The Animal Notes Moving on to a New Instrument
The Animal Notes have made such a tremendous difference to so many of my young beginning piano students over the years; students that today play and enjoy their music to the fullest. I have been so very thankful to have this unique, yet simple way of introducing the note reading to them when they were young. I realize it has helped each of them in more ways than just music accomplishment and that brings great joy to my heart. Animal Notes are not only a fun and easy way for them to learn notes; they are fun to work with as a teacher. The Animal Notes can elicit some great comments from the children that bring laughter and joy to a simple music lesson.
I have had many requests to teach young children guitar, especially young boys. Chord positions can be memorized, but they do not help the child play the melody of a song. I find children are anxious to play a song that they, their family, and their friends recognize. To do this on a guitar requires learning the note placement and the logic behind it. Wow, that is not easy for some adults.
To meet the challenge I decided to try the Animal Notes. It is working! I have four students who are working with me on this. We have even gone to my computer together and arranged songs to help them learn. We are having a great time and most important, the children are successfully learning the note placement on the guitar and are playing simple melodies. I know, my next book for guitar will need to be simple chords for the 6 to 12 year old age groups using the Animal Notes. The great part of this new adventure is that the Animal Note Flash Cards, Timing, and fun music books written for the piano work as well for the guitar.
The Note Reading Guitar book is not quite ready, but it should be on this site in a couple of weeks.
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