Summary: Essentials to Remember
Key Requirement: Jam coaches will need to build a gut-level understanding of the basic concepts in the ToneWay Method: the Five Commandments, the number system, the Patterns, etc. One effective and fun way to do this is to use the Method to learn all the instruments that the Method covers. (Note: here, “learning” does not mean becoming a skilled player in each instrument. Simply knowing how the Method applies to them is sufficient.)
Key Approach: Knowing when not to say something (“teach”) is by far the most important skill one can have. That allows folks to stumble as a child (the Fourth Commandment). Just imagine if you’d had parents that hovered over you as you learned to walk, correcting every misstep. Not fun! Not helpful! Not efficient! Doing it ‘wrong’ is an essential part of finding how to do it ‘right’. Robbing folks of that opportunity, while it may feel helpful, actually hinders. Stay out of the way, and it’s hard to go wrong.
Interested? Here’s what to do:
- Read through this whole article (just saying that in case you skipped ahead
) - Obtain a copy of Get Started Plus: Core Songs Edition
(if you have Get Started + Big Print Songs, that’s fine too) - Sign up for the JamPool, and register your book on our web site
- Contact us!
We look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
The Abbott Family
