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smallholdingsister

Any progress on the house Cath?

Blog updated.

smallholdingsister

Anyone on twitter?
@smallholdingsis

apple_muncher

smallholdingsister wrote: »

Anyone on twitter?
@smallholdingsis

Nope, sorry x

Karmacat

I joined twitter a million years ago for the cats, but I've never posted .... another thing to learn.

smallholdingsister

No time like the present!

Karmacat

I can't force myself to open up twitter today, SHS, sorry! And you're *really* good at short-form postings, and I'm utter rubbish at it - but it might do well to publicise blog posts, mightnt it?


ETA - am off to the garden for 20 mins

smallholdingsister

Thats it!

BTW @ Alex I bought the pieces, scales and sight reading samples for grade 2.

AlexLK

smallholdingsister wrote: »

Thats it!

BTW @ Alex I bought the pieces, scales and sight reading samples for grade 2.

If you go onto youtube you'll be able to listen to all the grade 2 pieces. Would be interested to see which ones you like.

Unless teacher requires pupils to learn scales by sight (reading the notes), use the book as reference. If you're not a pianist, you can check fingering using the book (thumb - 1, index finger - 2 etc. etc.).

Do NOT let your daughter learn the sight reading examples. Just randomly give her one to do every now and then. Use as a test. They get one minute to look at the piece and then must play it.

smallholdingsister

I don't supervise piano. I listen and say how fabulous it was, and when she was younger I would point out if she was forgetting to play a sharp or a flat if it was obvious...

I had an image of us being a family who played together. This was killed off by head of music at my work. I had always played

smallholdingsister

With the band at every school I have ever worked in. When I joined this one he just refused to let me (without hearing me play) and was so very rude it put me right off. One of the reasons why I would like to move jobs.