David Goldenberg teaches that enjoying the process leads to accomplishing musical goals

October 28th, 2011 11:45am

By Elizabeth Gold, The Lesson Studio Correspondent

David Goldenberg supports the edict that if it feels good, do it.  Having a good time with music does more than help students practice through challenges.

“It’s fun to make noise,” he says with enthusiasm.

David’s progression of instruments started with piano at 7, moved on to guitar at 11 and had him picking up the mandolin at 17.

“I really enjoyed the feeling of losing myself in music,” he recalls as his early motivation for playing.  “I remember experiencing that at a very young age.  When you know something well enough, you can let your body do the work and just enjoy the outcome.”

When David switched from piano to guitar, he was following a quest for material that moved beyond the formality of the classical piano lessons he was involved with.

“I never liked when it got too formal when I was young,” he says.  “The most important thing for students is that they enjoy what they’re playing and want to keep doing it.”

Although David admits that the enjoyment doesn’t eliminate challenges, he believes that it’s the honey that keeps enticing students back to the study.  And he uses his own experiences of working through those challenges to ease the efforts.

“Being a student teaches you how to be a teacher,” he explains.  “Certain things never came easy to me so I had to figure out little tricks and ways to understand them.

“I try to remember that logic when I’m teaching.”

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