Group Piano: Music Makers: At the Keyboard - Book 6

Group Piano — Book 6 (Year Three)
Live Webinar Training
Taught by Rebecca Cauthron

Book 6 is often considered one of the most fun — and most challenging — levels to teach in the Music Makers: At the Keyboard sequence. This engaging webinar is designed to help teachers confidently guide students through the exciting musical growth that takes place in Children’s Book 6.

The aural approach continues to deepen in this level with increasingly sophisticated folk songs such as Hey! Let’s Dance Together and Jericho, while the reading repertoire expands to include works by Haydn, Mozart, and Kabalevsky. Students begin integrating stronger technical skills with growing musical independence, creating a rich and rewarding learning experience.

During this training, Rebecca Cauthron will walk through the curriculum step-by-step, focusing on how to successfully teach the more advanced concepts introduced in Book 6, including:

• Continued development of aural learning through complex folk songs
• Expanding reading repertoire and musical interpretation
• Two-handed scales and coordinated technique work
• Arpeggios and broken chord patterns
• Arpeggiated bass lines and Alberti bass
• Increased independence at the keyboard
• Improvisation with non-harmonic tones
• Culminating improvisation activities, including the 12-Bar Blues
• Connecting improvisation to music literacy and reading skills

Special attention will be given to the technique assignments, with clear teaching strategies to help students build confidence while mastering these new challenges. Improvisation activities will be demonstrated and discussed, particularly how they support reading development and overall musicianship.

Rebecca will also share practical pacing ideas, classroom management tips for upper-level group piano, and ways to keep students motivated as the material becomes more advanced.

Materials Included:
Teacher Guide Year 3 and Children’s Book 6 are required and are included in the tuition fee.

This webinar is ideal for teachers currently working in the Music Makers: At the Keyboard sequence who are ready to lead students through one of the most exciting stages of their musical journey.