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  • May 20, 2010 at 5:11 pm #84678
    elena-k-pohl
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    I have recently taken on a new harp student.

    May 20, 2010 at 5:39 pm #84679
    kay-lister
    Member

    Elena,

    Looking at this from a non-music perspective.

    May 20, 2010 at 6:16 pm #84680
    Tacye
    Participant

    Are you familiar with Kodaly?

    May 20, 2010 at 8:07 pm #84681
    patricia-jaeger
    Member

    Elena, take a look at Suzanne Balderston’s Step By Step book 1 and 2, with teddy-bear pictures throughout. Combine these with

    May 20, 2010 at 8:19 pm #84682
    sherry-lenox
    Participant

    Here’s another vote for Kodaly, but can’t you give her half hour lessons?

    May 21, 2010 at 6:20 pm #84683
    Saul Davis Zlatkovski
    Participant

    I know a piano teacher who lets them play, make up stories, he follows their lead, initially. I think an hour is probably too long unless you spend a lot of it doing games and things, unless the student is like a little Salzedo and is ready for serious study!

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