Comments on: Playing With Students at Lessons http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/playing-with-students-at-lessons/ Tips and Resources for Private Music Teachers and Performers everywhere! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:51:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Miss Lynda http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/playing-with-students-at-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-2632 Miss Lynda Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:48:31 +0000 http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/playing-with-students-at-lessons/#comment-2632 If you are playing along with early beginning students, just be careful they are not learning the songs by watching where your fingers move !!! I do play along much of the time, especially when students are working on "hands apart." I find it helps them to hear the parts together. If you are playing along with early beginning students, just be careful they are not learning the songs by watching where your fingers move
!!! I do play along much of the time, especially when students are working on “hands apart.” I find it helps them to hear the parts together.

]]> By: James Ellis http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/playing-with-students-at-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-2604 James Ellis Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:12:45 +0000 http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/playing-with-students-at-lessons/#comment-2604 Related to helping your students relax it gives beginning students the confidence to play in an ensemble. Right now I am restarting a music program at a school in Detroit. Right now I am teaching individual lessons to students who are beginners of have not played their instrument in at least a year. Once the students can perform as an ensemble then I will rehearse as an ensemble. Playing along with the students prepares them to perform as a ensemble. The next step as mentioned would be duets and maybe play along CD\'s or piaon accompaniment solos. Related to helping your students relax it gives beginning students the confidence to play in an ensemble. Right now I am restarting a music program at a school in Detroit. Right now I am teaching individual lessons to students who are beginners of have not played their instrument in at least a year. Once the students can perform as an ensemble then I will rehearse as an ensemble. Playing along with the students prepares them to perform as a ensemble. The next step as mentioned would be duets and maybe play along CD\’s or piaon accompaniment solos.

]]> By: Betty http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/playing-with-students-at-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-2549 Betty Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:18:46 +0000 http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/playing-with-students-at-lessons/#comment-2549 I enjoyed reading this article - yes,it does all of those things and more. I think it's important to play duets with the student as soon as possible in lessons so that it's an expectation to look forward to. How grand the music sounds when embellished with harmony and rhythms in the accompaniment. One of the biggest assets is being able to create a student who keeps a steady beat and counts well. Start with one page slow pieces, with repeated notes, and no accidentals. Usually line 3 of the piece is where the "tricks" are: A A B A form. So prepare an A line and a B line before going through the entire piece. Show and repeats and 1st and 2nd endings, and codas. Have a plan! When the students are older, they will be more eager to perform duets with other students as partners. At home, if a parent plays piano, it makes a good musical activity for family enjoyment. Don't put duets off until later! I enjoyed reading this article – yes,it does all of those things and more. I think it’s important to play duets with the student as soon as possible in lessons so that it’s an expectation to look forward to. How grand the music sounds when embellished with harmony and rhythms in the accompaniment. One of the biggest assets is being able to create a student who keeps a steady beat and counts well. Start with one page slow pieces, with repeated notes, and no accidentals.
Usually line 3 of the piece is where the “tricks” are: A A B A form. So prepare an A line and a B line before going through the entire piece. Show and repeats and 1st and 2nd endings, and codas. Have a plan!

When the students are older, they will be more eager to perform duets with other students as partners. At home, if a parent plays piano, it makes a good musical activity for family enjoyment. Don’t put duets off until later!

]]> By: Stephanie Holler http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/playing-with-students-at-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-2546 Stephanie Holler Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:44:29 +0000 http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/playing-with-students-at-lessons/#comment-2546 Yes! I do find that on occassion, it helps the student tremendosly to play along with me. To avoid the follow exactly what the teacher does and don't look at the music fiasco, I play a split second behind the student if they are having touble with the notes. That way, they do not depend on me, but I am merely there for reinforcement that they are playing correctly. I also try to avoid playing ahead of the student at all so that they do not learn it simply by ear. Yes! I do find that on occassion, it helps the student tremendosly to play along with me. To avoid the follow exactly what the teacher does and don’t look at the music fiasco, I play a split second behind the student if they are having touble with the notes. That way, they do not depend on me, but I am merely there for reinforcement that they are playing correctly. I also try to avoid playing ahead of the student at all so that they do not learn it simply by ear.

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