Teaching Beginners with Whole Body Learning

If you want to engage your students and see them internalise their music, this course is for you!

The Whole Body Learning approach introduces students to the rhythm, pitch, structure, dynamics and articulation in a piece using body percussion, singing and listening - all before they play a note on their instrument. Students retain the music internally, leading to better practice and performance outcomes. Incorporating novelty helps the students enjoy their lessons, allowing the meaning of their learning experiences to be remembered.

Course outline

Module 1: What To Do After No Book Beginners?
Module 2: Why Are You a Music Teacher?
Module 3: Teaching the Language of Music
Module 4: A Multisensory and Multimodal Approach
Module 5: Teaching Examples with Black Note Pieces on Piano
Module 6: Get Your Students to Enjoy Singing and Off-Bench Learning
Module 7: Listening with Purpose: Exploring, Singing, Moving, Playing, improvising
Module 8: The Phonics of Learning Music
Module 9: The Reading Tree - Starting with Beat
Module 10: Beat and Rhythm Embodiment

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ABOUT PAUL MYATT

Paul is a passionate teacher, performer, coach, author, composer and workshop facilitator. His purpose and passion is to continue to learn and work with people to assist them in developing their skills to achieve their goals. His experience extends across many fields: Business, music, technology and sports. Paul is a founding director and co-owner of Forte School of Music, a thriving and growing franchise network of music schools with over 5,500 students across 17 locations in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Since 1994, he has worked with his franchise partners to help them build their businesses in all areas including marketing, human resources, management and administration. As the co-author of many Forte course books, Paul has also co-created the Forte School of Music Teacher Training programmes which thousands of teachers have participated in.

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