Rock and Roll Music from the 1950’s
Friday, April 9th, 2010Here is a little excerpt from our Fact Sheet on Rock and Roll Music. This comes from our Music Lesson plan series on the history of Rock and roll.
Did you know that Rock and Roll or Pop music didn’t even exist until the 1950s? The only music that existed before that was Classical, Jazz, [...]
Making Music Worksheets effective in the music class
Monday, March 29th, 2010There are a great many books and worksheets for the teaching of music theory available. Many of these are excellent, and well written and researched for the instruction of music theory.
There is one thing that over everything else makes certain worksheets and educational materials more effective in this area. This one thing is an [...]
Frequently Asked Questions about Music Theory Fun Sheets
Monday, March 29th, 2010General Questions
How do I get access to these worksheets?
When you purchase any of the modules of Music Theory Fun Sheets you get a username and password, which gives you instant access to a members only site where you can access and print the product.
Why a members area?
At the Fun Music Company we’ve tried many different [...]
Learning Music for Music’s Sake
Sunday, March 28th, 2010There has been a lot of discussion around the Music Education community recently about the benefits of music education for children.
There is a lot of talk about the “Mozart Effect” where the listening to certain types of classical music are shown to have benefits in ordering the brain and thus improving intelligence.
Some have found this [...]
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 fact experienced [...]
Ideas for teaching students about Mozart
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Planning music lessons? here are a couple of ideas to help you create some fun music resources for your lessons.
In Salzburg, Austria, Mozart’s childhood house has been turned into a museum. Design the front cover of a brochure advertising the Museum by briefly describing who Mozart was, what may be see in the [...]
More productivity tools for music teachers
Saturday, March 13th, 2010The author of this article, Kevin Tuck is a former teacher and editor for the Fun Music Company, who create ready made and easy to use Music Lesson Plans for music teachers everywhere.
Music Teachers have a very busy schedule. Possibly music teachers have the busiest life of all teachers. Here are a few ideas to [...]
Five concepts to keep in mind when writing a lesson plan for music
Saturday, March 13th, 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 an old saying that says something like “failing to prepare is preparing to fail” Once you have a bit of experience under your belt however, then preparing [...]
Three ways to assist music theory Students
Sunday, March 7th, 2010At its core, Music Theory is the study of the written music notes. It is the knowledge of the symbols that make up written music, and the ability to effectively translate them into sounds.
An understanding of theory really helps musicians, not because it makes them play better, but because it helps them communicate better with [...]
Tools for a trouble free life for music teachers
Saturday, March 6th, 2010Music Teachers have a very busy schedule. Possibly music teachers have the busiest life of all teachers
Of course, many would disagree with that statement. Maths, Science and History teachers of course work very hard and no-one would say they don’t work extremely hard to bring excellent lessons to their students.
Music Teachers however have to do [...]