
Rote Repertoire – teaching a healthy technique and reading at the same time
Establishing a healthy technique in our students is a vital part of our teaching right from the earliest lessons. We have all experienced how much easier it is to create good habits in the beginning than it is to break bad habits later. Teaching our students to read notation is another important facet of lessons. There is a huge amount of information for students to decode on the page: which hand plays what, the pitch, duration and register of the notes, articulation, dynamic