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Have You Always Wanted to Learn to Read Music And Improve Your Musicianship? Finally a Chance to Unlock the Codes of M Music Notation Quickly & Enjoy Learning Rhythm, Melody & Sight-singing For Booking & Further Enquiries, Contact: Marianne Lihannah on 01453 299 225 / 07942 868 234 [email protected] What People say about the Classes: “I like the intimacy of Marianne's home coupled with being such a small group and the fact that she is very willing to explain any point that I haven't understood and does so with great patience. Marianne’s classes include 80-90% of practicable exercises rather than just theory; I wish that this had happened at school, all those years ago! We laugh a great deal; the atmosphere is relaxing and we all feel that good progress is being made; this is reflected when learning new songs with my choirs, especially with regards to sheet music, which has been 'double Dutch' to me in the past. We spend time learning and practising rhythms by doing exercises, which slowly builds up as we gain confidence and capability. (Always a good laugh when we get into a muddle and all are out of sync with each other.) I can't recommend such an activity more highly.” David Osler “Marianne makes Music Theory fun and accessible, she’s endlessly patient and finds creative ways around our o various learning stumbling blocks. We have a lot of fun and I have gained a real sense of achievement from my progress.” Wendy Clifford “With grateful thanks Marianne for ‘holding my hand’ around the musical stave with your unending patience and humour.” Di Giles “Thank you for all your help this year. It is great to feel I am making progress & you make learning such effortless fun!“ Shona Ward “Thank you vey much for all your encouragement in the last couple of years. Although there is still much to learn, you have helped my confidence grow enormously. I’ve had so much fun & lots of laughter in your classes & there is a lot which I shall remember to make me smile! Your kindness, your interest in each of us personally & your happy approach to learning, has left me feeling much enriched by my times with you.” Helen Rudnicki “My confidence to sing out and hold my part has increased enormously. Working in a group where we all have different strengths has helped us to develop our skills in sight-singing using sol-fa, improve our sense of rhythm and hear the beauty of different modal scales.“ Allison Barnett Who is the Class for? These classes move step by step through all aspects involved, helping you to develop your musicianship skills. This means that virtually anyone who is interested in learning or improving their sight-singing, rhythmic and aural skills will find them useful. If you have an incomplete or intuitive understanding of music, these classes could also help to build a solid foundation. Some people have barriers & fears with regards to music reading and aural work. By attending these regular musicianship classes you will be able to overcome such inner obstacles. Choir singers in particular will find that all the musicianship skills needed in choir singing will be worked with. Also if you are a musician taking the grade exams, e.g. ABRSM – these classes will help you immensely with developing your musicianship skills and being able to pass your exam. Marianne Lihannah (ATCL): Has been teaching music and singing for many years. She is a highly trained, qualified and enthusiastic music and singing teacher with a wide range of experience. She is an Associate of Trinity College London with a Diploma in Singing and Music performance. She is also a graduate of 2 Tonalis 'Vocational Training', 1. A 2 year 'Music Education for Children Training' and 2. A 2 year Voice Training (Uncovering the Voice) 3. Approx a year full of teaching practices afterwards. Marianne has, also for a lot of years, been a private pupil of the master singing teacher and trainer Michael Deason-Barrow, the director of Tonalis Music Centre. www.tonalismusic.co.uk Marianne has been teaching musicianship and voice education on Tonalis courses and trainings for a long time. She has simultaneously been running her own private weekly musicianship classes, as well as giving singing lessons and singing for weddings & funerals. Marianne has also taught voice and music to Early Years trainee students for many years & has been a visiting teacher on Plymouth University Early Years Degree Course and now also on NESWEC.
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Have You Always Wanted to Learn to Read Music
And Improve Your Musicianship?
Finally a Chance to Unlock the Codes ofM Music Notation Quickly & Enjoy Learning Rhythm, Melody & Sight-singing
For Booking & Further Enquiries, Contact: Marianne Lihannah on
01453 299 225 / 07942 868 234
What People say about the Classes:“I like the intimacy of Marianne's home coupled withbeing such a small group and the fact that she is very willing to explain any point that I haven't understood and does so with great patience. Marianne’s classes include80-90% of practicable exercises rather than just theory;I wish that this had happened at school, all those years ago!We laugh a great deal; the atmosphere is relaxing and we all feel that good progress is being made; this is reflected when learning new songs with my choirs, especially with regards to sheet music, which has been 'double Dutch' to me in the past. We spend time learning and practising rhythms by doing exercises, which slowly builds up as we gain confidence and capability. (Always a good laugh when we get into a muddle and all are out of sync with each other.)I can't recommend such an activity more highly.”
David Osler
“Marianne makes Music Theory fun and accessible, she’s endlessly patient and finds creative ways around our
o various learning stumbling blocks. We have a lot of fun and I have gained a real sense of achievement from
my progress.” Wendy Clifford
“With grateful thanks Marianne for ‘holding my hand’ around the musical stave with your unending patience
and humour.” Di Giles
“Thank you for all your help this year. It is great to feel I am making progress & you make learning such effortless fun!“
Shona Ward
“Thank you vey much for all your encouragement in the last couple of years. Although there is still much to learn, you have helped my confidence grow enormously. I’ve had so much fun & lots of laughter in your classes & there is a lot which I shall remember to make me smile! Your kindness, your interest in each of us personally & your happy approach to learning, has left me feeling much enriched by my times
with you.” Hele n Rudnicki
“My confidence to sing out and hold my part hasincreased enormously. Working in a group where we all
have different strengths has helped us to develop ourskills in sight-singing using sol-fa, improve our sense ofrhythm and hear the beauty of different modal scales.“
Allison Barnett
Who is the Class for?These classes move step by step through all aspectsinvolved, helping you to develop your musicianshipskills. This means that virtually anyone who isinterested in learning or improving their sight-singing,rhythmic and aural skills will find them useful.If you have an incomplete or intuitive understanding of music, these classes could also help to build a solid foundation. Some people have barriers & fears with regards to music reading and aural work.By attending these regular musicianship classes you will be able to overcome such inner obstacles.Choir singers in particular will find that all the musicianship skills needed in choir singing will be worked with. Also if you are a musician taking the grade exams, e.g. ABRSM – these classes will help you immensely with developing your musicianship skills and being able to pass your exam.
Marianne Lihannah (ATCL):Has been teaching music and singing for many years.She is a highly trained, qualified and enthusiasticmusic and singing teacher with a wide range of experience. She is an Associate of Trinity College London with a Diploma in Singing and Music performance.
She is also a graduate of 2 Tonalis 'Vocational Training',1. A 2 year 'Music Education for Children Training' and2. A 2 year Voice Training (Uncovering the Voice)3. Approx a year full of teaching practices afterwards.
Marianne has, also for a lot of years, been a private pupil of the master singing teacher and trainer Michael Deason-Barrow, the director of Tonalis Music Centre. www.tonalismusic.co.ukMarianne has been teaching musicianship and voice education on Tonalis courses and trainings for a long time. She has simultaneously been running her own private weekly musicianship classes, as well as giving singing lessons and singing for weddings & funerals.
Marianne has also taught voice and music to Early Years trainee students for many years & has been a visiting teacher on Plymouth University Early Years Degree Course and now also on NESWEC.
“A Musician Sees with his Ears & Hears with his Eyes” (Arthur Schnabel, pianist)
All aspects of musical learning are connected. So you’ll be sight-singing, clapping rhythms, writing music down, improvising, doing hand signs and movement, as well as developing your aural skills, while having a great time.
Recommended Reading for Further Study:The Listening Eye, Map Making in Music – & Creating Choral Excellence –both by M. Deason-BarrowManual for Ear Training & Sight Singing – G. Karpinski Sight-singing, (the Complete Method for Singers) - M. Campbell Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills by Kent Cleland & Mary Dobrea-Grindahl
Flip-a-Rhythm, book 1&2 and 3&4 by Sheila M. NelsonSight-Sing Well by Jonathan Rathbone
I mprove your Aural Skills
No musicianship classes are complete without working with ‘Aural Skills’, as music is an aural art, namely ‘sound’. Aural is all about understanding and processing music that you hear and see.By doing so, you will find that your own playing and singing improve enormously. You will be able to sing/play more expressively, be more sensitive to quality of tone; more aware of intonation and improve your ability to memorize music.
Kinaesthetic/Physical Learning & Sound at Sight/Visual Learning
Marianne will be using well-researched & extremely effective, proven methods, e.g. melody reading and rhythm syllable systems. She will use games as well, which also have been developed by Tonalis whilst teaching to a wide cross-section of music students of all abilities. Also Sol Fa syllables (i.e. Do-Re-Mi, etc.) and hand signs which provide a physical, visible and spatial connection to the sound of scales. The Sol Fa system is an extremely efficient way of learning sight singing. It enables sight-singers to easily pitch tricky intervals, if they use the hand signs and Sol Fa syllables regularly.Mapping Sol Fa on the body, using gestures that show the rise and fall of a melody or a scale is a very immediate way of both working visually, aurally & kinaesthetically.
Application Form:
If you are interested in joining one of my small weekly groups or would like further info - you can either ring me on
01453014530145301453 299 225 299 225 299 225 299 225 / / / /07942 868 23407942 868 23407942 868 23407942 868 234 or email me on
or send in the application form to :
Marianne Lihannah, The Old Chapel, Flat 1, 59 Lansdown, Stroud, GL5 1BN- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Name___________________________Address_________________________________________________________Postcode____________Tel_________Email___________________________
Which class are you interested in?Beginner: Foundation: (Circa grade 3)Intermediate: (Circa grade 5)
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