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Music as a Language: Victor Wooten at TEDxGabriolaIsland

TEDx Talks · talk · Watch on YouTube

Music theory, synthesis & productionEducation & learningLanguage & linguistics

What it is

Bassist Victor Wooten argues that music should be learned the way children learn their first language: by immersion and play, without early correction or rigid academic instruction. He draws on how babies pick up speech from the people around them.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it when discussing how to teach children or beginners, as a language-like alternative to formal instruction.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “Victor Wooten gave an outstanding TED talk[1] on this topic[2]”

    Why beginners learn best by playing alongside experts, like language.

    pdkl95, 2018-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Tying Allowance to Chores Could Kill Kids’ Motivation to Help Out”

  2. “Check out the approach of Victor Wooten [0].”

    Natural, language-like approach to teaching children music.

    michielk, 2017-08 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Know of any non-digital toys/games that teach, for 6-10 year olds?”

  3. “Check out Victor Wooten's Ted Talk on thinking about music as a language.”

    Compares learning music to learning to talk.

    expathacker, 2018-10 · Recommendation · in “In Praise of Mediocrity”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: music education, language acquisition, teaching, tedx, bass

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