Preparing to Sing: The Beginnings of Pitch
I wanted the blog after beat and rhythm I wanted to discuss pitch, but the beginnings of pitch aren’t anything to do with so and mi or high and low;…
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Four Depths of Kodály Piano Teaching
Do you have to jump in at the deep end when teaching the piano using the Kodály Approach?
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…
How to start planning your Kodály Music Curriculum
Do you want or need to create a singing based curriculum for your school, class or club? Maybe you’ve done some Kodály training but have been left …
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.
How to succeed with no budget for musical instruments
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…
Don’t wait! Participate! – Effective learning in shared piano lessons
One of the wonderful things about music is that it connects people. However learning piano can be a solitary endeavour with fewer opportunities for ensemble…
Gunggari Maranoa Lullaby – a do pentatonic song
Last week one of my Doremi Teach: Piano teachers asked me for ideas of pieces in triple metre and I was reminded of this beautiful…
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…