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Group Class Ideas

Group Music Class – Songs from Around the World and Key Signature Games

March 26, 2009 by natalie 4 Comments

Tuesday evening, we held our fifth Private Eye Workshop of the year. Our theme for this one was Folk Songs from Around the World. Here are some picture highlights from the event: In keeping with our Key Signature theme for the month, we started out with a game. One at a time, I had each […]

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Group Class Travels to Italy

March 6, 2009 by natalie 1 Comment

As it turns out, I came down sick last week and had to take off the whole week of teaching, so I got one week behind. I finished up our theme of Feeling the Pulse this week, and will start on the Key Signature theme next week with the Key Signature – Scale Matchup Worksheets. […]

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Rhythm Chairs

January 16, 2009 by natalie Leave a Comment

Rebecca dreamed up (literally!) a brilliant group game idea called Rhythm Chairs! I can’t wait to try it out at my next group class!

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Practicing to Perform at the Piano

December 17, 2008 by natalie 7 Comments

Years ago I made up this set of Performance Signs that I frequently use during group classes with my students. (I’m a little embarrassed about the quality of the design now, but I’ve been using them for years and my students are very attached to them!) There are six signs, with the following titles: Approach […]

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This Week in Photos

November 22, 2008 by natalie Leave a Comment

Continuing with the theme of devising games utilizing flashcards, I had Naomi try a sight-reading/composition game. I held the set of flashcards upside down and had her randomly draw four cards. Then I allowed her to arrange them in any order she chose and play the pattern of notes under either the second or third […]

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Music Game Ideas

November 10, 2008 by natalie 2 Comments

I can’t remember how I found it now, but here’s a great site with music game ideas. There are a bunch of different ideas…the perfect place to find your next group game! I think the game titled, “Melody,” looks like a fun option for a group of young beginning students. You can also check out […]

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