Read n play

If a student already knows the names of the rhythm ingredients (whole through sixteenths) can we use those or should we actively use the informal terminology anyway before the note naming process? This comes up from time to time with students with prior experience! Personally,…

• Last updated 11 months ago
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I am at the end of the Reading Rhythm TTM in my own learning process and have a question about transcription. I see that ties and dotted notes (like all the other ingredients) include the step of “Continuing to process transcriptions into MOR.” As someone…

• Last updated 2 years ago
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Once a student has started Reading Notes, should they continue to do rhythm projects every week (transcribing) or do they switch over to Reading Notes projects? It seems like a lot to have a weekly Rhythm project in addition to a weekly Notes project, but…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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I have just finished Reading Rhythm. It felt to me like it wasn’t quite finished and I have a couple of questions: 1. The read, transcribe, and play exercises that we introduce during ties, should this be an ongoing thing even after they have finished…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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Has anyone found a creative way to teach the concept of ties to a student who has trouble grasping abstract concepts? I love the idea presented earlier here about using “London Bridge” as a natural way to teach dotted quarters, but I need a new…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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Does this work book start at the same time as students begin RR or is it introduced when they are up to the Naming Notes page? Asking this as I don’t have time to listen to training before a possible issue of the book to…

• Last updated 4 years ago
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I posted this to Simpedia recently. I’ve added some thoughts to the email… and answered some other reading related questions here, too! With regard to reading, first we teach students to read rhythm. They begin by feeling the beat by walking. We feel singles, doubles…

• Last updated 9 years ago
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Can someone tell me if two siblings can share the SHM for reading rhythm, or is there something they write in? Also, the new Read ‘n’ Play, that’s something that gets written into right? So they would each need their own? With regard to Reading…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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