patterns

At the beginning of Foundation 4, Lead Me to Light and Lullaby have so much less on the reference notes. How do you introduce these pages to students? Given what you’ve learned so far in presenting SM, I’d firstly like to hear your thoughts on…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• F4, Foundation 4, fragmenting, hand positioning, lead me to light, Level 4, Lullaby, Neil Moore, patterns, playing-based strategies

A delightful young adult with autism had his second lesson with me tonight. He loves patterns, numbers, and music, so of course Simply Music i?s a great fit. After playing Night Storm for him once, I told him “This song is all about 2’s. May…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• autism, patterns, playing-based, playing-based strategies, playing-based tools, special needs

I’d like some advice about my 7-year-old student who previously had about one year of lesson (traditional) in China and can already play some lovely classical pieces (reading). I explained why we do not read notes, and she and her parents accept this as far…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• accompaniment, chords, communication, diagrams, difficulty with diagrams, dosage, patterns, prior experience, teaching away from the piano

I have a piano student who has already been introduced to sight reading from a former teacher. Is there any reason they can’t learn the song via pattern playing first, then switch over to the sheet music instead of waiting until level 4 or 5?…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• Laurie Richards, patterns, playing-based tools, previous experience, prior experience, reading notes, reading rhythm, Robin Keehn, sight reading, using sheet music, when to introduce reading

As a new teacher, I am wondering what to tell my students if they ask if they will ever be able to learn a certain song (not by accompaniment but playing the actual melody) even if it is not in the SM curriculum. Eventually they’ll…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• curriculum, non-curricular music, patterns, playing-based tools, teaching outside music

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

On the TTM video, Neil tells us to have the students count out sentences 1-3 of Lead Me To Light, “1-2-3-4.” When I first learned this song, I thought, “That doesn’t seem right,” but did it that way anyhow. Now I’m going back through, preparing…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• counting as lyric, lead me to light, patterns, rhythm, Robin Keehn

I have started teaching another 6 week session at our community center here. The first one I taught went amazingly well. Everyone got it and I am now teaching lessons to 2 of my previous students from that class. So, I just started another one.…

• Last updated 4 years ago
• Dreams Come True, Laurie Richards, learning a new way of learning, patterns, playing-based, tools, traditional students to SM, workshop

I shared this story with Neil a few months ago, but wanted to wait awhile before passing it on, so I could share with you how the situation worked itself out. I have had a (traditional) student, Erin, for several years that I recently transitioned…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• patterns, traditional student update, transitioning students

With regard to the recent discussions about Practice Pads, I wish to add a word of caution. Please be careful to make sure that only a small or modest percentage of your class time is spent with individual students processing content on their individual Practice…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• group lessons, Neil Moore, observatory learning, patterns, practice pads, shared lessons, special needs, use of class time