• A great listening idea for learning about Beethoven

    Saturday, March 20th, 2010

    Ludwig Van Beethoven has to be one of the most unusual and interesting characters to ever compose music. Here is a listening activity to help introduce him into the music classroom, which you can include in your next music lesson plan: “Für Elise” Bagatelle in A minor Listen to the beginning of “Fur Elise” and [...]

    Listening Plans for the music of Beethoven

    Friday, March 19th, 2010

    Here is an essential list of listening for music lesson plans about Beethoven. “Für Elise” Bagatelle in A minor Listen to the beginning of “Fur Elise” and sing together the well-known opening melody (the first nine notes). Now play the whole piece, this time counting how many times melody appears. You could work individually or [...]

    The most famous Deaf Musician in the classroom

    Thursday, March 18th, 2010

    Ludwig Van Beethoven has to be one of the most unusual and interesting characters to ever compose music. Here are a few ideas to help introduce him into your music lesson plans: Write a short children’s story about the life of Beethoven. Include the most important parts of Beethoven’s life that younger children may be [...]

    Learning about Music and Deafness through Beethoven’s music

    Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

    Here are a few music lesson plan ideas to get your students inspired about the life of Beethoven – one of the most interesting characters to ever put pen to manuscript. Write a short children’s story about the life of Beethoven. Include the most important parts of Beethoven’s life that younger children may be interested [...]

    Beethoven has to be one of the most interesting characters to talk about in music class

    Monday, March 15th, 2010

    Ludwig Van Beethoven has to be one of the most unusual and interesting characters to ever compose music. Here are a few ideas to help introduce him into your music lesson plans: Use Beethoven’s life as the topic for a short children’s story. You can describe all the parts of Beethoven’s life that children may [...]

    Learning about Ludwig Van Beethoven in the music class

    Saturday, March 13th, 2010

    Ludwig Van Beethoven has to be one of the most unusual and interesting characters to ever compose music. Here are a few ideas to help introduce him into the music classroom: Write a short children’s story about the life of Beethoven. You can describe all the parts of Beethoven’s life that children may be interested [...]

    Beethoven the Musical Genius – a Lesson Plan for music

    Friday, March 12th, 2010

    Ludwig Van Beethoven has to be one of the most unusual and interesting characters to ever compose music. Here are a few ideas to help introduce him into the music classroom: Beethoven composed most of his most beautiful music during the last portion of his life when he was almost completely deaf. Beethoven would play [...]

    Here are a couple of lesson ideas for a music lesson about Beethoven

    Thursday, March 11th, 2010

    Ludwig Van Beethoven has to be one of the most unusual and interesting characters to ever compose music. Here are a few ideas to help introduce him into the music classroom. you can use this as a basis for your music lesson plan for your next music history lesson: Use Beethoven’s life as the topic [...]