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The Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast | Proven and practical tips, strategies and ideas for music teachers
02/28/22
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Taking apart a specific genre or traditional style of music and putting
it back together is a great way to understand it. In this episode, I'll
give you 2 examples of how to do that and then improvise with the
elements.
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How to Seek Out Different Music
February 21, 2022
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Most of us teach, perform and listen to Classical music. Many of us also
teach pop songs or jazz. But do you ever break outside of these walls?
And if you want to teach different types of music, how do you find it?
That's the question we'll unpack in today's show.
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The Stubborn Duet Secret to Teaching Sight Reading Skills
March 7, 2022
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Teaching sight-reading skills to piano students is not always as simple as teaching them great reading skills.
To be a great sight-reader you need more than just note names and intervals. You need to be able to translate those to movements that make sounds...quickly.
The difference between reading and sight-reading is time. Or, rather, the lack thereof.
When we read music that we’ve never seen or heard before, in the moment, we have to move fast. We have to be quick on our fingers and make guesses when our brain doesn’t have time to figure it out.
Solid sight-reading skills are a wonderful asset to have as a collaborative musician or accompanist. They’re also super useful to have in your backpocket for any performance situation to get you out of a jam.
But after we teach our students to read, how do we take them beyond slow deciphering of notes and towards cat-like sight-reading reflexes?
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