Dipthongs and Smooth Phrasing

This is an exercise that is difficult at fist, but becomes much easier in just a short period of time. If I could only pass along one single technique, this would be it!

We’ll be using this melody I made up for the occasion:

I Will Praise Your Name

When to Begin to Read Music I

Students, especially beginners, will often balk at learning to read music.  Oh, learning the musical alphabet may be OK, and knowing how to find middle C on a keyboard is as far as they want to go; sometimes even that is going a little too far.  They prefer to think of themselves as having a “gift”, and that they are a “natural talent”.  Indeed, they might be a natural talent; but that alone will probably not get them very far.

Sometimes getting students to understand that learning to read music is difficult, but it’s vital; vital to their personal growth, and vital to the groups they may perform with.

Michelle