- Tune Up Tunes® Concept: The F Major Key Signature
- Level: Late Elementary
- Pages: 5 pages, 3 pieces of one-page music, cover included!
- Style: 3 pieces – Reflective, Lyrical, Jittery!
- Bonuses: 3 mp3 recordings included
- Format: PDF instant download
- Series: Tune Up Tunes®
A Big Move Tune Up Tunes® contain three one-page pieces that focus on playing with an indicated key signature; in this case, the key signature of F Major. These pieces help students explore the typical chords in F major and also give them melodies that force the remembering of the B flat.
A Big Move is about having to drive away from friends and loved ones, and features a ballad-style piece, a rhythmic and jittery piece, and a reflective piece.
Included are these one-page pieces:
- The Long Goodbye
- Rough Road
- Miles to Go
What Level is A Big Move?
A Big Move pieces are late elementary. The smallest note value for two of the pieces is the quarter note and one of the pieces is the eighth note. All three of the pieces are in F Major. The Long Goodbye has an extra flat. Miles to Go features a finger substitution. The Long Goodbye and Miles to Go have indicated pedaling.
What is the Tune Up Concept?
This set of Tune Up Tunes® tunes up:
- Accuracy playing in the F Major Key Signature
- Remembering the B flat
What are Tune Up Tunes®?
Short Sheets® Tune Up Tunes® are collections of three, one-page pieces to help your students improve their skills in specific areas that students typically struggle. Tune Up Tunes® are part of our Short Sheets® collection which helps motivate busy students who need to learn music quickly. These shorter pieces help give students quick wins as well as help expose them to reading more different kinds of music which improves their reading skills.
A Big Move is part of both Tune Up Tunes® (which focus on specific problem areas) and Short Sheets®. This series is excellent for:
- Online lessons (they are easy to teach)
- Summer lessons (they are fun and don’t take as much time to learn)
- Sight reading
- Students with short attention spans
- Young students who are afraid of lengthy pieces (you’d be surprised at how many of your student balk at 2 page pieces)
- Busy students (isn’t that all students these days?)
- Students who want to learn an awesome piece of music quickly
And as a teacher, you’ll love Tune Up Tunes® because you know that you are giving students sound pedagogical music that helps improve specific skills with which students typically struggle.
Are there bonuses to A Big Move?
Yes!
When you purchase A Big Move Tune Up Tunes®, you will receive a bonus mp3 recording of each of the three pieces. This can help your student learn the piece more quickly. You are permitted to send these example performance tracks to your students to help them learn the piece.
What is the Studio License?
A Big Move is delivered digitally (through your email receipt) and is studio licensed. This means that you can print and use this for any student that you directly teach for your entire lifetime of teaching. It’s like getting an unlimited supply of Music Kids Love®!
Want more Short Sheets® or Tune Up Tunes®?
We have many sets of Tune Up Tunes® and Short Sheets® to help fine tune your students’ skills. Check out the entire Short Sheets® and Tune Up Tunes® collection here.
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Paul Andrews –
All three of these pieces help reinforce the key of F. Rough Road is rhythmic and fun to play; the other two pieces are smooth and very lyrical.
Valerie –
What lovely bite-sized pieces in different keys! So grateful for all the Tune Up Tunes and Short Sheets! Grateful for an attractive way to motivate students to study F Major.