What is a Music School? ~Memories of Sound Echoing in a Corner of the World~.

I keep thinking.
What exactly is a music school?

There are piano schools, guitar schools, violin schools, flute schools, saxophone schools, drum schools, and ukulele schools. That's not all. There are vocal classes for voice, voice training, choral classes, and even gospel, a cappella, and chanson classes. It is truly a wonder that there are so many diverse options for learning music.

Why do people study music in the first place?
Music is not inherently necessary for human survival. It is not directly related to basic activities such as eating, sleeping, and protecting oneself. Yet, people have been playing, singing, and dancing to music since ancient times. And places to teach it have sprung up and spread, with music schools now taking root in every city in the country.

This brings me to a thought.

Is music something that should be taught?

For example, birds sing without being taught. The wind shakes the leaves, and the sound of running water echoes through the air. These are sounds that emerge in the natural order of things, and they are not taught by anyone. However, we humans teach and learn music, and spend time and money on it. Eurhythmic classes, dance classes, ballet classes, tap dance classes, hip hop dance classes, ...... they all exist to make the relationship between music and the body clearer.

But what if those music is something that has some profound effect on our lives?

Composition classes, arrangement classes, music theory courses, DTM classes, songwriting classes, synthesizer classes, ear training ......, these may not be simply a means to learn music. Rather, they may be a journey to know ourselves through music. By learning the theory of music, we may discover the rhythms that lie dormant within us and seek ways to express them outwardly.

And it is also a kind of philosophy.

What if the existence of music schools is like a subterranean water vein that runs beneath the city, supporting the very foundation of our culture?

Music schools in Nagoya, piano schools on the border of Aichi Prefecture, and community-based music schools ...... Every small town has a place for people who want to learn music. There are beginners there, and there are people who want to become professionals. Some people start music as adults, while others have been doing it since childhood. They learn music for their own reasons and try to get something out of it.

Perhaps music is not just about making sounds, but it is a way for us to connect with the world. Adult music classes, music lessons for adults, preparation for music college entrance exams, and music seminars ...... are all expressions of human beings' attempts to confirm their own existence through music.

If you ask me if there is meaning in learning music, I would answer, "I don't know, but I am sure there is something there.
I don't know, but there is certainly something there.

We all need music in our lives. For some it is solace, for others it is self-expression, and for others it may just be fun. But no matter what form it takes, music is still something that moves us.

That is why I still think about music today.

However, the form in which music is learned is also changing today. The meaning of the physical space of a music school is beginning to be transformed into a new form of online lessons. We can learn wherever we are. We can learn from the best teachers anywhere in the world.

And the mechanism that supports this evolution is called the "lesson grid. Like an elaborate network woven into the world of music, it connects learners and teachers, organizes technology as data, and supports continuous learning. If music is to resonate wherever we are, the means of learning must also be possible wherever we are.

I think.

Perhaps music is not something that is bound by time or place, but rather something that takes on true meaning only when the learner finds his or her own rhythm.

Through systems such as Lesson Grid, music learning is entering a new phase.

That is why I am thinking about music again today. And I imagine that someday, somewhere, the door to music on the other side of the Lesson Grid will open.