Comments on: Scale Fingerings

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:58:07 +0000

I’m enjoying this tremendously! I had that thought about the different learning styles, so I appreciate that you brought it out so clearly. Thus, visual learners NEED to have the fingerings written out for them, whereas the others probably don’t. Any guesses as to my learning style? (-; I love your dialogue for how you explain the fingering…and then there’s fingering rule and the exceptions…(-:

By: LaDona

LaDona — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:53:48 +0000

Here’s another thought about teaching scales – I actually don’t emphasize the whole and half-steps but ENCOURAGE the students to use their ears!

By: Fiona

Fiona — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:50:28 +0000

Thank you for your series on scales! I also find that students learn in different ways. Some of my students have benefited enormously from using Susan Paradis’ picture scales in her “Teaching Aids” section of her website. I find this especially helpful when children are transitioning from playing 1-octave scales to playing 2-octave scales, as they can see a picture when practising at home rather than refer to something that looks like a code ie.me writing the fingering in their notebook! (next step: to wean them off the pictures LOL ask me in a month’s tme!