Wendy Stevens’ latest piece of early elementary sheet music, Tangy Tango, has hit the shelves and you’re either going to love it or hate it. 🙂 If you’re a good teacher who carefully prepares students for challenging elements they will encounter in a new piece, you will love it. If you’re a bad teacher who […]
Resources
Hanon Makes His Internet Debut
Nowadays you can find just about everything on-line. But really, who would have thought that Charles-Louis Hanon would get his very own website dedicated to his “The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises”? Thus far, the site contains Part I – the first 20 exercises. You can transpose the exercise to any major key, download the […]
Review and Giveaway of Blue and Purple by Dror Perl
To be honest, I wasn’t that thrilled about reviewing these two books because I thought they might be kind of, well…weird. They are written by a contemporary composer and are simply called, “Blue” and “Purple.” The subtitles were even more scary, “Contemporary Music with a Harmonic Twist” and “Jazz and Blues,” respectively. I’m not much […]
Free Music Theory Worksheets for Music Teachers
Does your spine just tingle when you find a site loaded with free music theory worksheets?! Mine sure does! Here’s an up-and-coming site that looks very promising in that spine-tingling category. 🙂 Simply titled, MusicWorksheets.net, the site offers “free music theory worksheets for music teachers.” I especially like how the Bass Clef Notes worksheet is […]
And You Thought You Were Already Following All the Great Music Bloggers…
…at least I did! 🙂 But apparently I have only scratched the surface. eCollege Finder recently selected 75 blogs to receive the Music and Arts Enthusiast Award, and I am astonished at all the wonderful-looking blogs on this list that I’ve never even heard of! Each blog listed includes a description and a short paragraph […]
Custom Design Anything with These Fabulous Music Note and Key Signature Stickers!
Jeana, of the Sing a New Song blog, has created another wonderful resource that is perfect for custom designing any type of flashcard. Her music staff note/key signature stickers can be printed directly onto address-sized labels and stuck on any piece of paper or other object. The possibilities for such a great teaching tool are […]
