Artifact Explained -
Throughout my teaching of "Zombies Knocking at Your Door" I used an exercise called "Concentration Exercises" to emphasize the idea of using a staccato, or short and separated, articulation throughout. The lesson from 1/24/19 below is one of our earliest practice lessons where I have the students engage in the material in several ways. I have them say the articulation at points of the lesson ("TAH") as well as sizzle and finger while I play the piano. In this way, those who were further behind in understanding had simpler ways of engaging in the lesson while those who understood still had the chance to practice and listen.
As we kept going with this exercise, we added more scales and this ended up being a very beneficial exercise for our piece when we transferred the concept to the piece. As I said, this was the beginning stages, but laid the groundwork for some significant learning across the ensemble for all students.
Throughout my teaching of "Zombies Knocking at Your Door" I used an exercise called "Concentration Exercises" to emphasize the idea of using a staccato, or short and separated, articulation throughout. The lesson from 1/24/19 below is one of our earliest practice lessons where I have the students engage in the material in several ways. I have them say the articulation at points of the lesson ("TAH") as well as sizzle and finger while I play the piano. In this way, those who were further behind in understanding had simpler ways of engaging in the lesson while those who understood still had the chance to practice and listen.
As we kept going with this exercise, we added more scales and this ended up being a very beneficial exercise for our piece when we transferred the concept to the piece. As I said, this was the beginning stages, but laid the groundwork for some significant learning across the ensemble for all students.