Two great fill-in or idea's that's adaptable to a wide range of ideas which can be used by anyone for a music class or in a music studio is... * My Body Orchestra - in a large circle or small groups, give the kids the opportunity to use their body as an instrument, or parts
Here are a few simple classroom games you can play to help your students learn about the cello and double bass in the music classroom. Learning about the parts of the instruments is easy if you play this game: play Pin the Parts on the Cello or or Double Bass (a variation on Pin the
Photocopy a page of music and have students use different colored markers to identify particular intervals and articulations. For example, you could make harmonic 3rds blue, melodic 4ths orange, and staccato marks-green. You can adapt this to whatever level and musical concepts the class is currently studying. Submitted by Dianne S. Cox
There 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
For this activity set up 9 chairs in a 3x3 grid. Then divide the students into teams. One team are the “O’s, the other team are the “X’s”. Then use a set of flashcards with all the musical instruments. Show one team the first card, and call a students name. If the student names the instrument
Want your students to learn about the string instruments? Here are a few lesson planning ideas that will get your students inspired about stringed instruments. firstly, compare the sizes of violins and violas with other objects of different sizes Show or speak pairs of objects, and have the students indicate the relative size relationships with
Here is a few listening ideas for studying the music of Richard Wagner. This is just part of the content included in the Fun Music Company lesson plan series on the great composers. Die Walkure (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries. You may recognize this section from The Valkyrie as it has been used in
Students 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, you can often vary the tension of the skin by simply pressing or pulling at the edges of the skin, while another student hits the drum in steady
Remember old fashioned piano lessons? Where you had to go to Mrs Jones’s house and sit up straight on the stool, and play the right notes or you’d get a swift ruler tap on the back of the knuckles? Well thankfully times have changed, and (we hope) that piano teachers no longer plan to teach
Here is a listening activity about the music of Frederic Chopin. Chopin was known as “the poet of the piano” for his ability to evoke emotions and express beauty in his piano music. Choose some excerpts from the listening list below and either write down some poetic words that represent the emotions evoked by the