Tools to save music teachers stress and money
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Music Teachers however have to do a lot of extra duties that other teachers don’t have to – like running band and ensemble programs, preparing student recitals, co-ordinating private music teachers and communicating with students about rehearsals and fund raising for instruments. Music Teachers have a stressful life. Of all teachers probably music teachers have [...]
The Trumpet and French Horn – a classroom music lesson
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Learning about brass instruments in the classroom will be enjoyable for the students with some of these activities. Make a rudimentary brass instrument. You will need plastic beverage bottles (e.g. two-liter soda bottles) and sharp scissors or utility knife. Cut the bottom off a plastic bottle. Try to get different tones by Buzzing your lips [...]
The Cello and Double Bass in the Music Classroom
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Students will learn all about the Cello and Double bass through these easy and fun games. This is part of a music lesson plan from the fun music company. To help students learn the parts of the instruments: play Pin the Parts on the Cello or or Double Bass (a variation on Pin the Tail [...]
Tools for a trouble free life for music teachers
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Music Teachers have a stressful life. Of all teachers probably music teachers have the most work to do on a regular week by week basis. Of course, many would disagree with that statement. Maths, Chemistry and English teachers of course work very hard and no-one would say they don’t work extremely hard to bring brilliant [...]
Getting the mix right of practice and theory
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010This is an issue facing most music teachers – how much do you let students just play away, and when do you introduce the theoretical knowledge? There has never been a subject in which the practical aspect is more important than in music. Learning music should always be about doing in any school Singing, Movement, [...]
Planning a Music Lesson Curriculum
Sunday, March 7th, 2010This is a question that every music teacher faces – how much do you load students up with theoretical knowledge and how much do you just let them play? There has never been a subject in which the practical aspect is more important than in music. Learning music should always be about doing in any [...]
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