Teacher Workshop Series

Has anyone taught The Pedal on line? How did you do it? I have several students ready for this mini project and I don’t know if it can work? Do you have the TWS Program on Using the Pedal? If not, I highly recommend it.…

• Last updated 3 years ago
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Advice for pedal use on Dark Blue? Just keep it down, or use your ear to know when to clear it? Or open to player’s interpretation? Every time the LH plays is a good time to pedal on Dark Blue. Have you purchased the “Using…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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I have the teacher training for Arrangements 1, but I’m not sure how to integrate teaching the arrangements with teaching Foundation songs. Is there a published order that we can follow? How do you manage teaching Arrangements and Variations? When students come back with Dreams…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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I’ve been trying to learn Dreams 1 (aka Family Dreams) so that I can teach it. I have had the dickens of a time trying to figure this out with just the audio. I realize that this is to force us to learn a way…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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I have the teacher training for Arrangements 1, but I’m not sure how to integrate teaching the arrangements with teaching Foundation songs. Is there a published order that we can follow? Experienced teachers, how do you manage teaching Arrangements and Variations? So they come back…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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I’d like to hear people’s strategies for stretching out the teaching of Foundation songs starting in about Level 4 beyond the obvious tactic of taking 2-5 or so weeks to learn the entire songs. I’m accustomed to teaching songs at this level and beyond over…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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Greetings – I am thinking about teaching the content of the Pedal TTM during summer lessons but have not taught it before. Can anybody comment on how much time would be needed to cover it? Would you devote an entire lesson to this as a…

• Last updated 8 years ago
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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…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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