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Busy teen student and critical music teacher

My 15-year-old student started school band last September playing vibraphone and has been very consumed with rehearsals, competitions, and a critical band teacher who wonders “what kind of piano teacher did not teach her to sight-read”. Her practice time if infrequent (mainly due to band)…

Senior student and pacing

In working with different seniors, I’m routinely finding they want fewer songs on their list (to manage), but more advanced pieces. Has anyone else encountered this? I had a discussion with a lady I teach who is in Level 4, that this is typically the…

Parental expectations of reading

I received this email from a parent. Does anyone have any advice I can share with her? This student has completed Time for More Music and plays beautifully. She is just finishing Level 8. This mother is of the opinion that traditionally trained students can…

Using words to learn rhythms

Does anyone use words for reading rhythm streams instead of buh-buhs? I’ve always used it as a fun variation. But recently I had one student who was a bit stuck at the rhythm-into-fingers phase. And I realized he was stuck because he couldn’t make sense…

Reading Rhythm: Processing ties

Has anyone found a creative way to teach the concept of ties to a student who has trouble grasping abstract concepts? I love the idea presented earlier here about using “London Bridge” as a natural way to teach dotted quarters, but I need a new…

Student does not want to learn to read

One of my best students (a 12-year-old home schooled girl who gladly plays for at least an hour every day, always has her Playlist current as well as an arrangement or her own variation to share each week) had been a bit reluctant to begin…

Outside reading projects

As your students get in the upper foundation levels, what reading projects do you like to give? Are there certain books that you found to be appropriate, or specific pieces? Just to get things started I use 60 Progressive Pieces You Love to Play (Hal…

Learning songs playing-based and reading-based concurrently

What would you say to a parent asking “Why aren’t they learning new songs from the music notes now that they’ve learned how to read?” And if they ask “Why do we need to get ‘Time for More Music’ to practice more reading instead of…

Reading Notes: dealing with clef symbols

I’m working through the Reading Notes program for the first time and I just introduced the Ladder and Race conversations. On page 5 of the Reference Book, the Streams page alternates between treble and bass clefs. I haven’t introduced clefs yet. Do you have students…

Teaching dotted note rhythms

I am working with another class on Reading Rhythm. We’re at dotted notes and up to now, I have not mentioned anything about counting “1 & 2 &” etc. For a dotted quarter note, do you guide them to feel “left, right, left…” for the…