Thanks to the great input I received from the recent survey, I’ve decided to start a weekly mailbag feature here on Music Matters Blog. You can e-mail me any questions you have and I’ll select several that I receive each week and post them in my Monday Mailbag post. In addition, if you have any […]
Teaching
Rhythmic Dictation Worksheet
One of the things I try to do periodically with my students is rhythmic dictation. Here is a really simple worksheet that I designed for this purpose. I just have the student sit in my chair with a clipboard and pencil. Then I play rhythm patterns and have them notate what they hear. You can […]
Rhythm Chairs
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!
Wise Words from a Classroom Music Teacher
I have been looking forward with great anticipation to the posts Steve indicated he might write as he spent time rethinking his approach to managing and teaching his music classes. His first post on this topic is up, and it is incredibly insightful! Classroom Managament through Attention to Individuals hits on a fundamental understanding that […]
New Repertoire for a New Year
This March, our local music teachers association is organizing a World Music Festival. In preparation for it, I decided to find repertoire for each of my students that represents a different country. It’s quite a big task to find engaging ethnic pieces for a bunch of students all at once, so I thought I would […]
Happy New Year! Win a Free Practice Incentive!
Well, I didn’t exactly mean to disappear from here for two weeks, but I took two weeks off of teaching and I guess my lack of routine carried over into blogging! I’m really excited to get back into teaching next week and have all sorts of grand ideas of things I want to do and […]
