Courses

  • 9 Lessons

    Autumn Leaves Are Falling

    The first course in Anne’s series on modes. What will the Mystery Mode be? Songs also covered are Rise Up O Flame, Benedictus, She Moved…
  • 8 Lessons

    Beat Masterclass

    The ability to keep a steady beat underpins everything in music and is an essential skill for all musicians. For our beginners it’s the first…
  • 3 Lessons

    Bom Makaleli

    Using this children’s singing game from St Kitts in the West Indies, Helen explores some more of our intermediate rhythms. This course was recorded from…
  • 1 Lesson

    Contactless Digital Lesson Notes

    Instrumental teaching with contactless digital homework notes. In January I did a presentation on Doremi Piano and briefly mentioned my process for recording lesson notes for…
  • 1 Lesson

    Doremi Piano Overview and Teaching Tips

    Join Doremi Piano author Helen Russell as she takes you on an interactive tour of her piano method for children. Learn how Helen introduces the fundamentals…
  • 6 Lessons

    Down the Road

    Helen created this cup game as an alternative to the classroom game. Get stuck into this course to practise your solfa and discover something new…
  • 1 Lesson

    Exploring Repertoire

  • 2 Lessons

    Fear of Forgetting

    Findings and Suggestions on Effective Memorisation for Musical Performance Our guest speaker, Claire Bowes, shares her insights from her dissertation for an MA in Music Psychology for Education as well as her personal experience of continuing her musical journey and career after losing her sight at as teenager. Watch the replay for Claire's strategies, hints and tips on how to memorise successfully and the interesting discussion that followed.
  • 14 Lessons

    Guest Webinars

  • 8 Lessons

    Harmony A – Tonic and Dominant

    Get started on your adventure in harmony by discovering the tonic and dominant. A hybrid of personal musicianship practice and teaching tips as I explain…
  • 13 Lessons

    Harmony B – Subdominant

    Using folk, pop and classical examples this course expands our harmony functions from tonic and dominant to include subdominant. This course also covers the semitones…
  • 9 Lessons

    Harmony C – 12 Bar Blues

    Develop your skills using the tonic, dominant and subdominant with these fun 12 Bar Blues activities. Starting with basslines and progressing into chords, this is…
  • 5 Lessons

    Hi Lo Chikalo

    A fun clapping game that we will use as a rhythm dictation and to discover something new about solfa! This course was recorded from a…
  • 10 Lessons

    Hullabaloo Belay

    Learn this beautiful folk song and complete the lessons to develop your musicianship skills. The course also includes Chickamey Craney Crow Remember you can let…
  • 6 Lessons

    I’m Bound Away

    A satisfying sea shanty for practising fa and presenting or practising a new rhythm tam-ti. Otherwise known as tai-ti, or dotted crotchet and quaver or…
  • 15 Lessons

    Kodály Kickoff for Piano Teachers

    Welcome to Kodály Kickoff for Piano Teachers. I’m so pleased you decided to join us. #1 Work your way through the content below, marking each…
  • 5 Lessons

    Lavender’s Blue

    A beautiful English folk song with a range suitable for all ages. Perfect for presenting or practising fa and triple metre. Also includes pentatonic interval…
  • 1 Lesson

    LIVE Solfa Scales with Rebecca (Elementary)

    Weekly 40 minute solfa scales practice with Rebecca Willson suitable for elementary level musicianship students and above. Live Zoom sessions on Fridays at 9:20am (BST)…
  • 3 Lessons

    Major Pentatonic

    Practise your do pentatonic scales and intervals with these short exercises
  • 4 Lessons

    Money Matters

    Money! We rarely talk about it. We should! Let’s blow that secretive box wide open and help each other find our true worth.