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I would like to hear from some teachers who have taken students through the Reading Program, and they are now learning some songs they bring in, and learning them from the page. I want to know how to lift those songs I fall in love…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• bringing in new songs, fragmenting, learning tools, mapping, patterns, reading program, self generative, strategies

I currently have students in the Level 5 book that have not yet begun to read notes. What a trip this is for a former traditional teacher! How far along in the levels can a student be before they really MUST have started to read…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• delay the reading process, Neil Moore, reading notes

If you are a newly licensed teacher, you received specific instruction on your Licensing session on how and when to introduce Arrangements, Composition and Improvisation and Accompaniment.  All of the information is also available via an audio recording in the Teacher Reference Library. I realize…

• Last updated 8 years ago
• Accompaniment‏, comp and improv, playlist management, Robin Keehn, when to start arrangements, when to teach

I’ve seen a number of related thoughts on this in Simpedia but I was curious to hear what the general consensus was: Better to introduce variations and arrangements as early as possible in order to keep students familiar with the idea that the program is not only about…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• direction from Simply Music, Laurie Richards, order, order of arrangements, order of teaching arrangements, self-generation, song order, when to introduce arrangements, when to introduce variations

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…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• arrangements, Gordon Harvey, learning arrangements, teacher preparation for arrangements, training

When Neil introduced the company-wide change on how to conduct the initial lesson with any individual or group, he asked for feedback along the way. I want to say that I love it! I introduce it beforehand, as the most important of all the Simply…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• foundation session

I just wanted to share with you a realization I have had recently. I have listened many times to the Audio Files – The Relationship, Application, Separation and Foundation Session audio have made huge sense, and I felt like I was ready to go into…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• FIS, foundation session, promoting your studio, SIS, training materials

I have taught Level 8 to dozens of students over the past six years or so. I recall that the first time I was surprised by some of the songs–thinking they were not as challenging (at first glance) as I expected them to be. I…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• food for thought, level 8, Robin Keehn, student attitudes, teacher attitudes

I was wondering if anybody else has had difficulty memorizing D-Part?  I can play the hands separate from memory, but to put them together and do it from memory I can only do it using my ear rather than really knowing what I’m doing. I…

• Last updated 11 years ago
• Laurie Richards, level 8, memorizing pieces, Part-D

I’ve heard a bit about how much harder Level 4 is.  As I’m moving into that now with my students, could you share experiences of how Level 4 did or did not work well for you, and how to avoid pitfalls. In a nutshell –…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• Gordon Harvey, Level 4, preparing students for Level 4, Robin Keehn, talking about expectations