On the other hand, teachers with no established system or strategy for teaching music fundamentals often find themselves adrift in an ocean of methodology. When the pressure of performance is on, these teachers become victimized by the false god of rote teaching for its own sake and getting a first-division rating at contests, regardless of the cost in human time and energy. To prevent this, a thorough understanding of eflective pedagogical procedures on the part of the teacher is necessary. The intent of the following chapters is to help meet this objective.