reading notes
Reading Notes – Other Instruments
I’ve been working on the reading program for a while now and I can definitely see how this is a wonderful way for students to learn to read music for the piano/keyboard. However, I’m wondering how I will explain to someone (when I get the…
Reading Notes – Intervals
I need a little clarification please in the intervals section of note reading. We put the intervals in the fingers; go through songs in their playlists saying the intervals. Then once we look at intervals on the page, and say them, perhaps writing the interval…
Placing Intervals on the Keyboard
In the reading notes teachers’ guide for projects 7, 9, & 12 there is a step of unfolding interval streams onto the keyboard. On the video, it’s not mentioned until project 12. On the video, Jane asks the question “do we need to make sure…
Note Names
I am starting more students on the Reading Notes 1 program and I find myself wondering if I should have the students say the letter names of the notes around the C’s, or just use the intervals (up a 2nd, down a 5th, etc.). In…
Bright Student Learning to Read Notes in School Music Classes
I have recently taken onboard a highly motivated and bright 16 year old student who is also taking music classes at school. After playing a beautiful rendition of Ballade pour Adeline for me (apparently she watched a recording of her school music teacher playing this,…
Key Signature
I am in the process of studying the level 10 development program. It sounds fantastic and I am really excited to be at the end. Neil mentions in level 10 that in the music we can tell that the particular song is in a key of (for…
Delaying the Reading Process with Advancing Students
I currently have students in the Level 5 book that have not yet begun to read notes. What a trip this is for a former traditional teacher! How far along in the levels can a student be before they really MUST have started to read…
Teaching Reading Notes beyond fifths
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…
Overwhelmed with All These Streams
How do you guys do this? I spend HOURS and HOURS learning these different streams, and planning them into lessons. I’m just about to start learning Foundation 5 (I have two students right on my tail) and I can now see how wrong I’ve been…
Parent is pushing reading
I have read through the teachers’ library on the topic of “Transitioning Traditional Students.” I have a parent who still wants to know more details on the note reading aspect of the SM program. I am only through Foundation Level one and do not have…