Making Lesson planning less of a chore for you and more fun for students
Saturday, March 20th, 2010One very important thing that every teacher is taught is that you always need to be prepared for every lesson you teach. Of course, that is if you want to end the day in a stress free fashion!
A lesson plan doesn’t have to be complex, and teachers who have been in the game a while [...]
Listening Plans for the music of Beethoven
Friday, March 19th, 2010Here 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 [...]
Learn by doing – lesson ideas for learing about brass instruments.
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010There are a few music lesson plan activities you can do which will make learning about Brass instruments in the music class lots of fun
The students can make simple brass instruments. You will need a sharp knife or scissors and large plastic bottles (for example soft-drink bottles) Cut the bottom off a plastic bottle. Buzz [...]
Making a lesson plan fun for young music students
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010If you’ve been a teacher of young children’s classes you’ll know one very important thing: you always need have a lesson plan. That is, if you want to end the day in a positive frame of mind!
A lesson plan doesn’t have to be complex, and teachers who have been in the game a while can [...]
Taking 18th Century Music and Making it relevant to today in the classroom
Monday, March 15th, 2010This is an excerpt from our Printable Music Lesson Plans series on great composers. These are just a couple of the ideas found in the Lesson Plans.
In Salzburg, Austria, Mozart’s childhood house has been turned into a museum. Have the students draw a design for the front cover of the brochure for this [...]
A classroom lesson plan idea – “Stomp”
Monday, March 15th, 2010Have the class watch a portion of a dvd about the group STOMP. Afterwards, the kids should form small groups and pick out unique objects from a box and create their own verison of STOMP. Near the end of class each group has to perform their creation in front of the class. It covers the [...]
Simple ideas which will help you write lesson plans for music lessons
Monday, March 15th, 2010An indispensable tool for music teachers is the lesson plan. They are very important to the success of both one lesson and the teachers career in general.
There is nothing like the old saying “If you don’t prepare, then prepare to fail”. Once you have a bit of experience under your belt however, then preparing lesson [...]
A Music learning experience all about the saxophone
Sunday, March 14th, 2010If you’re music lesson plan
is studying woodwind instruments, then the saxophone is definitely one that you’d be wise to include
Saxophones are a very popular instrument, having uses in many genres of music, from Classical to Jazz and Rock. Saxophones are often featured in “big band” music.”Big Band” music often features the saxophone. The typical “big [...]
Teaching the Cello and Double bass in the music classroom
Saturday, March 13th, 2010Here are a few simple classroom games you can play to help your students learn about the cello and double bass in the music classroom.
Learning about the parts of the instruments is easy if you play this game: play Pin the Parts on the Cello or or Double Bass (a variation on Pin the Tail [...]
Classroom learning about tuned percussion instruments
Saturday, March 13th, 2010Students will enjoy learning about how the timpani are tuned by exploring the effect of the skins tightness on its pitch. With a simple home made drum, you can often vary the tension of the skin by simply pressing or pulling at the edges of the skin, while another student hits the drum in steady [...]
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