At its core, Music Theory is the understanding of the written manuscript. It is the knowledge of the symbols that make up music scores, and the knowledge of how to effectively translate them into sounds. An understanding of music theory assists people who play music, rather than making them play better, it assists them to
Parents and teachers are constantly thinking about this: When does a computer game become education, and when is it just entertainment? Are those games really worth spending our hard earned money, time and energy on? In Music there are all kinds of games: Some of the music games which are available today are nothing more
Music Teachers have a very busy schedule. Possibly music teachers have the busiest life of all teachers Of course, many would disagree with that statement. Maths, Science and History teachers of course work very hard and no-one would say they don't work extremely hard to bring excellent lessons to their students. Music Teachers however have
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.
Yes, as with the other video games out there like the "Guitar Hero" series, the new craze this year is the the launch of the "Beatles:Rock Band " video game. It has recently has hit the streets and looks like it could become game of the year leading up to Christmas. Of course the launch
Today I’d like your opinion on an important question - should we be putting our students through music theory exams? This article examines the pros and cons of theory exams for music students and describes two different experiences with it.
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
Do you have ideas for classroom or studio music teaching? What about ideas for parents on aspects of music education? At the Fun Music Company we want to build an extensive library of resources, but we can't possibly write it all ourselves! We need input from others, and experiences from all over the world to
Instant Print Music Lessons Explained At the Fun Music Company we have been very excited over this past week to announce the launch of our newest website project called Instant Print Music Lessons. This package contains over 80 fun packed worksheets and puzzles which are ready to print in an instant and will be of
Be one of the first to check out our latest Project! This week we've been putting the finishing touches on our brand new website which has been in the pipeline for over a year. I'm really excited about it because I know that it will be of enormous value to all the classroom and studio