HOW TO PLAY KEYBOARD: Improve the Quality of Musical Experience

By drawing on good practice, A Common Approach aims to improve the quality of musical experience for all pupils by encouraging instrumental / vocal teachers to reflect on, develop and improve their professional skills, knowledge and understanding. But it is not intended to be prescriptive. Our hope is that teachers will find the suggestions useful and will be helped in developing their own work further. Instrumental teaching is always evolving and we can all benefit from a fresh look at even the most fundamental aspects of our work. All the ideas and activities have been proven to work on many occasions, in a variety of circumstances and with different pupils. We believe, therefore, that the learning objectives and activities, used in conjunction with a wide and attractive range of repertoire, offer pupils the opportunity to enjoy a broad and balanced instrumental curriculum. Above all, we hope that we are encouraging a musical
approach to learning an instrument, an approach that at each stage of learning is stimulating, enlightening and rewarding, and gives pupils a deepening love of music and a range of skills, knowledge and understanding.