improv
Improvisation in All Keys
A few questions have arisen from my previous post so I’ll try to elaborate and clarify. Firstly, the chord sequence is I V vi IV ( I made a typo in the first post – I think I must be a little dyslexic beginning with…
More Benefits of Learning with Others
I teach mainly adults, and I teach them all in groups. I have two small groups of only 5 adults, but most of my groups have between 8 – 12 students in them. Having a background in teaching personal and professional development courses in groups,…
Unfolding the Lesson
I’ve been digging around in Simpedia but not finding quite what I was looking for. In a chat (or phone?) transcript I found my exact question but it was never answered: Can you offer some innovative ways to unfold the lesson, besides in the hands,…
Improvisation – Rhythm Ideas
Just thought I would share this from a couple of my teenage boy students who do music at our local high school. To help with improvisation do the rhythm of Baa Baa Black Sheep and be bold as generally people won’t know if you make a mistake!!…
Improv Ideas
So I’ve come up with a number of my own improv ideas, poured over Sheri Reingold’s Games presentation/handout as I’d mentioned, and also reviewed all Simpedia items after searching on “improv.” Still, obviously I recently shared an improv idea — the “talking melody” — that…
Adult Student Moving Too Fast?
I have a very challenging student and would like some ideas. This student is an adult. I guess partly why she is hard for me is that I am very new teacher. I have only been licensed since like September. She is definitely a challenge. She has…