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justinmariner
About
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- justinmariner
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- First Name
- Justin
- Last Name
- Mariner
- Affliation or Location
- Schulich School of Music, McGill University
- Research Interests
- Pedagogy, Aural Skills, Composition
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Hi John, I agree with Betsy's suggests. The problems you describe also show a lack of fluency with fundamentals of spelling, and improving this could help sort out some of the confusion that interferes with aural recognition. I like piano for this, …
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I meant to add that I have gotten better results spending a lot of time in one clef, possibly only adding one new clef per semester. Without a lot of time, it's hard to get students good at numerous clefs and instrumental transpositions. It may be b…
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Hi Chelsey, Here are a few thoughts. I believe that playing simple lines on keyboard is a more straightforward starting point than singing, since it focuses more on identification of the actual notes rather than finding the tune by ear. This could b…
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Hi Tahirih, I would like to invite you and anyone else who is interested in SmartMusic to view the wiki and join its mailing list: https://www.music.mcgill.ca/smartmusichub/ There has been some related discussion on that list. SmartMusic is strictly…
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Hello Danielle, We have been happy with the reports that Teoria generates for paying users. You will still have to check students did the exercises they were supposed to, and transfer the scores to your own spreadsheet, but this is the same with mos…
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