Two of the most popular posts here on Music Matters Blog are the ones that discuss how to set up a recording “studio” using the free Audacity audio recording software (you can read these here and here). I’ve used Audacity for numerous projects, but I know I still haven’t even come close to tapping into […]
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Monday Mailbag – Creating Worksheets
Which program do you use to create such cool worksheets? I created this worksheet in MS Word, using Finale for the scale and key signature snippets, and then importing them into MS Word. This was actually my first time using the export feature in Finale, but I had a visual in mind of how I […]
Group Class Travels to Italy
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. […]
March Music Education Carnival
Be sure to stop in over at the Tanbur Music Education Blogspot for the March Music Education Blog Carnival. And if you have a music education blog, jump on board the April carnival so we can keep the great collection of music education posts coming!
Teaching Students to Teach Themselves
Thomas J. West, of the Music Education Practice Tips blog, has a short, but fabulous post entitled, Technique Targeting: Becoming Your Own Music Teacher. He writes, In order to become independent, a music student must learn the skills a music teacher already possesses. They must learn: * to detect musical errors or inaccuracies * to […]
Monday Mailbag – Music Practice Tips for Young Children
This week, I received an e-mail from a mother looking for practice advice for her almost-5-year old son, who has been in Suzuki cello classes for about a year. She writes, “I know he likes to play, once he gets going and concentrates and is playing. However the practices are becoming a power struggle; he […]
