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During the notes class and instruments class | During the notes class | During instruments class |
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Give complements and encourage | Position the pupil at the front of the classroom | Provide a good (nice) instrument |
Nominate what goes well (in addition to what is not going well) | Check if pupils understand and know how to use the tips and tricks | Provide a nice textbook and nice music pieces |
Indicate on the score difficult passages or rhythms (with colors) | Use rhythm language to teach rhythms (possibly as continuous support) | Provide variation in the tasks and music scores |
Let play or sing along with a CD, where there is accompaniment | Enlarge music paper when kids have to write the notes themselves | Place the pupil in a group that fits their level and friendships |
Learn to feel the rhythms by gently tapping the child on the shoulder or arm | Provide more time for making of homework | Write down the finger settings corresponding to the notes (possibly note names) |
Divide the music into pieces and learn them step by step | Provide easy exercises | Allow to play less or shorter pieces |
Give sufficient time to exercise the music and to repeat | Use step-by-step plans (possibly also during tests) | Simplify the musical scores |
Use an agenda | Announce tests long beforehand | Adjust the repertoire to the level and motivation of the pupil (possibly opt to follow playing together) |
| Provide more time to finalize tests | Play the music that is to be played to the pupil beforehand or play it once |
| Divide tests into 2 parts and spread them over days | Allow to exercise with a metronome |
| Provide more preparation time for singing lessons during the exams (i.e., allowing to follow how other kids perform on an exam) | Allow pupil to follow/tap the rhythm with his/her foot or have the teacher tap the rhythm for the pupil |
| Allow to prepare at home for the examination | Put text to the notes so that it becomes a song |
| Discharge of examinations, tasks and tests during notes class | Teach longer or spread over a longer time (i.e., twice a week) |
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