The Organ, Harpsichord and Celesta – the piano’s cousins in the music class
Friday, March 19th, 2010The piano has several less known cousins which are important for us to introduce into the music classroom: the celesta, harpsichord and organ.
Discuss with students the similarities and differences among keyboard instruments. The keyboard instruments are related to each other in that they are controlled by a similarly laid-out key mechanism. Technically, however, they belong [...]
Teaching students about the orchestra and keyboard instruments in the music class
Thursday, March 18th, 2010The piano has several less known cousins which are important for us to introduce into the music classroom: the celesta, harpsichord and organ.
Show and talk about the different aspects and characteristics of the keyboard instruments. The keyboard instruments are related to each other in that they are controlled by a similarly laid-out key mechanism. Technically, [...]
Baroque Composers and lessons in the music classroom
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Learning about baroque music has never been as much fun as it is with these music lesson plans.
These days Handel’s keyboard music is most often performed on a piano. At the time that this music was performed however pianos had not yet been invented, so keyboard music was generally played on a harpsichord. Have [...]
Class Music ideas about the Harpsichord and related instruments
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010The piano has several less known cousins which are important for us to introduce into the music classroom: the celesta, harpsichord and organ.
Show and talk about the different aspects and characteristics of the keyboard instruments. The keyboard instruments are related to each other in that they are controlled by a similarly laid-out key mechanism. Technically, [...]
Classroom Music Lessons about the piano, harpsichord, organ and celesta
Saturday, March 13th, 2010There are several other instruments which are related to the piano which are important for us to introduce to school students. They are the organ, celesta and harpsichord. These are great instruments to include in your music lesson plans.
Discuss with students the similarities and differences among keyboard instruments. The instruments are mainly similar in the [...]
Learning about J.S. Bach? Here are a few ideas
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Want to share some Baroque Music with your music class? here are a few ideas for a music class based on J.S. Bach. This is just an excerpt of the materials found in our Great composers series of printable music lesson plans.
Design a Facebook profile for J.S. Bach. You’ll want to include some basic information [...]
Learning about the Orchestral Keyboard instruments in music class
Thursday, March 11th, 2010This is a tiny sample of the music lesson plans available from the fun music company.
Here are a few ideas that you can use when discussing the orchestral keyboard instruments: The piano, celesta, harpsichord and pipe organ.
Show and talk about the different aspects and characteristics of the keyboard instruments. The keyboard instruments are related to [...]
Teaching a music class all about Joseph Haydn
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Planning music lessons? here are a couple of ideas to help you create some fun music resources for your lessons.
Here are a couple of ideas that you could use with your music class if you are preparing a music lesson about Joseph Haydn:
Encourage the students to pretend that they are Prince Esterhazy, and that they [...]
A Music Lesson about George Frideric Handel
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Here are a few ideas you can use if creating a music lesson plan about Baroque composer G.F. Handel.
Today when you hear keyboard music by Handel played, it is usually played on a piano. However, pianos were not around in Handel’s day and the music was originally written for an instrument called a harpsichord. [...]