During the months (years!) that Dennis Alexander and I were working on Repertoire by Rote, we frequently asked colleagues to try out pieces and give us feedback.

This week I have been thinking a lot about the place of rote teaching in my pedagogical life.

Kids are always counting something.

There is an addendum to last week’s post regarding rhythms that I failed to mention.

My students are convinced that the answer to every practice question I ask is “rhythms.”