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Tag Archives: class
Colorful Clef Mnemonics
I know what some of you will say: “Don’t use mnemonics! It’s terrible!” While I do try to get students to memorize each note, or at least one starting note, sometimes a student needs the mnemonic to help them remember. … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Band, Teaching Chorus, Teaching Elementary, Teaching Guitar, Teaching Musical Theatre, Teaching Orchestra, Teaching Other Music Classes, Teaching Piano, Teaching Private Lessons
Tagged all, alto, bass, big, boy, class, clef, color, cows, every, good, great, memory, mnemonic, music, poster, remember, sign, treble, viola
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Vocal Technique Tips
I found this article the other day, which goes over some interesting vocal techniques and links for other tips. DISCLAIMER: I have not read through all of the tips on this website and so cannot confirm their validity or safety. … Continue reading
Rhythm Boxes – Understanding Rhythm and Counting
A resource that will be great for everyone! You simply print out the pages. Keep the first page as it is and then the next pages you can cut out the notes. They will fit into the boxes. The number … Continue reading
Posted in General Music Methods (K-12) Notes, Lesson Plans & Ideas, Uncategorized
Tagged activity, beat, boxes, children, class, composition, counting, game, help, kids, learn, learning, lesson, music, musical, Notation, print, printable, rhythm, teach
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Parts of the Stage – Test or Review
A quiz I designed for my students in “musical theatre”. Leading up to this we had done a labeling worksheet, played “stage directions tic-tac-toe” (yes, I taped out the stage like a tic-tac-toe board), and discussed in-depth how the directions … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Musical Theatre, Teaching Other Music Classes
Tagged center, class, directions, down, middle, musical, parts, school, stage, stage left, stage right, theater, theatre, up
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Article: Music Instruction Can Make for a Smarter Teen
An article that follows groups of teenage students, studying the impact of formal music training in school on high school students with no (or limited) prior experience in music. This would be great to send to your principals and administrators. … Continue reading
Article: Singing Changes Your Brain
Hello all! I apologize for the long time between posts. I have several tabs open in my browser, just waiting to be shared and added to my lists, but the complications of moving, having to put down my lovebird Buddy, … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Informational, Teaching Chorus
Tagged anxiety, brain, calm, changes, choir, choral, chorus, class, conversation, cortisol, depression, discussion, education, emotion, endorphin, energize, guide, health, hormone, lesson, loneliness, lonely, music, oxytocin, pleasure, reading, regularly, relief, relieves, sing, stress, student, tranquil, trust, worksheet
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Double Bass Basics
Double Bass Basics Photo from http://www.dafmusic.com Based on information given by bassist and orchestra teacher Mauricio Rodriguez, at a strings clinic I attended recently. The bass should be viewed as an extension of your body, it should be very natural … Continue reading
Posted in Instruments
Tagged action, basics, bass, bass for dummies, body, bout, bow, bowing, bows, class, contra, double, dummies, endpin, etude, finger board, French, German, hair, height, help, hold, how-to, left hand, lesson, material, music, neck, orchestra, position, posture, repair, resources, right hand, scales, scroll, size, string, strings, teach, teachers, tips, tricks, tutorial, upright, website
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Discover Music Poster Set
The Discover Music Poster Set is by far one of the best classroom poster sets I have ever seen. I believe my middle school band director used them, and I have known other teachers to use them as well. It … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Chorus, Teaching Elementary, Teaching Orchestra, Teaching Other Music Classes
Tagged alphabet, articulation, board, bright, bulletin, cheap, class, classroom, colorful, discover, dynamic, easy, hang, middle school, motion, move, movement, music, musical, poster, rhythm, set, simple, symbol, tempo, time signature, toucan, tucan, wall
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http://www.dontfret.net/
I am unsure whether I have shared this link previously or not; if this is a redundant post I apologize. I discovered that this link was sitting in my drafts and it was easier to just re-post (on my slow … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Orchestra, Teaching Private Lessons
Tagged alternative, bass, beginner, beginning, cello, class, classroom, don't fret, frets, help, instrument, music, new teacher, notes, orchestra, pitch, slip, string, tape, tips, viola, violin
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Lynne Rigby: Why I am Pulling My Kids from Public Elementary School
Lynne Rigby: Why I am Pulling My Kids from Public Elementary School A decidedly long article, but well worth the read. This well-educated mother of several children of varying ages (pre-K through high school) laments the downward spiral of education … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged air, blog, California, class, common, common core, education, elementary, EOC, failure, federal, government, high, home, lame, movies, music, news, Obama, public, Rigby, school, Seminole, standards, test
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Adventures of a Music Teacher 