Unclefred]

Post by Jean-David Beyer

Post by Roberto Waltman

Post by Stefan Mazur
This group was a relatively active one with some insightfull posters
readily sharing knowledge and information.

Unfortunately the slow death is happening all across usenet groups.

I blame it on the web interfaces, using browsers, to Usenet. Also
stupid ISPs, such as my Verizon FiOS, that first shrunk their support
to only the "big 8", and when they did not get enough complaints (no
way to give them complaints), they cut UseNet off completely. They did
not reduce their rates as a consequence of their reduction in service.
Most Windows users did not seem to know or care about Usenet. So
people using it with browsers are mostly trolls and spammers. Many
groups have switched over to mailing lists.

It's very sad, but the real reason that Usenet is dying is that
ISPs stopped carrying it. 20 years ago we defined the internet as
having 3 parts, Email, the World Wide Web, and Usenet. Someone doesn't
really want people talking together freely. It gives us too much power.
Now we can still talk, but it's monitored by governments and controlled
by corporations.