Students will learn all about the Cello and Double bass through these easy and fun games. This is part of a music lesson plan from the fun music company. To help students learn the parts of the instruments: play Pin the Parts on the Cello or or Double Bass (a variation on Pin the Tail
Here are a few ideas that you can use when discussing the orchestral keyboard instruments: The piano, celesta, harpsichord and pipe organ. Show and talk about the different aspects and characteristics of the keyboard instruments. The keyboard instruments are related to each other in that they are controlled by a similarly laid-out key mechanism. Technically,
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. These are just a few of the lesson planning ideas available from the fun music company. Collect objects of different sizes, or gather pictures of such objects, or simply make
here is a few fairly simple ideas for creating music lesson plans about percussion instruments. To help students understand how timpani can be tuned, demonstrate the effect of membrane tension on pitch. With a simple home made drum, you can often vary the tension of the skin by simply pressing or pulling at the edges
Remember old fashioned piano lessons? Sitting up straight on the hard piano bench where the lovely Mrs Smith would give you a gentle tap on the back of the hand with a ruler if you didn’t curl your fingers properly! Well these days things are a little different and we hope that teachers of piano
In this music lesson plan you’ll find a few ideas for creating a music lesson plan all about untuned percussion instruments. You could have the students make their own drums. Do this as a demonstration with student participation, or, if you have the resources, let each student make a drum. You’ll simply need a large
Music Teachers have a stressful life. Of all teachers probably music teachers have the most work to do on a regular week by week basis. Of course, many would disagree with that statement. Maths, Chemistry and English teachers of course work very hard and no-one would say they don't work extremely hard to bring brilliant
Why does the conductor of an orchestra get paid so much money?, and what exactly does he do anyway? These are all ideas that students can use to learn about the conductor in the orchestra. There is a complete lesson plan on this subject in Our Printable Music Lesson Plans Series You can show the
At its core, Music Theory is the study of the written manuscript. It is the knowledge of the dots and scribbles that make up written music, and the knowledge of how to effectively translate them into music. An understanding of theory really helps musicians, rather than making them play better, it helps them speak the
This is a few lesson plan ideas that you can use when learning about the Symphony Orchestra Arrange the student's seats as if they were an orchestra. Place the names of instruments on the the students desks, or Give students name stickers to wear. Allow students to be different instruments on different days. Discuss different