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Curious about Piano Safari? Intervals, rote songs, no positions...oh my!
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- Опубліковано 26 тра 2024
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Perhaps you've heard of the Piano Safari books and wanted to check them out! But they are a little bit more expensive and cannot be found in your local music store or on Amazon.
Well, I ordered the books, dove in, and here's what I found!
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00:33 Comparison to Other Methods
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23:38 All Books in Order
26:07 What's Unique (Summary)
27:48 My Opinion
30:33 Who Should Check it Out
I teach (and love) all levels of Piano Safari and was so glad you offered a longer-form review, including your opinions! Looking forward to part 2! Thank you so much!
Awesome! Thanks for chiming in on the discussion. I have yet to check out the Older Beginner books but I'm intrigued!
Thanks so much for this! I think you have just tipped me over to start some students with Piano Safari for the first time, after a long lead time of looking into it but letting it sit on the shelf again.
On the rote topic - I usually start new students with only rote pieces/no method book for first few weeks, or sometimes even longer, and do lots of movement/game activities/use a floor staff as pre-reading development etc. For rote pieces we do lots of full body movement activities (especially for pitch), using fruit or animals to help remember rhythms, or we make up a question/answer for longer phrases, put words to singable melodies. We might do a hand clapping game for a piece that swaps between hands or has interesting rhythms, or play on the fall board in different ways etc. By the time they have done all this away from the piano, the rote pieces become much easier so they tend to remember them at home after only one or two lessons for a new piece.
I haven’t yet looked ahead to level 2 and 3, so this was really handy to hear your thoughts on those books too, and the theory etc. thanks again!
I bet your beginning students LOVE those off-the-bench activities! Such a great way to keep lessons fun while learning in that first year. Thank you for sharing your experience teaching rote pieces as well.
Be sure to come back and let us know how it goes using Piano Safari!! Thank you!
Love Piano Safari! It’s basically my go-to method in my studio, I still use Piano Adventures for some!
Thanks for inadvertently volunteering to be one of our resident Piano Safari experts 😂 Glad you're here! I know I still have more to learn about the series/approach.
@@TheTattooedPianoTeacher feel free to reach out
@@TheTattooedPianoTeacher All your videos are so good and helpful! I will soon have an almost-11-year old girl who is a beginner. Is PS Level 1 a good fit, and not too babyish? She does not have an older sister to try to emulate, only a little brother, age 5.
@@susanmorrison8403 Thank you! 🩵 Glad @musickitchen1871 chimed in on this, and I agree after seeing PS 1 Repertoire book. An 11yo would likely find it to be too juvenile. If you do try out the Older Beginner books, let us know how it goes!
I just realised I haven't taught piano using the C position, G position etc, for a very long time. I did at the very start of my career, but found it to be not useful somehow. Maybe kids not being able to read notes was a far bigger issue. I just skipped "G position" and went straight to making them sight read more stuff.
Maybe piano safari is for me!
Maybe! If you do end up trying it out, let us know what you think!
Omg you're right. Why do I get so excited to sit down with an open Excel sheet 🤓🤓
I switched to Piano Safari coming out of COVID and kids have really loved it.
I use the flashcards at every lesson. Theres a free chart online.
Theres also a free teaching guide.
I supplement faber Disney primer, Gold Star Performance Primer near end of level 1.
The piano safari friends book has been great for kindergarten to prepare for level 1.
Oh, thank you. This is really helpful! I'm definitely going to check out the free chart and free guide! And, that makes sense with Piano Safari Friends. The website called it a "preschool" method and suggested age 6 and up go right into Level 1, but your approach sounds better for most kids. I'll have to order PS Friends next and check it out!
What age group do you all recommend for the PS level 1?
7-9 works well. That said, if a student began with Piano Safari Friends at age 5 and did well, I've continued with Level 1 at age 6 and it's been successful.
@@musickitchen1871 I will have a student who is 11, who is just starting. I don’t want to put her into anything too babyish. Do you think PS level 1 would be good for her?
@@susanmorrison8403 Piano Safari for the Older Student would be more appropriate - age 10 through adult. Rep and Technique in one book, Sight Reading & Theory in another book. There are 3 levels.
@@musickitchen1871 thank you so much! I’m actually looking at the PS website and it answered this question and so much more! I’m really excited to try PS.
So is it a good method for everyone?
Maybe a Piano Safari teacher can chime in here, but I'd say no it's not perfect for everyone--however, I don't think there IS one method that's perfect for everyone!
I don’t think any method is best for everyone. I also don’t use a method book like most teachers do as most of my teaching bulk is from supplements. I do think it’s a good method. Teach the individual
Thanks for this! I've never seen Piano Safari in real life, an always wondered what it was like.
It always helps to hold it in your hands and page through it rather than the few sample pages they share on the website, right? I wish I could have you all over to my house and we could look through them together. 😂 But glad it was helpful!
Last note, the authors say after Level 3 you move to Clementi Sonatinas or RCM 3 type of stuff. I supplement really early on starting level 2 so they aren’t limited to classical music. Otherwise kids are happy in my studio
Oh, that's helpful and that makes perfect sense. Do you have any go-to supplemental books that work well for your PS Level 2's?
@@TheTattooedPianoTeacher I do! I also own 3000 books plus sheets in my library so yes.
@@MarkWeathers-vr6mr Wow! Amazing 😲
@@TheTattooedPianoTeacher I participate in national federation of music clubs every year, so the bulletins has allowed me to buy lots of music over the years along with the classical books i own. Here are some books that I’m using my Level 2 students: Bean Bag Zoo: Book 1 and 2 by Catherine Rollin, Solo Extreme Book 1 and 2, the pre-time playtime and showtime books by Faber, Best of Martha Mier Book 1 and 2. I just had a Level 2 student played Jumpin June Bugs by Kevin Olson for my recital piece. Let me know if you need more. I follow a reperotire rich approach b
@@MarkWeathers-vr6mr I do Federation as well! So I am very familiar with those composers and have many on the shelf. I'm looking forward to getting the new Federation bulletin in the mail to see what is new on this year's list. Thanks so much for you insights!