Latest posts tagged with #MusicEdTipTuesday on Bluesky
Activity of The Week
Project a trailer of the movie, turn the sound off, press play and count off. Try as many as you have time for (even if they are an obviously ridiculous choice)!
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If all the music notation in the world disappeared and there were no sheets, no staff, no tab or anything, how would your practice as a music teacher change?
What about in band, orchestra, or choir?
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Music classes should be more like art classes. Playing the rep in large groups is important, but so is creating and if we don't make time for it every day, it is less likely to happen.
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Discuss:
Should we be playing the music of musicians with controversial pasts? Why or why not?
What if students are requesting it?
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Having kids choose the music helps kids stay engaged in the music making.
Create a Google and then show how to search for music at their level on whatever site you use to order the music, and have them search and suggest material.
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Discuss
Do you teach your beginner and intermediate guitar classes to use a pick from day one?
Thoughts?
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Have students choose which piece they think would best fit as a movie soundtrack.
Then ask them which movie they think it would fit.
Find a movie trailer for the one they suggested, mute it, press play, and then have the students provide the soundtrack.
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If you're playing an arrangement of a pop tune in band, and students are playing what they hear from the recording instead if what's written, (what they played is technically more accurate, and they have all subconsciously agreed on it) do you correct it?
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Use this slideshow to learn how to read tab and by ear in a fun way. This is part of my 200-page guitar resource. You get it for FREE now. Let me know how it worked for your learners.
How many can you guess?
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www.canva.com/design/DAF1B...
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Just a friendly quarterly reminder that there are many different kinds of notation and all of them are either traditional or standard.
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Also, you can order this poster for your classroom, here!
www.stevesmusicroom.com/product-page...
Sometimes it's OK to just stop conducting and let the kids lead.
If it is a more rhythm-based piece, there are lots of rhythm anchors to hang onto and they may not need you!
That's a good thing.
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Now that you've seen the others, please take a look at my 21-video keyboard series from YouTube that I made for MusicFirst. Here's the link to the Playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Designed for teacher-led or student-led instruction.
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This week I want to showcase this 16-video series on how to play the drums in a modern band setting I made for MusicFirst. Learn rock, triplet, and 16th-based patterns, and how to learn by ear.
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youtube.com/playlist?lis...
For this week's #MusicEdTipTuesday, a 39 video series for learning guitar. I put this together for the MusicFirst Modern Band collection, but it also goes with my Ultimate Essential Guitar Resource. Here's the FREE Playlist!
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youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Schedule informal, low-stakes performances.
It could be as simple as inviting a class in to listen to a song they've been working on.
Or it could be a quick setup in the gym for a short, informal performance for a specific grade or class.
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Use "quantization" to line up your human-made MIDI track automatically to the beat in your DAW.
Select different beat subdivisions to see what unique rhythms are generated.
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Once they've had practice learning a song by ear each week, have them choose a song they know, learn it by ear, write it down, and then arrange it for their instrument for someone else to play.
Use this blog post! www.stevesmusicroom.com/post/a-learn...
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Learn a new song by ear each week! Give them the first note and any hints that would be appropriate and give them 5 minutes.
Begin in a key they are familiar with.
As an added challenge, have them then learn the same song in an unfamiliar key.
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Have kids create a free Noteflight or Flat.io account and just let them play with it.
Make something original.
We often don't give kids enough time to play with new tech.
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Adding these activities into a warm-up is a much less intimidating way to be sure that kids are engaging with this stuff. Here are 9 ways to add creativity and ear learning into a warm-up.
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www.stevesmusicroom.com/post/9-creat...
Engage kids with these 20 iconic keyboard riffs. The first one is one of my all time favourites. Any you would add to the list?
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www.stevesmusicroom.com/post/engage-...
Use SoundWorld to help you learn how to run a sound board.
Plug things in and see what they do without the board in front of you!
soundworld.jdstallings.com
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Have an adjective of the day!
Whatever the warm-up, have learners come up with something that fits the adjective.
If it's a scale, play it "spooky," or "rainy."
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Use Jeffrey Agrell's book, "Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians," to get kids improvising in an authentic and approachable way in your BOC classes.
Remember, improvising doesn't just belong to jazz and rock musicians.
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