A new approach to piano tuition
Do you ever feel that some students just need a bit more time?
A bit more practice before moving on?
A different way of learning how to play the piano?
More support with learning to read music?
In Tune With You is a series of 5 interactive books, leading to Grade 2. It offers a systematic approach that is accessible for all learners, including your neurodiverse learners.
Some people who love music, and would really like to learn to play an instrument, are put off by having to learn to read music. However, the cognitive, social and emotional advantages of learning are well-documented, and so we might well want to encourage them to persevere despite experiencing difficulties with the notation. Yvette French recognises that some learners need a little longer to grasp musical concepts, and some will benefit from a different approach to formal music education.
- Systematic, step-by-step instruction
- Moving at the student’s pace
- Time and freedom to explore the instrument
- Games and physical activities to learn the theory
- Guidance for teachers working with neurodiverse learners
- Videos to allow recap of lessons at home
Students start with very simple tunes, like ‘The Magic Touch‘ but by the end of Book 1 they are playing mini-concerts for their friends and families, including more complicated tunes like ‘Let’s Celebrate‘.
Each tune is available as a student solo, and also as a duet with the teacher, to develop the sense of playing with others, like in this tune, ‘Let’s Tango‘.
Topics covered in Book 1:
Sitting at the piano
Your hands
Practice Tips
Pitch: high/low
The musical pulse
Rhythm: crotchet, minim, semibreve notes/rests Playing on the black keys
Bars, bar lines, double bar line, repeat mark
Dynamics; piano, forte, cresc, dim.
Time signature 4/4
Tied notes
Articulation: legato/staccato
The Music Alphabet
Playing ABCDEFG
Some use of the sustain pedal
Performing skills
For more information, check these FAQs, or contact Yvette: pianoyvette@gmail.com