From the colorful, eye-catching artwork on the cover to the extensive index at the back, Marcia Washburn has put together a fun and practical resource that is great for parents and teachers alike – Beethoven Who?! This 334 page ebook covers everything from why children should learn music, to an overview of different styles of […]
Teaching
174 Pages of Free Printable Music Theory Pages!
Looking for a quick pentascale sheet you can print off for a student? Or perhaps a handy reference of 7th chords with all their inversions? Or maybe some chord progressions to help a student visualize the chord voicing better? Well, guess what? You will get all that and more in the hot-off-the-press Music Motivation Checklist […]
Free Music Staff Paper with Keyboard and Circle of 5ths
In preparation for teaching this fall, I’ve been working on some new resources to put in our custom assignment books and just to have available to use with my students. I decided to put music staff paper on the back of each week’s assignment page, but I also wanted to have a picture of a […]
Monday Mailbag – 4 Tips for Teaching Students How to Practice
[It’s back! After taking a break over the summer, I have an incredible backlog of questions in my inbox so I’m excited to resume the Monday Mailbag feature here on Music Matters Blog. I always love hearing from other teachers with both thought-provoking questions and helpful answers. Many teachers send questions with the hope of […]
The Creative Life – Day Four
The conference ended Saturday morning with a time of singing together, a few final thoughts from Michael Card, and lots of farewells and gathering of contact information before heading our separate ways. We were asked to fill out a survey about the conference. One of the questions was, “How have you seen God work in […]
The Creative Life – Day Three
This morning I decided to get up extra early for a sunrise hike up the mountain to a spot overlooking the Garden of the Gods. It was a beautiful morning, and so neat to look out over the sprawling Colorado Springs metropolis as the sun rose. This is a shot looking behind me with the […]
