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Next Entries »Rock and Roll Music Lesson Ideas: Rock Around The Clock
Friday, June 18th, 2010ShareMarking some of the earliest footage of Rock and Roll music, this Bill Haley classic called “Rock around the Clock” brought teenagers to their feet as they couldn’t help but dance as they heard it, much to their parents disapproval. This is a perfect discussion piece for a music class and below are some questions [...]
Teaching the History of Rock and Roll? – What Should We leave out?
Friday, April 23rd, 2010ShareWhat facts Should you leave out when teaching about the History of Rock and Roll? I ask this question, because here at the Fun Music Company, we were editing our newest project (which is a complete set of lesson materials for teaching about the History of Rock and Roll), and this question came up. Just [...]
Letter Names in Musical Notation
Saturday, January 30th, 2010ShareHave you ever wondered why we use letter names in musical notation before? I have to confess that I had never really thought of it much until a friend asked me the other day how the music letter names were named and why the alphabet was used to name them. Here are a few ideas [...]
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