reading notes

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 9 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

I have a group of teenage students and although parents attend lessons, they are for the most part completely not engaged. I’m at a loss as to how I could include them in the lesson process. I can see the value of doing this in…

• Last updated 9 years ago
• coach at lessons, F6, Foundation 6, Level 6, Long Term Relationship, LTR, participation, reading notes, Robin Keehn, teenagers, teens

Dear Fellow Teachers, One of my parents just texted me to say her oldest boy (14) wants to quit lessons. She said she would like both boys (younger one is 12) to stay until they are “reading notes proficiently”, and asked “What will it take…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• pace of reading program, reading goal, reading notes, reading program, reading rhythm, Robin Keehn

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 12 years ago
• Laurie Richards, Read n play, reading notes, reading rhythm, reading success, Robin Keehn

I’ve heard a number of teachers in the past say how important it is to keep momentum going with Reading Rhythm. I definitely want to do that. At the same time, not only with various other streams going but also wanting to make sure there’s…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• clapping the beat, note names, pace, reading notes, reading rhythm, Robin Keehn

I and my students are enjoying the Reading Notes program and eagerly anticipate moving forward. I have students on #20, Accidentals. I understand everything up to this point. However, #21 and #23 are eluding me. In #21, do you go ahead into Time for More…

• Last updated 8 years ago
• accidentals, key signature, Laurie Richards, reading, reading notes, tfmm, Time for More Music

I have recently started the Reading Program with a few of my students. We are still in the Reading Rhythm book. Once you are finished with the Reading Notes program, what material do you give them to reinforce or practice reading music? I heard Time for…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• additional reading material, Gordon Harvey, reading notes, Time for More Music, time for music

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 12 years ago
• fingering for streams, location points, music direction, reading notes, Robin Keehn

When teaching reading notes, do I get the student to buy Time for More Music, so they can sight read at home? And/or do I get them to sight-read pieces from Time for More Music in class? Time for More Music is a TTP (teacher training…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• accompaniment, reading notes, Time for More Music

1. Up until this point, intervals in fingers and on keyboard were for both hands. Neil indicates that Playlist as Intervals is a big project. Is there a danger in limiting this project to RH melodies only, causing a gap in time for LH practice?…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• Gordon Harvey, intervals, playlist for reading, reading notes