Playing-Based Methodology

Today I re-listened to the audio file about the reading process. I am a new teacher – my students are all on level 1, and I am yet to see how the entire reading process unfolds. I do have an opinion however, about the comment…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• generative students, Gordon Harvey, importance of reading, Laurie Richards, learning tools and strategies, playing-based, reading, reading as the goal, reading process, Robin Keehn, sight reading

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

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

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

I want to share a technique I have been employing on Ode to Joy in Level One that has been working well. I find it takes away a little of the learning when an adult recognizes the tune mid-way into the learning. So I have…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• Ode to Joy, practice pad, teaching

In the left hand of Night Storm and Jackson Blues, some of my students leave the little finger down while playing the thumb notes correctly. They seem to focus so hard on getting the thumb movements that the little pinky sits resting! Do others have…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• controlling the events, holding finger 5, left hand, Neil Moore, Night Storm

How do you teach the melody for Honey Dew and Amazing Grace for the purpose of playing duets after they have accomplished the accompaniment? Do you use the music for those that can read just for the purpose of teaching the melody or do you…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• accompaniment, duets, honey dew melody, Neil Moore, play-by-ear