Music as a language - Victor Wooten

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Music is a powerful communication tool--it causes us to laugh, cry, think, and question. Bassist and five-time Grammy winner, Victor Wooten, asks us to approach music the same way we learn verbal language--by embracing mistakes and playing as often as possible.

How did you learn the first language you spoke? Were you allowed to make mistakes? How do you think those mistakes helped you learn the language? How do you think that relates to learning to play a musical instrument?

Should beginning musicians play with accomplished musicians? Why? How often should it happen? Who are some of your musical idols? Do you think they improve when they play with other musicians?According to Wooten, when we are learning to speak, what best describes the majority of people we talk to?

AMost language learners are only allowed to speak to other beginners until they are proficient speakers.

BMost people that language learners speak to are already proficient speakers.

CThey are too smart for you to ever under

DLanguage learners only learn to speak by reading.

Wooten says that beginning musicians should play more than they practice. Do you agree? Why or why not?

When you are first learning music, you should embrace mistakes instead of correcting them.

ATrue

BFalse