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I have a 5 year old who is resisting playing hands together. He is happy to play 5SS together but nothing else. Any ideas how to encourage him? some young children think it is going to be too hard to do so instead of giving…

• Last updated 2 years ago
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How would you explain to 12-14 year old kids why learning to improvise and compose songs is part of the simply music program? How does it help them learn to play songs, if that is their goal? Do you have the Tune Toolkit Program? The…

• Last updated 2 years ago
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Mark S. Meritt, I’m studying I, IV, V progressions in Tune Toolkit 1 right now. In one of the subvideos, you recommend student play along with an electronic accompaniment that changes its chord accompaniment based on what you play in your left hand (like what…

• Last updated 4 years ago
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Below is an email from a parent. Any advice on strategies I could suggest? This student has been with me for about 6 months. He is in first grade and is moving through Foundation pieces at a just-under-average pace. I have noticed memory is an…

• Last updated 3 years ago
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Any advice for an adult student who is extremely resistant to comp and improv? She hates improv every time I bring it up and stomps her feet. She does it reluctantly, though. She is also showing resistance to arrangements and is practically hitting a wall…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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I had a teacher recently write me personally with a question about Tune Toolkit, and I thought I’d address the issue here since it could be of benefit to others. The question was about how Tune Toolkit interacts with playlist tracking. Certainly one can add…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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Reviewing Tune Toolkit ready to start some students. As I get my head around it and feel my enthusiasm building I want to say a couple of things. I like the rich cross pollination to core SM and the enormous help this program will be…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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