The New Year is off to a great start, and we’re having fun playing a variety of quick 5-minute games in the studio! Here are a couple of recent pictures: Ellie has a blast playing this simple note direction game by moving her magnetic “note” up or down depending on what she rolls on the […]
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Music Matters Blog in Your Inbox
There have been lots of exciting things going on in my life lately – so much so, that I’ve completely neglected this blog for a few weeks. But don’t worry, I’ll be back and I’ll fill you in on everything soon! In the meantime, several readers have e-mailed me recently to let me know that […]
A Fabulous List of Piano Game Resources!
In doing some blog browsing recently, I came across this fabulous list of piano game resources on Heidi’s Blog! Heidi has organized links to game ideas and materials around the blogosphere according to specific categories: Music Alphabet/Piano Key Names, Note Reading, Musical Terms/Symbols, Rhythm, Whole/Half Step, Accidentals, Enharmonics, Intervals, Ear Training, Stem Placement, Chords, Scales, […]
How to Prepare for Your Music Education Degree – Guest Post
If you will be juggling full-time work plus earning an online music education degree, you’ll need to have a plan in place that could help streamline your life. In addition to taking college seriously, setting goals, managing expectations, and making the most of support systems like family and friends, you should understand how to best […]
Friday Film Find
I just found out that the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP) is live-streaming some of their sessions this weekend! So cool! Watch live video from nckp2013 on www.justin.tvHere’s a direct link to their station: http://www.justin.tv/nckp2013.
Saving Money on Expensive Music Software – Guest Post by Chad Criswell
When you think about the music technology software that we use on a regular basis in the classroom you start to realize just how expensive it can be to upgrade to the newest versions. Worse yet is if you don’t own the software to begin with and have to purchase a new license for Finale […]
