Gordon Harvey

I have an older (70ish) student who plays pretty well, but stumbles over what the diagrams mean. I’ve reviewed them countless times and of course, told her to watch the videos. When she’s playing at her lesson, she looks at her hands most of the…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• diagrams, Gordon Harvey, older students, playing-based, self-generation

I’ve recently started my first group with the Accompaniment program, and they’re eager to work on some outside projects. At what point do you introduce any accompaniment pieces outside of the curriculum and how do you select them? This particular group is made up of…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• accompaniment, chords, Elizabeth Gaikwad, Gordon Harvey, outside accompanimnent pieces, songs for children, Songs for Everyone

I had kids earn points from cards they picked for playlist check. Some kids started to cry because they didn’t win their cards even with a prep talk about why they should not be so serious about winning or losing a game. Personally I set…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• charts, extrinsic rewards, games, Gordon Harvey, incentives, intrinsic rewards, Long Term Relationship, LTR, Playlist, rewards, win/lose games

I have some accompaniment questions. Can anyone please tell me how to play a maj9 and a min9 and tell me if they include the tonic or not? I believe they both include the 7th note, 2nd, 3rd and 5th notes of the scale. A…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• acc, acc1, accompaniment, chords, Gordon Harvey, Laurie Richards, maj9, min9, Neil Moore, voicing chords

I’m wondering if someone can help me figure out scale fingerings, both with the scales for Blues and Improv (specifically Eb), and traditional v. SM fingering for the diatonic scales. I understand the concept of NO34 (naturally occurring 3s and 4s), but it doesn’t always…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• blues scales, fingering, Gordon Harvey, Laurie Richards, Neil Moore, scale fingering, scales

I have the teacher training for Arrangements 1, but I’m not sure how to integrate teaching the arrangements with teaching Foundation songs. Is there a published order that we can follow? Experienced teachers, how do you manage teaching Arrangements and Variations? So they come back…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• arrangements, Gordon Harvey, Neil Moore, Teacher Workshop Series, teaching arrangements 1 and 2, teaching streams, variations

I have a 12-year-old student in Foundation 8 who is especially interested in classical music. He recently brought in a crazy complicated Chopin piece (Revolutionary Etude) he wants to learn. I have the skills to help him dissect the piece and learn to play it,…

• Last updated 8 years ago
• applying PB strategies to music, chopin, classical music, cross pollination, cross-pollinate, Gordon Harvey, identifying patterns, Laurie Richards, teaching difficult music

Is there a lesson plan that incorporates not only the foundation levels but Comp & Improv, arrangements, accompaniment, rhythm/note reading, etc? I’m finding it very difficult to know how to cover everything in the right order at the right time since the various modules are…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• fitting it all in, Gordon Harvey, intranet, lesson plans, streams, teacher support

I am a quite new teacher, with three students who have just finished Foundation 1 and a few others still working in F1. I’m trying to include Comp & Improv, Arrangements, and Accompaniment. How do I remember what to do in each lesson or class?…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• Gordon Harvey, lesson notes, Notes app, organization, organizing teacher notes, private lesson record, shared lesson record, technology

Once students are comfortable finding I-IV-V in any key, how do you go through the transposition process? Do you do one key a week, multiple keys per week? Do you use both Amazing Grace and Auld Lang Syne? Separately or at the same time? Do…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• accompaniment, Amazing Grace, Auld Lang Syne, Elizabeth Gaikwad, finding I IV V in all keys, Gordon Harvey, I-IV-V, Robin Keehn, songs for children, Songs for Christmas, Songs for Everyone, transposing, transposition