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Question #1257797740Monday, 9-Nov-2009
Category: Functions
Do you think the way one learns music on the piano(or another instrument) is related to type or functions? For example, some(like me) read music very slowly and retain it forever, and sheet music is basically a tool to help you hear yourself, perhaps a more auditory way of learning. Whereas some people sight read pieces they have never seen before and can play them with much precision, but have no ability to memorize what they've played. Maybe its just my imagination, but it seems a different personality can be found in each of these methods. -- Anonymous
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A1 I think it is based on personality type, but only partly. It also depends on whether you have a visual or audio memory, and on the level and type of your talent. For example, one INTp I know is able to play a piece she's never seen before the moment she sees it but never remembers any piece by heart, while another INTp is able to do both. But some aspects IMO depend on the type: ESFps don't like reading the music and prefer remembering it or total improvisation, and they like inventing their own arrangements to already existing pieces of music and playing dramatic pieces, and have problems sticking to one rhythm for a longer period of time. So 19th century and jazz sounds like a good choice for them. While ITps are good at playing those pieces where regular rhythm, technical precision and difficulty is more important than dynamics and emotions. That means Baroque, Classicism and modern music. ISFps are diligent and most of all types willing to practice regularly, quite able to keep the rhythm and not so good in dynamics, so I think Baroque and Classicist pieces sound best in their hands. I know an ENTj who is a genial organ player and is able to play anything and in any way, but isn't expecially good at playing pieces that require sense of drama and slower pieces, so I think 20th century music suits him best. I don't know much about other types. -- Ezis (ESFp)
A2 Well, ezis, I'm Grant(original poster), you probably remember me from my ancient posts. Like I said, I'm a memorizer and my interest extends to many different genre's. I'm pretty skilled with capturing the technical nuances of the bach inventions for a beginner but I'm especially interested in impressionism and ragtime, though counterpoint in baroque sure is fascinating, along with beethoven. I sometimes have difficulty with tempo, but I'm good with nuances of counterpoint. Not the best practicer but not bad either. Do you have any ideas on the types of great composers? -- grant
A3 Absolutely different types will learn differently. I think it especially relates to the N/S more than anything else. Ss will tend to learn things more logically and building on basics. N types are better at improving and feeling out notes. Js also have more discipline for practice. -- Anonymous
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A4 A2: That's interesting... I am sure Antonin Dvorak was an ISFj, and I read Bach's biography in which he seemed pretty much like an ESFp. Carl Orff and Leonard Bernstein look like ENTjs, and Leos Janacek like an EN too, probably an ENTp. But I usually need to see a person speak and act to be sure of my typing, and I can't see any of the great composers like Mozart, Beethoven etc., so this is where my ideas end. - I remember you but I don't remember what your type is, sorry. Are you an Ip? -- Ezis (ESFp)
A5 My type was undetermined, you considered INFp and ESFp, thinking I seemed like an INFp but also like I had a dominant Se function. I personally thought neither, but had no other alternative. Some others also suggested ISTj and ENTp. I personally think I'm either an SF or NT and consider myself shy as do others, and private, serious and goal directed like a J, but undisciplined, distractible procrastinating like a P. I asked my piano teacher, and she seemed to think romantic for my playing style as I like to make the keys "sing" and pound out the chords+have always liked the symphonic music from that period the best, especially late romantic, and beethoven. A3, that's interesting, and I'd agree very much. -- Grant
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