Q: im teaching my nephews piano and i wanted to get your thoughts and ideas on how im approaching it. for the younger ones i am first making sure they know where do is. then the rest of the white notes. teaching them how to sing a major scale. then i invite them to make a song up by plaiyng with the black keys, so they can have pentatonic fun. For the older one, he came to class knowing jingle bells. he likes learning songs. i am thinking of teaching him some chords to play along with jingle bells. but i also am teaching him a bit about the circle of fifths, how it relates to sharps and flats in different keys, and then showing him how jingle bells can be played starting in any note. I am very slowly trying to teach them how to read notes off a pentagram but I feel like that can dampen the excitement for the instrument if it becoems too "academized". I took a look at a teaching book and it doesnt look too fun tbh. maybe the best time to teach them to r
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 c is when they want to learn a specific song? I can notate it for them and have them read off it? They range ages 4 to 10 probably. Some are more motivated than others but i feel they can all get excited about different aspects of piano/music/learning
A: it sounds like you are doing great. maybe you could also do some purely rhythmic exercises. rhythms might be a nice starting place for reading also