Megan has set up a wonderful Web Assignments page on her website where she posts a new web assignment for her students each week. The page is set up like a traditional blog, so you can subscribe to the RSS feed or, better yet, have your students subscribe to the RSS feed and complete the […]
Resources
Music Timeline
While searching for a music timeline tonight I came across this great site – The Classical Score. If you click the “Linear Display” links in the left hand column you’ll see a great layout, including World Events, Musical Characteristics, Genre and Forms, Theorists and Treatises and Collections, Composers and Major Works, and Hymnology. This is […]
Free Piano-Related Books!
Wow! Check out this great collection of links to piano-related books that are in the public domain and can be downloaded for free! Thanks to Annie Grieshop for taking the time to provide this valuable resource. I can’t wait to spend more time browsing through these!
Review: Legends and Lore
Composer Library Series: … This collection of Elementary-Early Intermediate Piano Solos is lots of fun! Composer Christine Donkin does an excellent job capturing the imagery her titles inspire. Here are my comments on each of the pieces: Royal Fanfare – A piece composed entirely of parallel 5ths, once the fingering is solidified this piece should […]
Music Flashcards Galore!
Check out these digital flashcards! You can find note names, key signatures, intervals, triads, piano note names, reading piano notes, guitar note names and reading guitar notes – all at the click of a mouse! You can even set specific parameters in most of the categories so that it is appropriate for the level of […]
Student Saver Pieces
Yesterday, one of our local music teachers associations held a Mid-Winter Retreat for music teachers. We had a fabulous time and I came home with lots of great ideas that I need to mull over and try to incorporate into my teaching. Suzanne Tirk, a clarinet professor, was our featured speaker. She discussed “Ten Steps […]