As I mentioned in last Monday’s Mailbag post, I’m always looking for ways to turn the teaching or review of a concept into a fun activity or game. Here are shots from a couple of lessons last week where scale blocks became the perfect hands-on tool to help students grasp the concepts we were working […]
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New Website with Lots of Free Music Resources!
Have you seen the new InsideMusicTeaching.com website? The site was created by Philip Johnston, founder of the popular PracticeSpot.com. In his e-mail last week, Mr. Johnston indicated that he would no longer be updating the Practice Spot website, so it looks like this new Inside Music Teaching site will be the place to keep up […]
Monday Mailbag – Mysterious Repertoire
After reading about the success of your incentive programs I decided to come up with my own for this fall. I’m still working on it, but it’s going to be about exploring the mystery of music. I’m wondering if you have any pieces that come to mind for recitals? (So far I have Agent X, […]
The Cactus Cuties Sing the National Anthem
Wow! Just wow! HT: J.Pisano
Monday Mailbag – Lesson Games
You have a lot of games. Do you do them just with the student at their lesson or do you incorporate these games into group lessons? Do the students enjoy doing these games during their lessons? How do you do that? Yes to all of the above! 🙂 Ask any of my students and they’ll […]
Beginning Hymn Improvisation
When I was in my early teens, I distinctly remember wishing that I knew how to improvise so that I wasn’t stuck playing only what was printed on the page. But I had no idea how or where to start. In particular, I saw people playing from a hymnal, but adding all sorts of cool […]
