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Notes for Teachers - Book 2
Notes for Teachers - Book 2
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In order to deepen their knowledge and strengthen the inner ear, students should learn to sing and play simultaneously. Please persist with this, even if the students are reluctant at first. The benefits will be truly enormous. Children should always associate the animal names with the notes and sing them, at least when they are learning hands separately , even if using the blank notes edition. When playing hands together they may well sing the beat ("one, two, three, four")  Ideally you should sing the melody with the student before he/she attempts to play the piece. More advanced students should be able to sing one part (e.g. the right hand part) whilst accompanying themselves with the other part (left hand) on the keyboard.Students should also sing during the finger exercises. In order to simplify this they may replace some animal names by the word "skip" or "step". For example on page four they can sing"cat-skip, dog-skip, egg-skip ....."  Since students can study on either a piano or keyboard, the notes for the finger exercises have not all been written out explicitly. The arrows indicate what is required. In most cases the exercise starts off in one direction then returns to the starting note (or notes). The range is determined both by the size of the instrument and the student's capability.After your students have played the finger exercises as written, use them as a guide to build up more advanced exercises. For example they can play hands together or contrary motion, or more complicated fingering etc. No dynamics are given in this book. Please suggest dynamics (if possible) as you feel appropriate. Ask your students to play and sing every day for 10 minutes. « Go Back |
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