location points

Here ya go folks! There are 2 versions. One with and one without G and F. Scroll down to see the other one. (You may want to draw the C ledger lines a bit longer with a felt tip.) Keyboard-staff-landmark-notes Original discussion started October 4, 2022  

• Last updated 2 years ago
• location, location points, reading notes, RN

In the Reading Notes program, how are students supposed to decode Low C-1 and Low C-2 (pp 18-19) when they haven’t yet learned the location points of bass C and middle C? They’re not decoding it so much as recognizing it. You tell them what…

• Last updated 4 years ago
• high c, high c - 1, high c - 2, interval streams, intervallic, intervallic reading, intervals, location points, low c, low c - 1, low c - 2, note reading, playlist for reading, reading notes, reading pieces, RN, RN streams

Reading Notes – I have a couple of students currently, one senior and one middle school age, who seem to struggle with grasping the intervallic note reading process. Sometimes I wonder if it would be easier for certain students to learn note reading the old-fashioned…

• Last updated 4 years ago
• bass, bass F, clef symbols, clefs, expectation, expectations, identifying notes on keyboard, identifying notes on piano, identifying notes on staff, identifying written notes, interval streams, intervallic, intervallic reading, intervals, introducing reading notes, Laurie Richards, learning note names, location points, managing expectations, naming notes, note names, note naming, note reading, notes, Placing Intervals, reading expectations, reading notes, RN, RN streams, staff, streams, talking about expectations, teaching streams, transcribing, transcribing notes, transcribing Reading Notes, treble, treble G

I’d appreciate your advice as I move two of my students into the conclusion of the Reading Notes program. At the end of the book, it mentions the importance of identifying note names. Does anyone revert to the easy way to remember notes on the…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• EGBDF, FACE, identifying notes on staff, intervallic reading, intervals, Laurie Richards, location points, reading notes, sight reading

In this webinar Neil describes how the the Simply Music Reading Program was developed and shares insights into getting the best results from this part of the Curriculum. Topics include: Evolution of the Simply Music Reading Program (00:00) Critical Readiness Elements for Students (10:17) Creating…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• information processing, Laurie Richards, location points, Neil Moore, prior experience, readiness, reading, reading notes, reading problems, reading rhythm

I need some reading advice please. Ellen has been with me for 7 years – a hardworking teenager. Getting started in a reading piece is the issue. Once she’s off and running, she gets all the reading strategies she’s been taught in an applied way.…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• accompaniment, Laurie Richards, leger lines, location points, middle C, reading notes, RN, visual learners

I have an extremely dedicated mom (5 years of lessons, with all 3 of her kids) who is concerned that her oldest, who just celebrated his 200th lesson last week, does not recognize note names very quickly. I am wondering if there are any suggestions…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• identifying notes on staff, identifying written notes, intervallic, intervals, location points, Neil Moore, reading notes, transcription, writing

Teaching streams in Reading Notes, there’s a need to decide what finger to start on whether away from or at the keyboard. It isn’t obvious to students what finger(s) can work for each stream just from looking at the first note of each. In the…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• fingering for streams, location points, music direction, reading notes, Robin Keehn

I’m feeling abandoned by the Reading Notes program when it just leaves you hanging with teaching up to fifths that fit neatly into five fingers over five notes.  Where do we go from here? Can you please give me some more help on teaching reading…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• intervals, Laurie Richards, location points, reading notes, Robin Keehn, teaching reading