Tag Archives: rhythm

Christmas Rhythm Learning Moments

By joy (admin) | Published: 28 November 2011

As I’m sure is currently the case with many of you, my students are working on Christmas pieces along with their usual assignments.  As usual, a few of them have encountered rhythmic “simplifications” in their arrangements (Away in a Manger and Go Tell it on the Mountain come to mind).  After pointing it out the [...]

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Make Me A Rhythm! game

By joy (admin) | Published: 18 November 2011

I was recently browsing some forums online and found a description of this game by a music educator.  It sounds like a great game to use with large groups of students — perhaps for group lessons or summer camps.  I asked the music educator if I could post about the game on my blog, and [...]

Posted in advanced level, beginners / elementary Level, composition, games, intermediate level, other resources, piano camps, printables, rhythm, studio class / group lessons | Also tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

“Musical Hopscotch” game

By joy (admin) | Published: 17 November 2011

About year ago, Sheryl Welles posted on her blog about a “Twister Hopscotch” game that she modified into a wonderful music game.  Basically, all you have to do is use Avery circle stickers of some kind to make the spinner into a music spinner with rhythmic note values. Here’s how the game works: In advance, [...]

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Just Added: Rainy Rhythm Game

By joy (admin) | Published: 22 September 2011

I’ve mentioned before that during grad school, I took an Early Childhood Music course.  One of the things we discussed was using the “sound before sight” philosophy – where the student is exposed to and experiences the concepts before being taught the name or the written notation.  I’ve been doing my best to use this [...]

Posted in beginners / elementary Level, early childhood music, games, group keyboard classes, other resources, piano camps, printables, private lessons, rhythm, studio class / group lessons | Also tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Teacher Feature | Mariel Mohns

By joy (admin) | Published: 15 September 2011

It’s halfway through the month already, which means it’s time for a… Teacher Feature!  :)  Meet Mariel from Mississippi! Name: Mariel Mohns Studio Name: Mariel Mohns Music Website: http://mariel.mohnsmusic.com Blog: http://marielmohnsmusic.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/pianomariel Email: mariel@mohnsmusic.com Please tell us about your piano and/or teaching background! I started taking piano lessons when I was 4 years old and loved piano, but [...]

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Q&A Forum | Rhythmic “Simplification” in Arrangements of Familiar Tunes

By joy (admin) | Published: 15 March 2011

For last week’s Forum Q&A, I broached a few questions about memorization and many of you left comments regarding whether or not to require memorization for performances within your studio — but not many of you addressed my initial question about whether you consider the skill of memorization is essential to piano playing (i.e., do [...]

Posted in beginners / elementary Level, Forum Q&A's, private lessons, repertoire/methods, rhythm | Also tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Just Added: Rhythm Value Posters

By joy (admin) | Published: 28 February 2011

Just added to the Printables > Other Resources page: “Rhythm Value Posters” (Click the above link and scroll down to the r’s.) These posters are perfect for games.  They could also be hung up in your music studio as a reference if your walls need some life. Below is a game that can be played [...]

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Hands-On Beats the Visual….Hands Down!

By joy (admin) | Published: 17 February 2011

My colleague Loretta and I have been teaching a pair of beginner students in a group setting each week.  Last week, we were learning about 3/4 and 4/4 time, and quarter notes and half notes.  Loretta and I wrote rhythms on the whiteboard, asked the students to help us write in bar lines, and then [...]

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2010 MMTA Conference (4): Functional Skills are Important by Martha Hilley

By joy (admin) | Published: 29 October 2010

What follows are the notes I took from a session with Martha Hilley at the 2010 Michigan Music Teachers Association conference. FUNCTIONAL SKILLS ARE IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE ~ by Martha Hilley “Functional skills” include skills such as harmonization, improvisation, transposition, rhythm, and theory.  There are many fun ways to incorporate functional skills into group/private settings.  Today [...]

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2010 MMTA Conference (1): Theory & Improv as the PB&J of Music, Part 1

By joy (admin) | Published: 21 October 2010

The first of a series of posts summarizing the 2010 Michigan Music Teachers Association conference. In this post: my notes from the “Theory & Improvisation as the PB&J of Music” session by Martha Hilley (Part 1).

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