Shared Lessons

How do you go about teaching arrangements to a group of 5? They don’t have SHMs, so do you mostly have them learn through watching. But how do you process it into their fingers at the lesson? Do you have them each take a turn…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• arrangements, Dreams Come True, group lessons, key pads, practice pads, shared lessons, speaking instructions out loud

How does one handle choice of accompaniments in a group? Do they all learn the same ones at the same time or can you have a few going at the same time? How much choice do you give the students over which accompaniment to learn…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• accompaniment, eye of the needle, flexibility, group lessons, Neil Moore, quantity vs. quality, shared lessons

I’ve been teaching Simply Music for almost a year, and I now have students entering level 4.  My studio space is small so my class size ranges from one to three students. Throughout the past year I have been having increasing difficultly with time management…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• accompaniment, arrangements, curriculum order list, Laurie Richards, lessons, life coach, method coach, Playlist, time management

I’m working on summer plans and imagine that many of you are also. I hate for us all to spend time inventing similar stuff. Has anyone developed a letter you might send to your students emphasizing the importance of continuing lessons over the summer? OF…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• scheduling, summer camps, summer lessons

I have 45 students mostly in shared lessons of 2-3 and the rest are private lessons. I do 15 hours contact teaching time. I also homeschool 2 kids, so time wise it works very well for me. In the very last teacher training that Neil…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• benefits of shared lessons, private lessons, shared lessons

I have a working parent, interested to start taking lessons alongside her child (neither has begun yet). I appreciate that logistically this makes far more sense, than for her to join a parent class, and then also attend her child’s class, when she already has…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• claiming territory, lessons, parent and child lesson, shared lessons

I have a working parent, interested to start taking lessons alongside her child (neither has begun yet). I appreciate that logistically this makes far more sense, than for her to join a parent class, and then also attend her child’s class, when she already has…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• claiming territory, lessons, parent and child lesson, shared lessons

I am a new teacher, and about to have a conversation with the head of a primary school, to ask for permission to do shared lessons (with only 2-3 students). The school does not allow shared lessons (for guitar groups etc, which would be larger…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• benefits of shared lessons, shared lessons

How do you move a student up to a class in a higher level if that class has already started a special program that the student you want to move is not ready for? For instance, I have a student who needs, wants and can…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• accompaniment, moving students, speed of learning, students to higher level

As I was making a set of cards for today’s lesson the thought occurred to me that others might like to try some of the ideas I have used so far to help with working together in group lessons. So feel free to give these a go and…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• accompaniment, chords, group lessons, ideas, tips