learning tools

I’m learning Shoo-Fly. Any thoughts on reminder clues for the LH runs in the second part? It starts on D and goes up, then starts on C and goes up, and both have a black note but in a different spot. I find myself coming…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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After learning Ode to Joy, mom said her son wasn’t able to “get it” with the counting, so she tapped his hand when he was supposed to change the LH chord so he was able to learn the hands together. This week he only practiced…

• Last updated 8 years ago
• counting Ode to Joy, diagrams, F1, foundation 1, learning strategies, learning tools, Ode, Ode to Joy, playing-based tools, self-generation

I would like to hear from some teachers who have taken students through the Reading Program, and they are now learning some songs they bring in, and learning them from the page. I want to know how to lift those songs I fall in love…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• bringing in new songs, fragmenting, learning tools, mapping, patterns, reading program, self generative, strategies

I have read the posting “Joanne Jones Tools and Strategies List” in Simpedia  “About Teaching and Learning” and appreciate the overall listing of the “Lego pieces” that can be pulled out of our” arsenal”. However, I am still curious if anyone has ever compiled a…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• learning strategies, learning tools, Learning tools form

I’m still grappling with how to define thoughtlessness to the student. To my way of thinking, and I’m not sure I’m right, if you can play a song without thinking about the elements in it, but can’t start in the middle or remember what the…

• Last updated 11 years ago
• cross pollination, Gordon Harvey, Laurie Richards, learning tools, memorizing, strategies, thoughtlessness

Recently I was looking for a copy of Für Elise online when I can across “Asturias (Leyenda) by Isaac Albeniz. It is the Prelude to his Cantos de Espana Op. 232 No.1. (Spanish Songs) I was totally unfamiliar with this piece before seeing it online.…

• Last updated 1 year ago
• classical music, controlling the events, learning clues, learning tools, strategies

I’m just diving in the Reading Rhythm Program, and I think it is no surprise that I have come to a bit of a problem understanding how to teach writing rhythms. It is no surprise since I’ve never written rhythms myself!  I hope that it…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• base tools, learning tools, long term relationships, Neil Moore, reading rhythm, relationship conversation, sticking to the program, strategies, writing rhythm

I have been teaching for almost two years now, and until recently have never felt really satisfied with how I have ‘wound up’ Level 1 for students -meaning how I have given them a real sense of accomplishment, ushering them into Level 2 without losing…

• Last updated 8 years ago
• controlling the events, ending level 1, external speakers, learning a way of learning, learning tools, rhythm diagrams, skills, strategies, vocalizing

I have a question for you. I am teaching my brother, and he loves to play the songs he has learned, but he is very difficult to teach because does not believe he needs all the steps that the teacher (me) says must be done…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• challenging student, claiming territory, learning tools, requirements, teaching family members