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MUSICOLOR METHOD CORE CURRICULUM

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What To Do First (3:11)
How To Get Help / Support
Licensing Terms and Conditions

"Instinctual Learning", our core principles

Musicolor Method Workbook - August 2018
Start With Why
Overview of Instinctual Learning (4:33)
1 - The Growth Spiral (11:21)
Quiz: The Growth Spiral
2 - Rapport (14:44)
Quiz: Building Rapport
3 - Stepping Stones (13:11)
Quiz - Stepping Stones
4 - Structure (22:30)
Quiz- Structure
5 - Notation (25:35)
Quiz - Notation
6 - Story (9:21)
Quiz - Story
7 - Life Skills (11:40)
Quiz - Life Skills
Summary of "Instinctual Learning"
Frequently Asked Questions
Infographics

Materials and Setup

Setting Up Keys, Colors and Stickers
Hand Tracing Chart
Structure of Lessons - updated 2019 (14:37)
Lesson Planning & Structure Checklist - Download & Print
Certificates to Motivate Students

Songs Phase 1

About Phase 1 Notation
Phase 1 Songbook - 2018
Phase 1 songs - Standard Notation
NEW LESSON 1 - What's Your Favorite Ice Cream? (1:05)
NEW LESSON 2 -Birthday Cake
3 - Lets Jump In The Pool (11:46)
4- Dinah (6:16)
5 - Who's That Tapping (5:39)
6 - Orange Who (0:16)
7 - Red Is For Apples (0:18)
8- Ants In My Pants
9 - Bingo Bongo Boom (0:20)
10 - The Zebra Who Only Ate Pizza
11 - Down Down Down
12 - Gooseberry Mango Lime - basic version
Tips and Tricks - What To Do About Flat Fingers? (0:54)
Order Piano For Kids Volume 1 volume pricing
Archived - Peanut Butter Sandwich (9:55)
Archived -Hot Cross Buns - Bonus Song for Lesson 1 (0:21)

Songs Phase 2

About Phase 2 Notation
Phase 2 Songs in Standard Notation
1-Honey Bee (5:20)
2-Twinkle Twinkle
3-Down Down Down
4-Jingle Bells
5-I Like Painting Pumpkins
6-Time To Rise
7-Lightly Row (4:10)
8-Itty Bitty Buggy-corrected
9-Deck The Halls
10-Gooseberry Mango Lime
11-Fuzzy Wuzzy, Silly Bear
12-Roses Are Red
13-BONUS SONG - London Bridge

Songs Phase 3 - updated Jan 14 - 2019

About Phase 3 Notation - updated Jan 2019 (12:54)
Bow Wow Wow
Coo Coo (0:59)
Cuckoo Part 2
Cuckoo Part 3 (3:05)
Cuckoo Part 4
Daddy's Birthday - Petit Papa (0:49)
Down By The Bay
French Children's 3
French Children's 4
Happy Birthday
Here Comes The Bride
O How Lovely Is The Evening
Petit Papa - French Children's Song Part 2
Skip To My Lou

Songs Phase 4

About Phase 4 Notation
Brother John - Are you sleeping?
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Long, Long Ago
Mary Had A Little Lamb (6:37)
This Land Is Your Land
This Little Light Of Mine
Wheels On The Bus
Your First Chord

Songs Phase 5

About Phase 5 Notation
Andalusian Cadence aka Walking Down Pattern (4:43)
The Cat Came Back - Andalusian Cadence (2:32)
Walking Up Pattern aka Lean on Me (3:39)
I - IV - 2 chord song
I - IV - V - 3 Chord Song
I - vi - IV - V aka Heart and Soul (8:26)
I - V - vi - IV (Let It Be)
I - IV - I - V - Amazing Grace
IV-I-V-I - This Land Is Your Land
I - iii- vi- IV - Someone Like You - Adele
Home - Foo Fighters

Songs Phase 6

About Phase 6 Musicolor Notation
1-Five Fat Turkeys
2-Bow Wow Wow
3-Ants In My Pants
4-Gooseberry Mango Lime
5-I Like Painting Pumpkins (0:37)
6-Skip To My Lou
7-Ode To Joy (5:01)
8-Down By The Bay
9-The Zebra Who Only Ate Pizza
10-Au Clair De La Lune (0:36)
11-Go Tell Aunt Rhody
12-Long Long Ago
13-Bingo Bongo Boom - Phase 6
14-Cuckoo Phase 6
15-Yellow Marshmellow
16-Little Playmates
17-Easy Walking Blues in C
18-London Bridge
19-Minor March
20-Simple Gifts
Allegretto 1
Allegretto 2
Bach Prelude in C major
Do Re Mi - Simplified
Marriage of Figaro Theme
Star Wars Theme - simplified
Take Me Out To The Ballgame
Teeth Squeak

Songs Phase 6a - Moving To Other Positions

Music Games and Activities

The Music Alphabet
Rhythm Fruits and Stick Notation (0:39)
Solfege with Curwen Hand Signs (0:47)
Melodic Dictation
Rhythmic Dictation
Mad Libs Composing
Chords Are Like Snowmen
Dice Game/Hat Game
Icky Chord
Introducing Staff and Clefs (7:15)
Moving to Staff, Notes on Lines and Spaces (7:15)
Reading Music with Intervals + Interval Ruler
Spelling on Staff Game
How to Explain Sharps & Flats

Musicolor Method with Other Instruments

Ukulele (3:08)
Glockenspiel (0:39)
Boomwhackers (0:54)
Guitar (2:22)
Lap Dulcimer (6:15)
Introduction to Strumstick (2:44)

Strumstick Musicolor Curriculum in Key of G

Lets Jump In The Pool = Phase 1 Strumstick
Jingle Bells - Phase 1 Strumstick
Honey Bee - Phase 1 - Strumstick
Lightly Row - Phase 1 Strumstick
Mary Had A Little Lamb - Phase 1 Strumstick
Twinkle Twinkle Phase 1 Strumstick
Open String Notes Strumstick on G clef Staff
Camptown Races - Phase 6 Strumstick
Erie Canal - Phase 6 Strumstick
Skip To My Lou - Phase 6 Strumstick
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean - Phase 6 Strumstick
You Are My Sunshine - Phase 6 Strumstick
Minuet in G - Bach/Petzold Phase 6 Strumstick

Teaching Tips

About this section
Using a Thermal Laminator for Your Materials (2:58)
Memorization Tricks with Strips (5:26)
Teaching Hyperactive Kids (13:13)
Teaching Reading Staff By Copying Music (6:26)
Creating Phase 1 Musicolor Notation using Apple Pages (14:08)
Use Sibelius To Make Musicolor Notation (11:33)
Motivating Students with Rewards (4:07)
Managing Group Classes
Which Method Book to Use for Traditional Note Reading?
How I Developed The Musicolor Method
Teaching Online Using Zoom (25:43)

Piano For Kids Songbooks - PDF Downloads

Piano For Kids Volume 1
Piano For Kids Volume 2
Piano For Kids Volume 3
Piano For Kids Volume 4 - PDF Download

HOLIDAY AND CHRISTMAS SONGS-Phase 6 notation

Carol of The Bells
Christmas Day Secrets
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Dreidel Song
Frosty The Snowman
O Christmas Tree
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting...)

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