Curriculum

I’m looking at what to suggest this Fall for my students who are playing with my Band in Spring concert. Some have their own ideas, which is best. For those who don’t– does anyone have ideas for current or somewhat current rock songs that feature…

• Last updated 1 year ago
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Greetings – I’ve got a 7 yr old student who is in week 12 or so of lessons, half way through Foundation 1, who has extreme difficulty playing finger 3 of a 3 note chord. He usually only plays a 2 note chord with finger…

• Last updated 5 years ago
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Last night we held our second night of the SM Workshop through our local Community Ed program. The class of 15 (an enrollment glitch!) knew NS BHT and learned JBLUES BHT in 30 minutes or less. Large group instruction warrants the use of 90% practice…

• Last updated 5 years ago
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Have any of you had any success extending the student workshops to 12 weeks? I may be able to teach a class or two but they expect me to teach the whole 12 weeks. I know some of you (Mark?) have talked about doing 8…

• Last updated 5 years ago
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Mark M.’s Workshop Materials (Thank you, Mark!) Advance Materials orders preferred by 3-4 weeks in advance of 1st class to ensure availability at 1st class Week 1 – Setup and The Basics Bring • Outline – Workshop printout • Appropriate # of copies of confidentiality…

• Last updated 5 years ago
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I just started a workshop at a homeschool co-op. It is a 50 minute class and almost got cancelled because there were supposed to be 4 to run it. The age range is 8-11 and then after that class was supposed to be one for…

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Dear Teachers, As many of you may know, there are new marketing opportunities that we can engage in that cost us nothing, are without risk, and give us potentially significant exposure as an organization. I am specifically talking about Groupon and Living Social, the new…

• Last updated 5 years ago
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I’ve been pondering the self generative nature of the Developmental levels lately and how I can sharpen up my game. I have students up to L 15 atm. So I started crafting more How, Why, Discover What, I wonder if..’ type questions/phrases to sprinkle through…

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Tip for ya. I remember several teachers commenting a while back on how challenging it was to teach Sonata in C (Level 4) online. I have found that ‘preparatory learning’ has made this piece SO much easier to learn. Beginning a song or two before…

• Last updated 5 years ago
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Wanted to share something that’s been working well for me. I have one group of boys in level 7 that moves very quickly. To help them keep at their pace, I gave them an assignment to make a video of them describing the patterns, time…

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