About a.d.a.m. method - Children's and beginners method

What is adam® ?

Adam® stands for Adam's Digital Auditive Method, a method for beginners where a very easy numeric code shows how to grip the instrument to get out the melodies you already have in your mind.
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Who is Adam?

Adam Zimny is teacher at a music school in Malmö, Sweden. He teaches the woodwinds, electric guitar and rock ensembles.

You have just listened to Badineri performed on treble recorder. As a tribute to J. S. Bach on the 250th anniversary of his passing, Adam Zimny has recorded the whole Suite in B-minor. As far as we know, this is the only attempt to perform that work on a recorder in the original key. "That was quite a challenge" he said afterwards.

The advantages of adam®.

It is a playful, easy, fun and comfortable way to learn and play all kinds of musical instruments. The joy of "I can play that" is a reality for those who have tried. Do it by yourself in your own way, in a group, with your family or classmates. Adam® is for everyone, it's never too early or too late to learn!.
The numbers show you which grip to use. The method is available for all instruments and it's very easy to understand. In the textbooks there are numbers inside all the noteheads to enable the contact with notes for those who wish to do so. You play the melodies you like, constantly developing your skills. The best way to improve your skills is to play, just play and nothing else.

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Adam® and notes.

Adam® textbooks combine the numeric codes with the notescript.

An example from the beginners' book for the recorder.

Adam Zimny

A musically versatile person, a multiinstrumentalist, an active music educationist and a teacher. The author of adam® textbooks and didactic means. Adam Zimny came to Sweden on New Year's Eve in 1970 as a guitarist and the player of wind instruments with an orchestra from Poland. Before that he studied at the University of Wroclaw to become a geologist.

Adam stayed in Sweden and graduated from the Music Academy of Malmo.

Adam also established the "Noten" music store in Malmo in 1982, where according to his own words, it opened his eyes to different perspectives in musical education.
Parents, children, teachers and most members of the community had very different perspectives of musical education in general. Adam saw the need for a change from the traditional teaching methods so all could benefit from an easier way to learn to play musical instruments.
Right now Adam works at a music school in Malmo as a teacher of many instruments.

Adam is also preparing a program in education and further training for adam® educationists, careers for the alternative learning method on different musical instruments.

Prelude C-major "Ave Maria" written for the piano according to the adam® method. A work by J.S.Bach