Comments on: Question #2: Composing Outside C Major http://www.composecreate.com/archives/1459 Tools for composing, creating, and teaching music Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:11:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Wendy http://www.composecreate.com/archives/1459/comment-page-1#comment-165 Wendy Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:42:53 +0000 http://www.composecreate.com/?p=1459#comment-165 Great idea Jennifer! I have never used the <a href="http://www.fjhmusic.com/piano/keys.htm" rel="nofollow">Keys to Success </a>books, but I'm definitely going to check them out. Great idea Jennifer! I have never used the Keys to Success books, but I’m definitely going to check them out.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.composecreate.com/archives/1459/comment-page-1#comment-164 Jennifer Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:45:28 +0000 http://www.composecreate.com/?p=1459#comment-164 Great ideas. That's one thing I really like about the Key to Success books by Kevin Olson. Each key they work on has a place for students to compose in that key (in addition to other activities). Great ideas.

That’s one thing I really like about the Key to Success books by Kevin Olson. Each key they work on has a place for students to compose in that key (in addition to other activities).

]]> By: Wendy http://www.composecreate.com/archives/1459/comment-page-1#comment-163 Wendy Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:38:59 +0000 http://www.composecreate.com/?p=1459#comment-163 Excellent comments Elissa! I wholeheartedly agree. Excellent comments Elissa! I wholeheartedly agree.

]]> By: Elissa Milne http://www.composecreate.com/archives/1459/comment-page-1#comment-162 Elissa Milne Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:33:04 +0000 http://www.composecreate.com/?p=1459#comment-162 Students who compose solely in C Major are students who are playing pieces solely in C Major. Or, they are students who are composing on paper, not in performance. If your piano students are learning pieces in a range of positions, in a variety of tonalities you can be sure they will not be drawn to composing in something as dull-sounding and physically uninteresting as C Major. If your students are composing primarily on paper, look at encouraging more improvisation as the basis for any composed work. See if this makes a difference to the student's propensity to compose 'in C'. Students who compose solely in C Major are students who are playing pieces solely in C Major. Or, they are students who are composing on paper, not in performance.

If your piano students are learning pieces in a range of positions, in a variety of tonalities you can be sure they will not be drawn to composing in something as dull-sounding and physically uninteresting as C Major.

If your students are composing primarily on paper, look at encouraging more improvisation as the basis for any composed work. See if this makes a difference to the student’s propensity to compose ‘in C’.

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