streams
Pacing of teaching songs starting in Foundation 4
I’d like to hear people’s strategies for stretching out the teaching of Foundation songs starting in about Level 4 beyond the obvious tactic of taking 2-5 or so weeks to learn the entire songs. I’m accustomed to teaching songs at this level and beyond over…
How many streams per lesson?
I’m sure there’s variety in this, and I’d like to hear lots of perspectives. We teach so many different programs, or streams. How many different streams do you present in each lesson? (Side note, do you call them “streams” with your students?) I’m the sort…
When to introduce Accomp 1
I’m finding that my students are arriving at the Level 2 Foundation accompaniment songs faster than they’re getting to that point in the Accompaniment program. This results in them still being on triads (major and minor) when dominant 7ths come up (Amazing Grace); and then…
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…
Teaching Foundation Levels and Streams
I recently received materials on Accompaniment, Accompaniment variations and Reading Rhythm, and found all of them very good. Actually, my adult (recent retiree) was so excited when with CFG set she could play several familiar Christmas songs almost at once, “Can you believe it, the…