[Menvi-discuss] piano methods

[Teresa Haifley]

What was the question--or should I say answer? 

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Bettie & Bill Downing
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Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] piano methods

Go with the John Thompson and your student can get on Jeopardy in the future
and come up with the correct answer as a contestant did this week.  Right
on, ole John Thompson!!!




On Oct 4, 2013, at 3:17 PM, Teresa Haifley wrote:

> Brian,
> The age of the student will have some bearing on the method you'll 
> want to use.  I have been teaching for 29 years and have tried all the 
> main methods, like Alfred, Bastien, Faber, Schaum and Thompson.  The 
> first 3 I mentioned have several pages in the first lessons that deal 
> with pictures of black keys and begin the students with finger numbers 
> on black keys.  I find that difficult to deal with and much prefer 
> starting the student with actual notes on the staff so keep going back 
> to the old Schaum and Thompson methods, which I tend to find to be 
> more complete in all around musicianship.  I have found no advantage 
> to beginning with the black key pictures over the staff and middle C
position.
> 
> I have also found that the print editions change often and that makes 
> the braille copies obsolete.  Unfortunately, I always learn this 
> unpleasant fact during a lesson when the student comes in with a new book
I have assigned.
> I brailled the first 3 levels in Alfred and Faber with someone 
> dictating them to me and they are no longer in print.  The John 
> Thompson method has never changed to my knowledge, so the braille is 
> still the same.  The print is still in black and white and not fancy 
> and colorful like the modern books but I have never had a complaint.  
> Schaum updated their books a bit and put them in color.  The primer or 
> Pre-A did change the most, in the beginning pages of the book and a 
> few titles were changed.  The Typewriter title, for example, was 
> changed to The Computer.  Some of the other books in the series have had
some minor changes but overall still useable.
> 
> I believe you or someone asked this question a few weeks ago and I 
> don't remember seeing any answers.  This may be more than you wanted 
> to know but braille copies matching print copies is a major issue and a
real headache.
> 
> Teresa
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> Of Brian Howerton
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 10:02 PM
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> 
> Hello all,
> I have a beginner piano student that I had my first lesson with today.  
> It was just an orientation lesson, but she is a complete beginner.  
> She has watched a lot of youtube videos, but is still very much a 
> beginner.  She is sighted.  What book would you recommend that I get 
> to teach from that is good to use with braille while also keeping in mind
that she is sighted?
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  I want something that 
> is easy enough for both of us to work from.  Thanks so much, Brian 
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