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Category Archives: Printables
Free Board Game for Music Students
Just added to the Printables page: a free piano-bench-sized board game for music students, called Adventures in Music! I am so thrilled to be offering this game on my website. This is my first attempt at creating a music game for students, and I’m quite excited about the results.
Here’s the lowdown:
Designed for 2-4 players - [...]
Make Business Cards for Your Music Studio
Having business cards on hand is a convenient and professional way to give your contact information to potential students and their parents. Here’s a simple, clean template for making your own business cards for your music studio!
Printables > Other Resources > Business Cards Template for Music Teachers
This template is a Microsoft Word (.doc) file, [...]
Also posted in Other Resources, Topics in Teaching Piano Tagged business cards, music, music studio, piano teaching, teachers, teaching music Leave a comment
Just Added! Lesson Plans: Analyzing & Composing Music in the Romantic Style
[This is a re-post of this post -- the files have now been added to the Printables portion of this website. (Thanks, Natalie!) Sorry for any confusion.]
Just added to the Printables > Lesson Plans page:
Lesson Plans: Analyzing & Composing Music in the Romantic Style (also take a peek below)
Also see the accompanying handouts here.
A few [...]
Just Added! Flashcards: Naming Notes (Middle C Position)
Just added to the Printables > Other Resources page:
Flashcards: Naming Notes (Middle C Position)
There are two pages in this file:
Page 1: Contains 10 flashcards for reinforcing the notes of the Middle C position (i.e., Bass F through Treble G).
Page 2: Contains the “answers” to the note name flashcards, to be printed onto the backside of Page 1.
This [...]
Also posted in Beginners/Elementary Level, By Student's Level, For During the Lesson, Ideas, Other Resources Tagged flashcards, music, piano teaching Leave a comment
Just Added! Flashcards: Melodic Patterns 1 & 2
Just added to the Printables > Other Resources page:
Flashcards: Melodic Patterns 1
Flashcards: Melodic Patterns 2
These flashcards (pictured at right) are my absolute favorite. They have a variety of uses, mainly for beginner piano students:
For beginner students who understand quarter and half note rhythms: Ask the student to simply clap the rhythm they see.
For beginner students who are [...]
Also posted in Beginners/Elementary Level, By Student's Level, For During the Lesson, Ideas, Other Resources Tagged flash cards, games, music, piano teaching Leave a comment
“Printables” page has been updated
If you head over the the Printables page, you will see that it has undergone a complete makeover! I was having a great deal of difficulty with the Wordpress plugin I was using to organize and display my printables, so finally I scrapped it totally and found another one. Although it is not as fancy [...]
Also posted in Lesson Plans, Music Theory, What I'm Up To, Worksheets, music image files (tif) Tagged free worksheets, piano teaching, printable Leave a comment
NEW Printables Added: Review Tests A-J plus a Guide
If you navigate over to the Printables > Worksheets area, you will find some new worksheets listed. This set of Review Tests was originally created for group keyboard classes of various age groups, but they may easily be adapted for other uses. The set is basically a set of progressive worksheets testing in the areas [...]
Also posted in Beginners/Elementary Level, By Student's Level, Ideas, Intermediate Level, Music Theory, Studio Class / Group Lessons, Subjects, Worksheets Tagged free, intervals, music, piano, Printables, review, scales, test, theory, Worksheets 2 Comments
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