Review 5

(part 5 of 5 from the article How and Why We Review)

How can we make practicing review songs more interesting?

• Play the sections of your review song in a mixed up order (the scramble game).
• Play 2-4 measures, then sing the right hand of the next 2-4 measures, then play the next 2-4 and so on.
• Play name that tune—student plays the review song of his choice and parent has to guess the title!  Make it more interesting by starting a song somewhere besides the beginning.
• Play with a bell.  When the parent rings the bell somewhere during the song, the student continues to play with only the left hand, or only the right hand, or louder, or quieter, or…