When Will They Do Grade 1? No Worries for Kodály Piano Teachers
“When will they do their Grade 1?” I think we all recognise this question and we all dread it. But what happens when you’re a Kodály Piano Tea…
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Memorising Kodály Music & Piano Lesson Plans
Do you memorise your lesson plans for piano lessons or music classes?
So many of us feel we need to memorise our lesson plans. Here are my reflections…
Which Solfa to Start with in Kodály Music Lessons
So know you want to teach using solfa, and you know that throwing them into the full diatonic scale is not the best way. But which subset of the tones…
4 Differences of Kodály Music Lessons and Piano Lessons
Do you teach classroom music and private instrumental lessons using the Kodály approach? Here are my four top differences between these teaching sett…
5 Essential Questions Before Teaching Older Students with the Kodály Approach
Whether it's in a piano or other instrumental lesson, a singing lesson or in a class setting, this topic crops up all the time.
What can I do if my students won’t sing?
My experiences and advice on how to deal with this in classroom music lessons, one-to-one piano lessons and also unbelievably in private singing lesso…
A Wintery Song for Young Musicians this Christmas
Jump straight to the download Hot pork rolls, hot chocolate and crêpes, that’s what kicks off Christmas for me. Yesterday my sons’ school had a…
Helen’s most popular song for Kodály-inspired piano and music lessons
One of my students asked me the other day which of the songs from Doremi Piano is my favourite. I didn’t have to think very…
Five Tips for Great Vocal Health for Music Teachers
Last month we welcomed vocal health specialist and Discover Singing‘s Emma Torry to the Doremi Sofa. (Members: click here to view) Not a member? Don’t…
