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Category Archives: Music Theory

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 - [...]
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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 [...]
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“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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
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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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30 FIVE-FINGER PATTERNS music images – Make your own Music Worksheets

Also in this series:  [Currently Viewing:]  30 FIVE-FINGER PATTERNS music images – Make your own Music Worksheets - includes the original tutorial. 60 CHORDS music images – Make your own Music Worksheets - click here Ever find yourself wanting to make a music worksheet for your students, but don’t have easy access to any music notation software?  This tutorial will get you on [...]
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New Worksheet: Intervals (unison-5th)

Do you find yourself telling students how much easier it would be if they learned to recognize intervals on sight when they are sight-reading?  Here are two new free, printable worksheets, designed to help students who have difficulty distinguishing between different intervals on the staff.  The first one is for younger students who have just [...]
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