Developing Steady Beat is so important. It helps build strong foundations upon which to build the other important elements of music. If our students can’t keep a steady beat, it can be like trying building on sand when teaching other musical elements such as rhythm!
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Are you Music Lead at your school? Maybe you have a cupboard of old musical instruments. Or maybe nothing. But you certainly don’t have the budget for new musical instruments or maintenance. Never mind a whole class set! Don’t panic! You don’t actually need musical instruments for a quality, progressive and rich music education. At
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Bonding with students is essential to succeed in piano, singing, musicianship or anything really! Bond with your students using Helen’s Balloons game. The thing is, it’s SO easy to do. It doesn’t involve any equipment, there’s no special script to memorise and yet it contains so many benefits. “To me, the Balloons activity sums up
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This week Helen is preparing the live Zoom launch sessions for the teachers enrolled on Doremi Teach: Piano. One of the activities will be to brainstorm exactly what we are teaching in a piano lesson. I set a timer for 5 minutes and scribbled down whatever popped into my head. All the things I’m working
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…and relaxed, confident teachers! Our children are curious, adventurous, experimental and playful. Instead of telling them what we want them to know, and expecting them to retain it, we need to curate a playful adventure where they experience and discover. Find out how to embed playful learning into your music and piano lessons with Doremi
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Helen Russell (Founder of Doremi Connect) – 27th March 2021 There’s no doubt that music education has suffered dramatically at the hands of our global pandemic. Whilst some students have been lucky enough to continue with private tuition online, the vast majority of our children have been left with nothing. Impacting their musical education and
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