Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Terribly Outdated

Please don't waste your money on this book. I "inherited" a copy from a retired music teacher several years ago. Originally, I used it in the classroom, and also in private music lessons. However, the prevailing philosophies used in this book are terribly out-of-date. Students today will not only be bored, but also confused.The book attempts to teach a concept first, before the student has experienced what is being taught. As a comparison, this would be like teaching a baby how to write the letters of the alphabet BEFORE teaching the baby to speak, with the child experiencing sound and trying to emulate the sounds heard.Please do yourself a favor and rise above this old type of teaching, which produced dry, mechanical music knowledge. Instead, look into a more enlightened process, like Kodaly and Orff Schulwerk approaches. You will not regret it!