L.M.J. Music
Hollis Avenue M1N 2C7 Toronto, ON, Canada

What makes my piano teaching unique? I have studied and use elements of major international music education pedagogues and contemporary improvisation in the lessons! Orff Schulwerk. Dalcroze method. Kodály method. Suzuki method. World music pedagogy.... They are also comprehensive and holistic [in preparing] children to be artists, creators, and producers and not just consumers of music.They pair active and actual music-making with conceptual learning experiences offered in a systematic approach (Moore). Orff’s Building Blocks Imitation. Exploration Improvisation. Composition Bloom’s Taxonomy Remember. Understand Apply. Create, Analyze https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/music-and-//chapter-4/

Hands on creating rhythms-ta, titi, tikatika Quarter, eighths and sixteenths! You can use Popsicle sticks, Crayons etc

Solfege (also called solfa, or solfeggio) provides a framework for melodies by establishing recognizable relationships between pitches, and training your ear to hear patterns. It is an excellent system for learning the architecture behind music, and is a fundamental concept of ear training.

Some students have been having fun exploring the 12 bar blues progression and the ii7 V7 Imaj7 jazz progression. Here is information about the circle progression. https://youtu.be/Rqr43oa3mjQ