Development Levels

I have some students finishing level 9 and when I look at all the streams they will continue, almost all of them involve reading: Level 10 and up, Jazz Clues (clue 1 and 2), reading project of own choice. If they do composition, I may…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• Development Levels, playing-based strategies, playing-based tools, playing-based while reading, reading, SM big picture

In Pauly’s Patter, measure 20, is there a reason why the third chord (on the beat of +3) is written as a tie instead of a quarter note, like the chords before and after it? It would seem that within a measure, it would simplify…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• D10, development 10, Level 10, Pauly's Patter, reading rhythm, rules for writing rhythms, tied notes, written rhythm

What do you do once a student completes level 18? I have one who is closing in on that milestone and it’s both exciting and terrifying! We still have lots we can do in Jazz, Blues Improv, and Accompaniment, but what do you source for…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• accompaniment, beyond the curriculum, blues & improv, comp & improv, D18, development, Gordon Harvey, jazz, jazz clues, Laurie Richards, Level 18, outside music

I’m preparing to allow students to retire some pieces from their playlists. I’ve purchased TTMs through Level 9 so I’m familiar with the repertoire to that point. In the Development levels, are there any pieces that build on Foundation pieces? The Gaz and Fur Elise.…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• Deep River, Development songs, dropping songs off playlist, Fur Elise, Gordon Harvey, Minuet in G, retiring songs, The Gaz

Confessions here…with upper level pieces, I have often just used the music for learning them myself before teaching them, since reading is so easy for me. Thanks to Mark Meritt’s ‘words of wisdom’ this summer, I decided that I would try and learn them the…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• development, Development Levels, playing-based, teaching with integrity, upper level

A question about the version of Deep River that appears in Development 14: the wavy line under the treble clef notes in the RH – I’ve never seen this before. What does it mean? It’s a glissando, which is a ‘glide’ from one note to…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• Deep River, development, glide, glissando, Laurie Richards, Level 14, wavy line

I am about to start teaching level 10 to a group for the first time. (I taught up through level 10 in a private lesson to an adult woman who already had piano experience, so this was a completely different experience.) I am curious how…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• development classes, Development Levels, Laurie Richards, reading, reading projects in a group, Robin Keehn

Hi friends, I’d like to start a thread about outside pieces we’ve used during the Development program as reading projects. I know it’s tailored to the students’ interest at this point in the curriculum, but let’s share some ideas for those who need some ‘inspiration’.…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• books for reading music, Laurie Richards, outside pieces, outside repertoire, reading, selecting reading materials, sheet music, Supplemental reading projects Reading pieces you’ve used

I have a lot of students in the Development Levels (10-18).   My requirement is that they have their “Top 40” or an hour’s worth of music that they can just sit down and play.  I require them to keep a lot of the more…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• Playlist, Robin Keehn, top 40

Can someone describe (in general terms) how “development” (levels 10 – 18) differs from foundation (levels 1 – 9)? Student Home Materials Levels 10 through 18 consist simply of books of music (notation). There is no outside support via videos or audio recordings, etc. At…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• Development Levels, Foundation levels, generative learning, Gordon Harvey