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Category Archives: Composition and Theory Information
CHRISTMAS Duets for beginning Violin and Piano
Hello everyone! It’s October, and you know what that means for music teachers…time to start Christmas music! Two of my private students happen to be twins; they always want to try to play together, but since one is on violin … Continue reading
Posted in Composition and Theory Information, Teaching Private Lessons
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Simple Music Symbols Quiz
This is a quiz appropriate for probably 3rd-6th beginners to music. I’ve realized that most kids easily get basic symbols confused, and often do not know the name of the symbols they are reading. This assessment gives some brief explanation … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd-5th Grade Lessons, Composition and Theory Information, Teaching Chorus, Teaching Elementary, Teaching Private Lessons
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App: Piano Maestro!
Helloooooo music teachers! I want to take a brief moment to share about an app that an adult piano student recommended to me, and I love it! It is the Piano Maestro app for iPad. I am not sure if … Continue reading
Posted in Composition and Theory Information, Games, studio, Teaching Piano
Tagged app, application, camp, free, free app, game, ipad, ipod, katy perry, learn, mac, music, note, piano, practice, resource, river flows in you, supplement, tablet, theory
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Circle of Fifths – Piano Lesson Central
The circle of fifths always confused me, for some reason, but I eventually figured it out. The “fifth” referred to is the interval from one key signature to the next key signature. You start on one note, let’s use C, … Continue reading
Posted in Composition and Theory Information, Piano
Tagged circle of fifths, composition, enharmonic, fifth, interval, key, key signature, key signatures, lesson, lessons, major, minor, music, piano, piano lessons, relative, relative major., relative minor, theory
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Composition – Assessment Rubrics
Assessment Rubrics for Music Composition
Adventures of a Music Teacher 