Canon in D

I have increased my own composing recently using the “Family of Chords” that Miss Murphy sent awhile back. I have found it really helpful to make songs I could sing (contemporary), blues/jazz, hymns, and accompaniments. I am now wondering about ideas to help me make…

• Last updated 3 years ago
• Canon in D, chords, classical, classical music, Classical Pieces, composition, composition projects, Family of Chords

Foundation 7 has Canon in D, but not the fast part? Do we add the fast part in Foundation 8/9? No. It would be an opportunity for a student who wanted to learn the rest to do so in Development Levels as an additional project.…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• canon, Canon in D, F7, Foundation 7, Laurie Richards, outside music

Does anyone else struggle teaching Canon in D? I feel like we’ve done “all the right things”, and yet it still seems SO hard for some of my students. Neil talks about several possible playing-based strategies throughout the TTMs for Canon. I use them all,…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• Canon in D, chords, F7, Foundation 7, Laurie Richards, Level 7, playing-based strategies, playing-based tools, self-generation

I’ve had some fun with students improvising on Night Storm. For the Lower Part we use Arrangement 1. For the Upper Part we firstly play the Night Storm melody followed by improvising on white notes. Rocking the Lower Part chords can add interest whilst the…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• Canon in D, improv, improvisation, Night Storm