Technology

Talk to me about older adults and challenges accessing the technology. Is there still a way to order physical materials? What are other creative ways you have worked around limited access to technology? Hi Anna – no, physical materials are no longer available to purchase.…

• Last updated 4 months ago
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I was wondering if anyones uses a tablet for sheet music, reference books, note taking etc. I saw the “remarkable“ tablet and thought it might work. I would love to decrease and organise all my paper work. I use my iPad and it’s great! I…

• Last updated 5 months ago
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I’m looking to make the switch from my big binders full of my SM materials to something digital. I’m hoping to find a fairly large tablet that would allow me to have all the materials as PDFs and that would have a pen I could…

• Last updated 10 months ago
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Those of you using Skype for lessons what do you recommend for the ‘best’ option for cameras and setting them up. I’m looking for a couple options that would include the highest quality then a cheaper option. My Skype lessons improved dramatically when I bought…

• Last updated 1 year ago
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Mark S. Meritt, I’m studying I, IV, V progressions in Tune Toolkit 1 right now. In one of the subvideos, you recommend student play along with an electronic accompaniment that changes its chord accompaniment based on what you play in your left hand (like what…

• Last updated 2 years ago
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Am starting an on line student. Does anyone have a recommendation for a webcam to use with Macbook Pro   OSX  10.7.5.? I have used several, but always come back to Skype. I just gave my first Skype lesson yesterday. MacBooks Pros have a built…

• Last updated 2 years ago
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I’m attempting to teach a student (my mom) via Skype. We have the first lesson on Tuesday and spent way too much time trying to set up the cameras tonight. I have a MacBook, with a 2.4 GHx Intel Core 2 Duo processor, using OS…

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Please can anyone recommend a small user friendly and economical recording device to enable me to use to send samples of my playing to my music teacher. Skype is not reliable in my area for live listening at a distance. Audacity is free and great…

• Last updated 2 years ago
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I’ve been recording students with my iPad and because I am pretty new in this matter, I’d need a little help. I have to take the sound out and send it the to Simply Music (my first 5 Foundation’s 1 students) as a MP3 file.…

• Last updated 2 years ago
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I’m a brand new simply music teacher. I just started this month. My question is about doing audio recordings. I’m pretty good with a computer but I’ve never delved into recording audio. I understand how to record sound using my computer microphone but how do…

• Last updated 2 years ago
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