Klarinet Archive - Posting 000578.txt from 1996/08

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Need help!
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 14:22:30 -0400

>On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Patrick Kwan wrote:
>
>> This summer, my friends and I volunteered to teach music in a non-profit
>> program for unfortunate kids in projects. I got fixed up with an 11 year old.
>> I tried everything to teach him how to count but nothing seems to work. I
>> tried the "word" method, you know the Apple=eighth notes, Missisippi=16th
>> note thing. He doesn't get it. And I tried the tapping method. Anybody know
>> another way to teach counting? He does fine on quarter,whole, and half notes,
>> but it's the eighth and 16th notes that he doesn't get.

For the eighth notes, you may want to encourage him to tap his foot
with a definite down-up-down-up. Then his eighth notes are determined by
foot position. Then sixteenths are just playing two notes in each
position.

-Scott
(PS, I am a "1-e-&-a" counter!)

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410)-955-3631

SDM@-----.edu