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Prevent | Diagnose | Treat
Supplement any method
Accelerate the natural reader
Prevent reading problems in a new student
Diagnose and remediate difficulties in the struggling student
– Skill building with Guide Notes and directional reading
– Appropriate for all ages
All Keyboard notes are a 2nd or 3rd
above or below a Guide Note.
Keyboard Guide Notes Map
All Grand Staff notes are a 2nd or 3rd
above or below a Guide Note.
Grand Staff Guide Notes Map
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More Guide Note Directional Reading
Guide Notes Diagnostic | Guide Notes Solos
Fluent Music Reading
Directional Reading + Grand Staff Guide Notes
In the Beginning…
Three Neglected Essential Elements of Reading
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- Terminology and Location of the 10 Guide Notes on the KEYBOARD;
- Processing direction and distance on a music STAFF without a clef;
- Correlation of the SPACE on the keyboard with the PLACE on the staff.
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In-Lesson Drills to promote an immediate and correct keyboard response
…In the Beginning
What is the advantage of using this reading approach?
Hands and Fingers
– No-Position Reading…
The five fingers are not in a position – any finger can be on any note.
– Students learn to pay attention to starting finger number and Guide Note location
– Students do not ask “What position is this piece in?”
Notes
– Space and Place Context…. there is more than one “C”!
– Correct terminology in drills integrate
Guide Notes SPACE on the keyboard within their PLACE on the Grand Staff.
Directional Reading
– The brain and the eyes are trained to see patterns of direction and distance
…rather than naming notes.