accompaniment workshop
Accompaniment Workshops
I would like to arrange for an accompaniment event for my students to play with a small band (drummer, bass, guitar, singer). It seems that at least one teacher has paved the way with this type of event, and I’m open to suggestions as to…
- Last updated 3 years ago
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Accompaniment Performance ‘Workshop’
Carry Madison and I hosted an Accompaniment ‘Workshop’ at our studio yesterday and we wanted to share because it was so wonderful! A few months ago I started playing on the Worship Team at my church and had such a great time that I realized…
- Last updated 3 years ago
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Online Holiday Fun
Due to Covid restrictions I’m sad that this year I won’t get to do my usual Christmas Carol sing along at a rest home. My study’s would learn to accompany carols and we would perform/play and sing along with the residents. I can’t even do…
- Last updated 3 years ago
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Weariness in Online Lessons
We’re now nearly three months into online lessons, and I’m sensing a growing weariness in some (not all) of my students. Anyone else experiencing the same thing? It’s normal for some of them to have a summer slump, but this feels different. What are some…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Is Accompaniment Optional
Today a mother sent me an email, asking if the Accompaniment Program is a requirement in the Simply Music curriculum. Her 10-year-old son has gotten to upside down triangles and Danny Boy in Db. He has been quite resistant the whole way so far, even though…
- Last updated 7 years ago
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