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Inner Hearing Exercise
I was remembering something I used to do with my elem general music students in school. They would sing a song and when I held up my hand, they kept singing it internally. When my hand came down, they would continue singing where the song…
- Last updated 3 years ago
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Complex Rhythms
Help me with teaching more complex rhythm. I’ve listened to the Reading Rhythm program multiple times but I feel like I’m missing something. With The Mirron, for example, there’s a lot of rhythm going on. The way I am used to figuring it out is…
- Last updated 3 years ago
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Hands Separately with Audio
This past month, I started making a point of assigning students to both LISTEN to the audio tracks and practice playing along with audio tracks HANDS SEPARATELY. Specifically, I’ve started directing students to try playing one hand alone with the audio tracks on a routine…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Resistance Writing Lyrics
One of my farthest-along students is pushing back on writing lyrics because she doesn’t want to sing. I assigned composition two weeks in a row–make up a song. Then I assigned to make up words for the song. Mom texted me today (their lesson is…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Melody in Accompaniment 2
I’m about to start Accomp 2 and just wondering how to approach it with a couple private students. Learn the pieces first as a reading (solo) project and then in the accompaniment style with the different rhythm variations? The songs don’t have lyrics and no…
- Last updated 5 years ago
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Webinar Series: 01/12/2018 – Gateway – Enhancing Your Students’ Experiences Through Singing
Vocalizing and singing adds a rich dimension to your lessons with students who have special needs. Karen talks about why that is, how to do incorporate it into your lessons, and answers teachers’ questions about students with various ability levels with regard to verbal communication.…
- Last updated 6 years ago
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Helping Students Sing on Key
Can you please give ideas for helping students learn to sing on pitch? My student is seven years old and in Level 2. She loves to sing, and her singing is very off pitch. Are there ways that I can help her? Are there other resources you…
- Last updated 7 years ago
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Getting student to slow down
Any suggestions how to get a 7-year-old to sloooooow down in his playing? Initially he was slow because of weak and small hands and lack of motor skills, but now his hands are stronger and he has also listened to a lot of fast rock…
- Last updated 7 years ago
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Accompaniment, Boys & Singing
I have a group of six boys (three families) in a lesson, and I have been having a time getting them to sing with accompaniments during practice time at home. They’re a pretty quiet group (and two are my little brothers, which can really make…
- Last updated 7 years ago
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Parents Who Don’t Participate
In both my shared lessons and private lessons (child student) the parents are present and usually sit and watch. However, this week one mother brought her lap top to use during the class and in another class the parents knew each other and carried on…
- Last updated 5 years ago
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