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Facebook Marketing Initiative
Kat Marie’s Facebook Marketing Initiative Hi all. Several of you have been asking about how to advertise online for students. I said I would share anything that I came across. . One of our newer Simply Music Teachers, Kat Marie, has been posting about her…
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Online & Recorded FIS
Has anybody had to do their introductory session online yet ? Has anybody thought about recording themselves talking and sending it to possible future students or post it live on Facebook ? I don’t know if I’d do a recorded version as I believe it…
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Layering
In the TTMs Notes for Foundation Level 5 song In My Eyes (5.1), there is a reference to “Fragmenting-Layering” in 5.1.2. I know what fragmenting is, but layering in this context is confusing to me. š¤ In the TTM video Neil does say something about…
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Locking in Church Song
In Church Song, Level 7, one of the learning strategies is “Locking”. Could I get a clearer definition of what the locking strategy involves? Here’s the definition: Locking: A learning strategy where the hands essentially lock their āshapeā into place, but move from one position…
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Mapping Strategy
Could someone explain the “mapping” strategy? I’ve noticed it a few times in the TTM, but I’d like to make sure I understand it completely. Here is an official definition: Observing any section or piece of music as a series of shapes, and assembling those…
Practice and Retiring as Repertoire Grows
Two questions: 1) How do practice requirements change through the foundation levels? Level one is 15-20 minutes, but as their repertoire grows, it would seem they need more time to keepĀ everything alive and also with the addition of multiple streams and songs getting moreĀ complicated. 2)…
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Learning to Play By Ear
A parent asked me tonight “when will my daughter be able to hear a song, and just know how to play it with all the chords and in the right key?” I was unsure how to answer this, so of course I told the truth,…
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Generative vs. Receptive Learning
I’m writing a blog about the difference between generative and receptive learning. This is what I have so far on generative learning. Do you agree? How would you define receptive learning? “This is the difference between āgenerativeā and āreceptiveā learning. Generative learning requires that a…
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Outside YouTube Pieces
One of my new students (a 16 year old, very disciplined at practicing, and he and his Dad both love SM so far, he is on Jackson Blues) just told me today that he is also learning some extra songs (songs he likes and knows…
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Readiness to Learn
Is there any such thing as readiness in the Simply Music process? I am teaching a very bright little girl who is 6, but she is struggling even with the five fingers over five notes after 6 lessons. She can play the right hand of…
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