Music Education — chords

Teaching Chords - as simple as 1-2-3-(4)

Posted by Tim Topham on

Teaching Chords - as simple as 1-2-3-(4)

If you work with teens, you have probably had at least some of them bring their favorite tune off the radio into their lesson. Supplementing with music they enjoy can be a great way to keep teens motivated and involved with their lessons and working from lead sheets gives you the opportunity to teach them a whole new set of skills. But in order to play from a lead sheet, one needs to know how to play chords. And memorizing chords one chord at a time can be a long and frustrating process. There is a better way! I learned...

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