Practicing & Playlists
Webinar Series: 08/15/2017 – Piano – Maximizing Success with the Reading Program
In this webinar Neil describes how the the Simply Music Reading Program was developed and shares insights into getting the best results from this part of the Curriculum. Topics include: Evolution of the Simply Music Reading Program (00:00) Critical Readiness Elements for Students (10:17) Creating…
Webinar Series: 08/10/2017 – Piano – Long-Term Relationship Conversation
In this webinar Neil talks about the Long-Term Relationship Conversation and its importance in and out of the class room. Topics include: Critical Nature of the Long-Term Relationship Conversation (00:00) “Something’s Wrong” Mindset (03:00) The Design of Upset (05:45) Parents/Coaches Who “Don’t Get It” (13:34)…
Non-compliant student
I have a student who comes with his grandmother as coach. She pays for his lessons, but he lives with mom and stepdad. Mom was coming as coach at first, but now it’s grandma. At first this worked fine, and he was making progress. Lately…
Successful playlist management
If your students are successful in managing their playlists, what do you think you have done to facilitate that? I have had lots of conversations with some students and parents but the conversations don’t seem to work. I understand it is mostly the parents’ job…
Curriculum Pacing in a School Setting – Neil Moore
I’ve been teaching Simply Music in an R-13 school the last three years and my students don’t get anywhere near the progress expected from the SM program. Most are getting though around 2 levels a year. This is obviously falling very short of the 4…
Teacher feels out of depth with gifted student
I have a student who is very naturally gifted with composing his own songs. His songs are good enough to be on mainstream radio and his father is recording his songs at the moment through a sound recordist to mix and produce it. My issue…
Differences in practice habits in group
A group of three students: The first one does everything I assign beautifully. The second one (the fastest learner of the three) only practices 1/2 of the assigned items, but beautifully. The third one does 1/3 of what I assign but not so beautifully because…
How Tune Toolkit interacts with the playlist
I had a teacher recently write me personally with a question about Tune Toolkit, and I thought I’d address the issue here since it could be of benefit to others. The question was about how Tune Toolkit interacts with playlist tracking. Certainly one can add…
Playlist review lessons
How often do you do a playlist check for all or most of a lesson? I remember somewhere in the training that Neil recommends these pretty often. I use the Popsicle stick idea. We do it 2-3 times a year, but I’m thinking Neil recommended…
“How to practice” guidelines for students
Does anybody provide students with a “how to practice” guideline, especially when they get to higher levels? I just put together a draft for some students beginning Foundation 4 and Reading Rhythm. I welcome your ideas/comments! This is 40 minutes – what do you expect…