The Continuum Approach to Music: Foundations: A Pedagogical Framework for Musical Learning (The Continuum Music Framework™)(3 January 2026)
by Sarnia de la Mare (Author)
The Continuum Approach to Music — Foundations
by Sarnia de la Maré FRSA
Foundations is the opening volume of The Continuum Music Framework™, introducing The Continuum Approach—a humane, flexible pathway into musical learning designed for all ages and abilities.
Rather than beginning with technique, targets, or assessment, this book focuses on the conditions that make learning possible: emotional safety, environment, pacing, and permission. It recognises that learners do not arrive as blank slates, but as whole people—often carrying previous experiences of pressure, disruption, or exclusion—and offers a way forward that restores confidence and curiosity.
Foundations reframes music education as a continuum rather than a ladder. Progress is not measured by speed or comparison, but by clarity, comfort, and sustained engagement. Composition and creative decision-making are introduced early, supporting agency and musical identity from the very beginning.
This volume is designed to work alongside any instrument, tradition, or method. It is suitable for independent learners, educators, parents, and returning musicians, and is equally relevant in formal teaching contexts or personal practice.
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Foundations is not a method to be followed step by step, but a grounding framework to grow within—one that values continuity over perfection, care over compliance, and learning as a lifelong, living process.
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The Continuum Approach to Music — Foundations
by Sarnia de la Maré FRSA
Foundations is the opening volume of The Continuum Music Framework™, introducing The Continuum Approach—a humane, flexible pathway into musical learning designed for all ages and abilities.
Rather than beginning with technique, targets, or assessment, this book focuses on the conditions that make learning possible: emotional safety, environment, pacing, and permission. It recognises that learners do not arrive as blank slates, but as whole people—often carrying previous experiences of pressure, disruption, or exclusion—and offers a way forward that restores confidence and curiosity.
Foundations reframes music education as a continuum rather than a ladder. Progress is not measured by speed or comparison, but by clarity, comfort, and sustained engagement. Composition and creative decision-making are introduced early, supporting agency and musical identity from the very beginning.
This volume is designed to work alongside any instrument, tradition, or method. It is suitable for independent learners, educators, parents, and returning musicians, and is equally relevant in formal teaching contexts or personal practice.
Foundations is not a method to be followed step by step, but a grounding framework to grow within—one that values continuity over perfection, care over compliance, and learning as a lifelong, living process.
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The Continuum Music Framework™
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80 pages
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3 Jan. 2026