medley
Longer Pieces in Recitals
I’d like for students to have some longer pieces for the recital. Any thoughts on doing this? I could have students do some variations/arrangements together into one piece or perhaps have them make up their own variations for arrangements to add. Any thoughts on how…
Competitions and Exams
Just wanted to share with you a happy Simply Music experience. I have been teaching SM for about 3 years now. This year I entered 2 of my students in the Toowoomba Eisteddfod. Unfortunately, the piano section has preset boundaries as to what can be…
Creating Medleys
I am very interested for myself and my students to create medleys. Inspired by Laurie Richards amazing SM Levels 1 through 4 medley. I’m wondering if there are special things to know besides what I already know. What I already know is that one can…
Teacher playing at recitals
For the first time, I played at my students’ recital tonight. It was pretty fun, and I was surprised at the families’ reactions. I heard several moms whisper to their kids “your teacher’s going to play!”. I didn’t expect them to be excited. I demo…
Composition Idea
Try this for a fun project once your students have some arrangements under their belts. Compose a ‘medley’ using ONE playlist song and adding any number of the following components in any order: Intro/Outro (make one up) Any arrangement Improv section Transitions between sections Play…
Blues Medley & Shakin’ Bishop
I’m trying to figure out what these two variations are and where I can learn about them. I’ve seen Blues Medley (V turnaround) listed by other teachers as an official SM variation. I assume this comes from the Lvl. 2 TTP when Neil teaches the…
Level 1 Wedding Style Pieces?
One of my 9-year-old students just completed Foundation 1, and his sister has asked him to play in her wedding next month. He is very excited and has several weeks to learn something, or he is content to play one of the F1 pieces he…
