Instructional Materials:

Mary has developed a number of instructional programs for her students. These include both instrument specific materials for her own students and Topical materials for the aspiring musician or teacher. Below is a list of materials currently available. Contact Mary to purchase these materials or to discuss having her develop a program tailored to your individual needs. Below is a list of materials currently available.

• Hello Music
  Instructional program for ages 5-adult. Covers all the basic fundamentals of the musical language. Hello Music is a complete, simple, and comprehensive guide to understanding how music is written, interpreted and created. Read more about Hello Music here.
• Meet the Keys
  Primer book for piano and keyboard. Covers all basic fundamentals of how music travels, tempo, keyboard discovery and simple phrases from familiar songs.
• Meet the Guitar
  Primer book for any type of guitar. Covers all basic fundamentals of how music travels, tempo, strings, frets, and simple phrases from familiar songs.
  Books for other beginning instruments such as flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, mandolin, banjo, bass guitar, trumpet and French horn are also available.
• Hello Music for Home School
  This program is designed to break down all the elements of music to be learned one lesson at a time. Includes exercises, theory, notation, rhythm and songs. Programs can be general or instrument specific. Great for Parents who do not know how to teach music and would like to teach their child or group.
• Hello Songbook
  Supplementary Book with interesting songs written on a staff with alphabet letters. Great interim between learning the notes on the instrument and reading notation. Students can be immediately successful playing songs.
• Learning the Middle C Position
  Interim program that encourages a simple finger position designed to strengthen fingers and read music. Familiar Songs are written with letters on the grand staff in the Middle C Position.
• Read the Middle C Position
  Program is designed to read simple songs with simple rhythms. All songs are original with a learning objective in mind. Includes worksheets for student to write music which facilitates reading music. The long range goal of this program is for sight-reading.
• Hello Charts
  Book of simple chord charts with lyrics for those who are learning chords. Includes standard chord changes.
• Jamming
  Program designed for those who like to jam with friends or play by ear. Includes 3 chord progressions in all keys and charts with lyrics and chords.