Must you aim your song teaching at the slowest learners?

Pretty much all my singing events are open to anyone, regardless of experience. This means that I always work with groups of mixed ability: from professional singers to those who’ve only ever sung in the shower. So how do I pitch the teaching level? it’s tempting to think that, when working with a group of singers with a wide range of abilities, you need to aim your teaching at the least experienced.After all, you don’t want to put them off singing for good if this is their first experience. But if you do that, you’re also in danger of boring the more experienced singers. Teach a range of songs In any singing session, I try to choose songs with a range of complexity. I’ll always begin with something simple to warm the group up and get them used to harmonising together. As the session goes on, I’ll introduce more complex material. But I’ll always end with something relatively simple so people feel a sense of achievement when the leave. I hope this means that there’s something for…

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