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Polyphony: the rhythm of musical development, the music lesson and the academic year.(Professional Resources)(Interview)

American Music Teacher

| June 01, 2005 | Magrath, Jane | COPYRIGHT 2005 Music Teachers National Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Q. You have spoken about the sound ideal for a piece and of the importance of projecting a musical interpretation and performance to that very high level. Would you clarify this?

A. In the mind's ear, one has an ideal of the perfect performance of a piece. You may have even heard this perfect performance, perhaps by a concert artist, on a recording or even in a wonderful interpretation by a student. This ideal is all encompassing, including tone, tempo, interpretation, inflection, finesse and, most of all, the piece is convincing in energy and emotion of that work. The sound ideal refers to the mental image of how a piece of music in an ideal form might sound in ...

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