28/08/2026
As Director at AGAPE ARTS, I frequently become frustrated at the way reading pitch notation is taught. Still today many students come to us for lessons who have been taught the old “Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit” system, where children often apply that menomic to the bass clef line notes as well as to the treble clef line notes - obviously without success!
There are many other good systems, including a fairly new publication by the amazing Jackie Sharpe ( from Hurstville )which I will talk about another time, but please have a look at this. I have just ordered the Wilbecks Easy Notes Teachers’Kit and am keen to learn about it and try it with a couple of new students who are struggling to understand the written music language. I think logically, rather than in pictures, but Rebecca Wilson, the owner and writer of this program assures me it can work for anyone! Rebecca is a piano teacher in Hamilton, New Zealand, and as a “ex NZer”, I’m keen to spread the word for her!
Learn how to use powerful teaching tools to teach your beginner students to solidly know four octaves of notes on the music staff and how they relate to the notes on the piano so they will become strong music readers
