So what do rock musicians really need to know about music theory? and how can we best help our students who really want to be able to read and are prepared to make the effort, but still struggle? here are some basic ideas to help those students in your classes: have them learn the bits
This is an excerpt from our Printable Music Lesson Plans series on great composers. These are just a couple of the ideas found in the Lesson Plans. 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,
The Flute and Piccolo are important instruments to learn about in music class, but no so easy if you can’t play them yourself, so here is a few ideas to get you started High or Low Game: Sing or play some melodic intervals in both directions. Then ask the students to identify which note was
Teaching about the clarinet? here are a a few ideas for you. You can Make rudimentary single-reed instruments. Gather the following plastic combs and pieces of paper, about 2 inches by 2 inches (5 cm by 5 cm). Instructions: Hold a comb with the teeth pointed toward you. Place a piece of paper on the
Planning 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
Learning about brass instruments in the classroom will be enjoyable for the students with some of these activities. Make a rudimentary brass instrument. You will need plastic beverage bottles (e.g. two-liter soda bottles) and sharp scissors or utility knife. Cut the bottom off a plastic bottle. Try to get different tones by Buzzing your lips
Here is a few lesson planning ideas about the great baroque composer, Antonio Vivaldi. These are taken from our printable music lesson plans series of worksheets. Vivaldi was born in Venice and lived a great deal of his life there. Venice is a very unique city even today because there are no cars. In fact
Here 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.
Here are a few ideas for a music lesson all about the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. This is just an excerpt of the materials found in our Great composers series of printable music lesson plans. Create a pretend profile for JS Bach on your favourite social networking site such as Facebook. You’ll want to include
These are just a few ideas for writing a music lesson plan about the Harp. Have a look at the length of the string, and discus the effect on its pitch Have the students guess if longer or shorter strings will produce higher or lower sounds. Ponder this with your students: Why do you think