1. That’s the power of the schema, you

already know, you already hear. -Lyle

2. This schema for la, I set it up, it is

already present, it is already there.

3. About one third of the way through

this clip right after Lyle lifts his hands

for the downbeat a second time, and

then asks “what is happening right

now?...breathing anything else” Right

here in the video watch the woman in

the middle of the three on screen, she

moves her whole body to communicate

her desire to complete the motion of

coming in on the down beat.

3. cont’d

- what is interesting in reviewing this

moment is that I picked up that she

might be sneezing, or she might be

making the sound breath sound that a

flutist (which she is) would create.

But, me seeing this found that

expression to be so privative and so in

line with what I find myself doing

while sitting in the chair, she just acts

as an externalization of my thoughts.

1. This sentence that Lyle sums up the

lesson with is extremely powerful, I

remember writing it down in my notes

as it happened. And watching this

brief video I am struck by how

amazingly short this lesson is, the

lesson of schema. In this brief

moment, he able to communicate

everything about schema through one

simple activity that you could almost do

with non musicians, although the

training of what to do during the down

beat is particular to a musical training.

2. That is powerful, to communicate so

much through the lifting of a hand,

(ironic thought:the schema for a lifted

hand in the context of an abusive

relationship, think about that

juxtaposed to this for a second)

-I am also thinking of how composers

are able to create a schema through

repetition, or working within a frame

work, say tonality or in the case of my

interest, the schema for naturally

occurring psychoacoustic phenomena.

Then the deviation from that and the

surprise that accompanies it. Wow.

3. This schema is so powerful that even

as I rewatch this moment for the

umpteenth time I feel a sense of

completing that gesture, just as she

does in this video. That power, the

fact that musicians feel it necessary to

do something there and that so much

can be expressed through the act of

nodding ones head to communicate all

the components of that action which

are pointed at with words. Amazing!

-It makes me aware that through music

there is so much that language can not

communicate, that music is the most

comprehensive tool to teach, I guess

that is a justification for Music IN

Education.