No, trumpet blower has it right that the key to learning, in musc, is too make things fun and connected. Scales---yuk, right? Until you play some of Longonottis etudes where he sticks scales as runs right in the middle of the etudes. Or Clarkes Technical Studies which are just variations of scales. These are ways to catch the kids attention and show them how these tools fit in the musical world.
I'm 45 and I wish I would have had a teacher who would have taught us this way in band. I just learned the other day from my trumpet teacher that 're' is Italian for 'D', and that the little ditty 'do, re, mi, fa, so, la, dee, do' are the eight notes of an octave in the Italian language. So, on a piece of music was written "Trompette in Re'---what's that, he asked? It clicked! Trumpet in D, written in Italian! I have so much catching up to do.....
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