Listen and Learn – Music by Mozart
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010There are numerous resources and lesson plans available from this website to help you if you are planning music lessons. Here is a listening activity to help with showing students about Mozart.
Fun lesson ideas for teaching students about Classical composers
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Planning music lessons? here are a couple of ideas to help you create some fun music resources for your lessons. A couple of ideas for a lesson plan about Franz Joseph Haydn: Encourage the students to pretend that they are Prince Esterhazy, and that they are looking for a new Kapellmeister. Ask them to write [...]
Music History Lessons in a fun way – George Frideric Handel
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010music lesson plans like these ideas are fun to create and fun to do with students: Today when you hear keyboard music by Handel played, it is usually played 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 [...]
Here’s how you can make learning about Baroque Music Fun!
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Here are a few ideas for a music lesson all about the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. You will find many more ideas for music lesson plans in our composers series of printable worksheets. Design a Facebook profile for J.S. Bach. Include “Basic Information” (Network, Birthday, Relationship Status, Religious Views), More “personal information” like work and [...]
Substitute Lesson ideas – A CD Listening Activity
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010One idea that works well for secondary music sub days is a CD listening activity. I make CDs with a mix of more modern songs that the students will know/like, jazz songs, concert band songs, choral pieces, folk songs, classic rock, country, etc. I then make a worksheet that has 1-2 questions per song that [...]
Substitute Music Lesson idea – Music Travelling
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010One of the best ideas I ‘ve ever tried was “Music Travelling”. It can work very well with preschoolers and primary school children and it promotes creative expression, self confidence, cooperation, geographical knowledge and respect of other cultures. It is also suitable for children with special needs. All you need is a CD with music [...]
The Organ and related instruments – lesson ideas for classroom music
Wednesday, March 17th, 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. Show and talk about the different aspects and characteristics of the keyboard instruments. The instruments are mainly similar in the way that they are laid out. The [...]
Classroom Games – Word Rhythms
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010You can quickly come up with a series of words to do with a topic eg Dog breeds. Start the students off with some rhythm combination. Students match up the rhythms with he correct dog breed name. Students can then come up with other dog breeds and write down or match up the rhythms. They can [...]
How to make learning music fun for young school children
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010A few ideas for teaching by Kevin Tuck: One 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, in [...]
Tuned Percussion instruments and how to use them in music class
Wednesday, March 17th, 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, pull on the edges of the drumhead to put varying degrees of tension on it, while a student plays a steady drumbeat on it. Students can get into [...]
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