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30 Theme Ideas for the Music Studio Events
Here’s a list of 30 theme ideas for music studio events! Themes can be used as the studio theme for the school year, or for summer music camps, or for studio recitals. If used for the studio theme for the whole year, there are a number of ways the theme can be incorporated: the incentive [...]
Also posted in Group Keyboard, Ideas, Improving as a Teacher, Incentive Programs, Inspiration, Motivation, Music History, Recitals / Performances, Studio Class / Group Lessons, Topics in Teaching Piano, piano camps Tagged activity, camp, game, group lessons, Ideas, Incentive Programs, music, party, piano, piano teaching, recital, studio, summer, teacher, theme Leave a comment
Teacher Resources @ Clavier’s Piano Explorer site
Many piano teachers subscribe to Clavier magazine, and some even subscribe their students to Clavier’s Piano Explorer, the music magazine for kids. I recently found out that their site contains some great resources for teaching about various composers and concepts in music history. This month, there have some great resources about Beethoven, including:
Links to YouTube recordings, organized [...]
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 [...]
Also posted in Beginners/Elementary Level, By Student's Level, Composition, Intermediate Level, Music History, Music Theory, Other Resources, Printables, Studio Class / Group Lessons, What I'm Up To, Worksheets Tagged Composition, lesson plans, music, music students, piano, Romantic Period 1 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, Printables, What I'm Up To, Worksheets, music image files (tif) Tagged free worksheets, piano teaching, printable Leave a comment
55 reasons why you might be a theory geek
You might be a theory geek if…
your favorite pickup line is, “What’s your favorite augmented sixth chord?”
your second favorite pickup line is, “Would you like to raise my leading tone?”
you dream in four parts.
your biological clock follows a non-retrogradable isorhythm.
you can improvise 16th century counterpoint with no trouble, but you frequently forget how to tie [...]
Resources @ makingmusicfun.net
Have you seen makingmusicfun.net yet? This site is full of free resources for both teachers and students. All the materials available at Making Music Fun have super-cute graphics in an “under the sea” theme.
For teachers:
Sheet music (both arranged and unarranged, organized by level)
Composer worksheets
Music achievement certificates
Practice charts
Manuscript paper
Intervals worksheets
and more!
For kids:
Music theory arcade games
“Meet [...]
Best free manuscript paper
Just thought I’d share a little tip today about where to find THE best free manuscript paper (in my humble opinion): Antonjazz.com
There are hundreds of sites out there that offer free manuscript paper (aka staff paper). But this is my absolute favorite.
Now, you must know, I do a little composing every now and then. [...]
Also posted in Composition, Humor, Music Theory, Resources / Links, Topics in Teaching Piano Tagged Composition, free, manuscript paper, music, staff paper 1 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, Printables, Studio Class / Group Lessons, Worksheets Tagged free, intervals, music, piano, Printables, review, scales, test, theory, Worksheets 2 Comments
60 CHORDS music images – Make your own Music Worksheets
As promised, here is a continuation of the “Make your own Music Worksheets” series — this time, adding CHORDS image files.
Also in this series:
Make your own music worksheets: Five-Finger Pattern image files – includes the original tutorial.
[Currently Viewing:] 60 CHORDS music images – Make your own Music Worksheets
Remember, “Tr” means “treble clef” and “B” means [...]
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Free Board Game for Music Students