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How Far Can one Learn with Simply Music – AMEB Standards

This week I was asked the question, “How far does the Simply Music program take students, in comparison to AMEB (Australian Music Examination Board) or Trinity standards?” Does anyone know the answer to the question? As a new teacher, I actually didn’t know, and I…

Competitions and Exams

Just wanted to share with you a happy Simply Music experience. I have been teaching SM for about 3 years now. This year I entered 2 of my students in the Toowoomba Eisteddfod. Unfortunately, the piano section has preset boundaries as to what can be…

Preparing for Accreditation

The recent flux of accreditations (in Perth alone) has brought to my attention the fact that my year of being “licensed” is drawing to a close and I’d best get a move on with recording students. This I’ve done, and wow have I learned a…

Embodied Music Cognition

EMBODIED MUSIC COGNITION Has anyone else heard of this fascinating new field of research related to Embodied Cognition Psychology? I am finding the topic extremely groundbreaking, especially related to -Simply Music’s unique multi-layered approach, -the importance of teaching in groups, -and now the challenges of…

Employ a Simply Music Teacher

I am interested that you have an employee teacher. I am wondering how this works.. I am a brand new SM teacher, but yesterday another music friend (who I actually used to have a business partnership with running preschool music classes) mentioned to me that…

Transcribed FIS

Neil’s Free Introductory Session  Today we are going to talk about the method, how it was created , what results we achieve, how we achieve those results and I’ll demonstrate the method and give you a chance to ask questions and have them answered. For…

Benefits of Certification

A teacher asked what are the benefits in transitioning from being a Licensed Teacher to a Certified Teacher. Here is Neil Moore’s response. What is the Benefit of Being a Certified Simply Music Piano Teacher? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ZjB91gzcI&list=PL3o0aF_9qHn4F2sy8QRuPb_jf_r4D9823&index=18 Original video posted April 5, 2017

Note Names on Keys

A student has note names taped to the piano keys. What do I do? Have you ever seen an instance where this was necessary? I don’t want them to get used to that. I always say it’s cheating and it makes the process 10 times…