arrangements

One of my frustrations is that most students seem to forget the arrangements, sometimes after working hard to learn them. Naturally it’s from lack of practice, but the arrangements are easier to forget since they’re not written down. Adults especially have trouble even remembering them…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• arrangements, generative, Gordon Harvey, Playlist, remembering arrangements, self generative

Dreams Arrangement 1 This is the version of Dreams which is in the Accompaniment style, and consists of chords in the RH and single notes in the LH. Your students can either sing Dreams Come True with it, or do a duet and have another…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• arrangements, duets

Any ideas for me on how to learn arrangements quicker, better, easier? Auditory learning solely is not my forte. Do not give up on learning from the audio recordings. No you are not the only one that has found the audio tapes a slower means…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• arrangements, Gordon Harvey, learning, learning slowly, single thought process

I would like to respond to both of the following Forum questions. (And having read through my own response, wish to apologize in advance for some of my long, wordy sentences.) Question 1: “….. are we allowed to photocopy the music of the Arrangements to…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• arrangements, fragments, learning a new way of learning, musicality, Neil Moore, patterns, shapes

I have an adult male student, 35, in the middle of Level 3 (Shared Lesson with one other adult), more than half way through Accompaniment 1, and with many Variations and Arrangements on his Playlist, who has a very hard time keeping his Playlist alive.…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• arrangements, Playlist, reading, shared lessons, shortcuts, student processing and resisting approach, variations

I had a 79-year-old lady who is a traditional teacher, sign up for lessons with me so that she could learn herself and then go home and teach her grandkids using this method.  Her 89-year-old friend also signed up, and I put them together in…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• adult students, arrangements, claiming territory, coaching, moving ahead on the video, prior experience, shared lessons, students who move ahead, traditional experience

In response to: “… How do I deal with students who continually move ahead on the videos, even though I have told them not to?…” Students deciding to move ahead on the videos is a problem, and in the long run it sabotages their progress.…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• arrangements, claiming territory, comp & improv, duets, ideas for bored students, improv ideas, moving ahead on videos, requirements, SM big picture

I have an experienced student who is 9 years old and has been playing for about 4-5 years in a traditional method. Reading is fair, but he has been playing by ear for years and his overall ability and absorption rate, in this area, is…

• Last updated 3 years ago
• accompaniment, arrangements, fast moving, long term relationships, rate of learning, student, students with previous experience, traditional students

I have a student who has just started F2, had done 4 arrangements. She is learning a few other instruments as well. She is a fast learner, able to play the new songs hands together immediately after I show her. She has asked me to…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• Accompaniment‏, arrangements, composition, foundation duets, Gordon Harvey, improvisation, learning a new way of learning, other songs, playlist management, songs outside the repertoire, variations

I have a student whose ability is pretty equal with his class, but he processes things much more slowly at first. It’s noticeable enough to be considered a learning disability–he’s plenty bright and capable of mastering the material, but it takes him much longer than…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• accompaniment, arrangements, dosage, group lessons, Laurie Richards, learning at home, private lessons, processing, processing at home, special needs