accompaniment program

I’ve just finished teaching honeydew with a group of 10-12 year olds and I would like to offer them some extra songs that they could play at home. I know some of you have a library of extra music and I’m thinking of starting something…

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First, how do you teach all the complex chords beyond the last Danny Boy piece in Accompaniment Book 1? Do you choose other lead sheets? Work on exercises with the other chords? Second, after Accompaniment Book 1, when is a student ready for Accompaniment Level…

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This comes up a lot with students in Accompaniment… which way to play the chords, move them up or down? For instance in Amazing Grace students tend to go up for the F and G chords. Also, should C (or any tonic root notes) be…

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I had a student with extensive prior experience ask the difference between a maj 7th and 7th today so I hope this question makes sense. Is Bb the dominant 7th in the key of F? Cmaj7 is C, E, G, B. C7 is C, E,…

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Is there any advantage or disadvantage to buying a “key of C” fake book vs. just a generic fake book? The one I am looking at is not the “easy” fake book series, it just says “for C instruments”. For C instruments does not mean…

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I am wondering if anyone here has experience with high school jazz bands. One of my student’s parents emailed me telling me her daughter wanted to try out. She is a very talented student, quick learner, hard worker, etc. But she has only just finished…

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How would you answer this question from a parent? “Why does the way we learn 7th chords only have 3 notes? To make a F#m7, isn’t that an A chord?” I’m very comfortable with the practical application of the voicing idea between the notes over both…

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I have three main things I want to say today about the Accompaniment 1 program: 1. Pre-introduction conversations……… 2. beginning the special program with an overview 3. keeping it moving and alive, while keeping it small and manageable. First, I want to talk about the…

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I wonder if some of you who have gone through the SM reading program would be so kind as to give me your testimonial of how well it works. I have many parents who are asking questions which I just don’t feel equipped to answer,…

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Hi Everyone, I am hoping for some words of your great wisdom – I have been teaching for about three years I think – and I am just now getting to the reading notes portion of the program – I am feeling unsure of myself…

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