Arrangements & Variations
Remembering Arrangements & Variations
Knowing that variations and arrangements are primarily memory exercises and secondarily exposure to different performance techniques and only after these things pieces for the repertoire, and if students forget them, it’s on some level “okay” in a way that is not true of Foundation pieces,…
Arrangements – Order of Presentation
I’ve been having trouble getting my students through the arrangements and then realized that I wasn’t teaching them sequentially, yet I myself have learned them sequentially (!) How do you all approach them and what kind of results have you been getting? I don’t teach…
More on Learning Arrangements
How do I go about learning and/or teaching the arrangements when I am not supposed to be reading music, and there is only audio recordings on how to teach them. This seems like a contradiction to me. Now that’s an excellent question. This will be…
Learning Arrangements
I am new to both piano and teaching. My order for the newbie pack came in yesterday, and when I opened the Arrangement packet I saw it is written in this foreign language I do not know how to read. Before total panic set in…
Arrangements Teaching Pace
I know that there is not a definite prescribed order to teach the arrangements/variations and am fine with that. I have listened to both of Gordon’s workshop audio recordings on introducing arrangements and have found them very helpful. I’m wondering if there is a certain…
Family Tree Arrangement Continued
I was wondering if anyone has identified patterns and sequences for the left hand in Family Tree in the Arrangements 3 book. I have listened to Neil on the audio several times, and I think he is suggesting that we find these patterns for ourselves;…
Arrangements 3 – Family Tree
I am a little confused with the fingering in the LH on Family Tree from L-3 arrangements. it is not covered in the TTP and there is no marking in the reference yet Neil has mentioned how important it is to have consistent fingering. I…
Learning Arrangements 3
I’m just learning the arrangement for Tear for a Friend, which is in the Arrangements 3 book. The instructions really only gloss over how to play it – I am following the instructions along with the written music at the same time. I am lucky that I…
Variations and Combinations
I’m planning my big Spring Fling and wanted to share some ideas for your students to try. I always appreciate your and your students’ ideas! I can’t tell you how much my students have enjoyed ‘Chinese’ Dreams. Several of my students have created new songs…
Billy at the Footy Turn Around – Ending
I have taught Billy at the Footy numerous times already and am finally getting around to asking about this. In the reference book the last line of this song is shown as V IV I V, however I don’t find the V used anywhere—in the…