Students with Prior Experience

I know this is an old thread, but I too have struggled with the student with prior experience. While I agree with introducing C& I, Arrangements, and Accomp, and boning up with the Reading rhythm and notes, my question is this: Do you still have…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• accompaniment, arrangements, claiming territory, comp and improv, prior experience, reading, students that already read music, traditional students

I have an adult student that can already read some (childhood traditional lessons) that I recently started in Reading Rhythm. She is having trouble playing 5SS on the first few pages of the MOR book. She is only playing one finger because she says that’s…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• reads rhythm, traditional student

I have an adult student who had her first lesson today. She has traditional background. She was wondering if it was OK to still play her traditional music while learning SM. I suggested she not play them at least the first 2 or 3 weeks,…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• adult student, learning a new way of learning, notation, playing at home, traditional music

Teachers, what do you suggest for adults who learned years ago (traditional) and want to resurrect their playing? I want to help them get going, but if they don’t want to learn SM what then? For me, its Simply Music or nothing. I only offer…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• accompaniment, adult students, adults, alphabet analogy, arrangements, Robin Keehn, traditional experience

Hello, I am a new S/M teacher and learner. I have learned through level 3, although I have just ordered level 4 and rhythm. I am having difficulty in the following way: I have a new student, an old student, and a middle aged student.…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• claiming territory, confidence as a coach, group lessons, Kevin Meyer, previous experience, reading, Robin Keehn, student background, traditionally trained, watching videos

I am a new teacher; I started my first lessons this month. I have a student, 15 years old, who has been composing his own music for quite some time. I know I have plenty to teach him in other areas, but I have no idea…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• accompaniment, composition skills, student with previous experience, traditional experience

Musicmaker:  I am Cindy Bettinger, who, along with Karen Tucker, reside in Charleston Illinois. I switched all my students over to SM in the fall of ’03 and the winter of 04.  Did anyone here start out teaching traditionally? Helen P (AUS)  No. I was trained…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• chat, transitioning traditional students

Recently, a trainee teacher wrote to me expressing concern about a prospective student who had a pre-existing ability to play at a level that was, in some respects, beyond their own. The teacher was also concerned about the fact that were the student to progress…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• communicating where you are at, Neil Moore, students with experience, teacher abilities

I have a student who will be starting with 8 years experience, not a great reader, usually reads just enough to figure out a piece and then just plays it from memory. I need to know how to excel an advanced student. Does one still…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• arrangements, group lessons, lesson ideas, lesson planning, prior experience

I love very advanced students and seem to be acquiring more of them as I go along. They are fun because of the pace we move and how many extra projects can be explored and accomplished. This type of student, however, will typically fly through…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• accompaniment, advanced students, arrangements, comp and improv, Laurie Richards, learning a way of learning, student home material, students moving quickly, tools and strategies