accompaniment variations

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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Right now I have several students who are simultaneously going through RR and Accompaniment Variations. As such, it *seems* like a logical step to start including swing rhythm as a variation when learning to read 8th notes (doubles). However, there is not a single discussion…

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Question about Acc Var (Accompaniment Variations). Is Var #6 intentionally duplicated to #18? Is this just because we’re working within different song? It’s not intentional but not necessarily an error; Neil just didn’t realize it was a duplicate. Would the same be true for 16…

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As I begin to go deeper into the Accompaniment Variations, I wonder if you have recommendations for which songs to use for each generally, either within the SM program or outside. Have you found anything that works better than others? I have nearly finished Accompaniment…

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I’m confused on Accompaniment Variations 23 & 24. Do they only apply to second inversion chords? Neil uses Amazing Grace as an example, so would all the chords be in second inversion through the song, or only the first chord? I couldn’t tell if he’s…

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The variations in Songs for Christmas use inversions that my Level 4 students have not yet learned. However, they’re beyond the basic C F & G chords of the simple versions. Should I teach the variations using root position chords, or find a way to…

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Any advice on Accompaniment Variations 23 and 24 (pivot runs) which are applied to chord inversions? This isn’t presented until Accompaniment 2, so should we come back to these later? I think you just teach the pattern without explaining. I usually just say C chord…

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I’m reviewing Accompaniment Variations project/variation 22 and have this question – does the “top up” chord work only for major chords? Or does it work for other chord types too? I tried it with a minor chord but it doesn’t sound right. Stick with major…

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When students start bringing in some of their own music, we inevitably run into selections that have extended instrumental bridge sections. What do you do with these? It doesn’t seem to make sense to just play the chords through this section, unless perhaps the chords…

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I’ve been evaluating the relevance and contribution of the accompaniment variations, and a few of the conclusions I’ve drawn are… The AV’s are vital in helping you get very familiar with: the keyboard itself, rhythmic (?) use of upbeats, on sight as well as improvisational…

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