Letter Names in Musical Notation

Have 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

2010-01-30T06:46:44+00:00By |11 Comments

Teaching Major Scales: Part 2

A post by Janice on Music Lesson Plans: Worksheets to help with Teaching Major Scales If you need theory worksheet content to help with teaching major scales then you may find that our Printable Music Theory Books could become an invaluable companion in your resource kit. This is a book of comprehensive book of worksheets

2009-11-27T12:30:56+00:00By |3 Comments

Teaching Major Scales: Part 1

A post by Janice on Music Lesson Plans: A Game to help with Teaching Major Scales If you’ve ever taught music theory, then you would know that it can be difficult to get students to remember the pattern of tones and semitones needed, the scale degree names and for younger students the solfege names in

2009-11-26T00:51:13+00:00By |1 Comment

Using Flashcards In Music Theory Lessons

This video is a Suzuki teacher using flashcards to actively involve her students in remembering musical terms they have played in their pieces. I was just looking through youtube for music theory videos and I stumbled across this teacher who was actively involving her students in remembering musical terms they have played in their pieces.

2009-11-09T05:11:24+00:00By |4 Comments

Musical Penpals for your class

This is an idea that has come from our facebook group, and I thought it was so good that it was worth sharing with everyone via the blog, and everyone can join in, wether they are on facebook or not. The internet makes the world a much smaller place - it is possible to be

2009-07-10T03:42:33+00:00By |1 Comment

How do your students learn?

How does a student learn something, so that it becomes knowledge for life? We’ve been busily engaged this month putting the finishing stages to the Fun Music Company latest publication called “Printable Music Theory Books” which will be launched on Monday, 1st June. Leading up to the launch we are really interested in your opinion

2009-05-28T12:18:51+00:00By |20 Comments

Rich Instruments

A New Music Game For Special Needs Classes Over these past few months, some teachers have asked me how to adapt printable music games to help suit the needs of visually and hearing impaired people. I know that every teacher out there has different needs in their classes so please feel free to use, change

2009-04-22T06:20:34+00:00By |4 Comments
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