Foundation Songs
Students having difficulty with the order of Night Storm
I seem to be having increasing numbers of students struggling to put Night Storm together in the correct order between the lesson at which it teach it and the next lesson. Have other had this problem, and what’s your strategy to overcome it? I watched…
- Last updated 7 years ago
- F1, foundation 1, lyrics, Night Storm, order, singing while playing
Students Struggling to Play Night Storm BH
I seem to be having increasing numbers of students struggling to put Night Storm together in the correct order between the lesson at which I teach it and the next lesson. I’ve had people coming back who play the whole first section 2 times and…
- Last updated 8 years ago
- Night Storm, trouble with hands together
Student without a life coach
I have a blind, autistic adult student who lives in a group home and goes home on weekends. She plays the piano every day and up until about a month ago, I assumed that someone was with her when she practiced, that there was someone…
- Last updated 8 years ago
- autistic student, blind student, no life coach, Star Spangled Banner
Blues Riffs
The blues riff of Light Blue that was taught in one of the recent Playground newsletters was FANTASTIC! I’m sorry I can’t find it again and I forget who taught it, but thanks! I’ve been playing it for my students and they love it. Where…
- Last updated 10 years ago
- blues riff, light blue
Accompaniment and Amazing Grace in Level 2
I am trying to figure out what to do with the Amazing Grace in Level 2. I have started the Accompaniment program with many of my groups at the end of Level 1 or towards the beginning of Level 2. I think this is a…
- Last updated 10 years ago
- 7th chords, accompaniment, Amazing Grace
Level 8 – Food for Thought
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 10 years ago
- food for thought, level 8, Robin Keehn, student attitudes, teacher attitudes
Teaching Level 8
I believe someone was mentioning Level 8 in some prior comments, so I thought I would add my 2 cents about teaching this level. Level 8 is always very interesting to teach! I had a student just this week tell me that she was going…
- Last updated 10 years ago
- cost of materials, Laurie Richards, level 8, number of songs in a level, teaching clues
Level 8, D-Part
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 9 years ago
- Laurie Richards, level 8, memorizing pieces, Part-D