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Shortening Rhythmic Phrases
I find that my students who don’t like to sing often shorten the ends of phrases in Dreams, Dog, Sleeping, Fur Elise, etc. so they have to work at unlearning, then learning the correct rhythm by singing with me, reviewing the audio, playing with the…
- Last updated 1 year ago
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Questions for Students to Ask Themselves
Here is something that every one of my students have above their pianos. Obviously if your students are in the lower foundations, intervals, counting would not be needed but I find it a great tool to help remind them what boxes need to be ticked.…
- Last updated 3 years ago
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Reading Rhythm Tips
READING RHYTHM TIPS For students who struggle to play the MORs using 5SS – especially those who have trouble keeping the 3 ingredients even within a steady beat 1) Match a metronome playing only singles until smooth and even. Then only doubles until smooth and…
- Last updated 4 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 5 years ago
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Vocalizing During Online Lessons
I have been doing online lessons for the last two weeks on FaceTime , I am still adjusting my teaching style one thing that I have found helpful since I can’t be hands on is to vocalize the events especially when we are doing two…
- Last updated 6 years ago
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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…
- Last updated 12 years ago
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