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Lesson planning from the musical instrument museum 

List of fingering charts for band instruments.

A great resource for teaching strings. Includes pedagogical information, instrument history and maintenance, teaching strategies, and references for further reading.

Fingering charts for band instruments, displayed on a piano keyboard. As a visual person, I love this!

Instrumental fish is a fun, handmade game! This idea came to me from an awesome music teacher in a neighboring district. The materials needed are: a poster board pond, laminated fish with instruments on one side and a magnet on the other, and fishing poles with magnets attached to the line.

A couple years ago my high school students actually transcribed/arranged this for percussion ensemble and taught themselves how to play it. The first time I heard them play it was at our final concert in May.

This is a really good article by Dave Werden about purchasing euphoniums. The information here can be applied towards a lot of other instruments as well which makes it an excellent resources for both teachers and students.

This site contains valuable links that guide you to sites that: sell instruments, teach how to further get involved in music, and other music-related sites/journals/organizations. Also has great articles and statistics compiled in regards to advocacy for music education.

We believe that aesthetic education through instrumental music performance is essential to the school curriculum. Our mission is to provide educational leadership to the membership of the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association. To fulfill our mission, we provide opportunities for professional growth through developmental resources.

Steve Weiss Music has a large array of percussion instruments, drums, drum set equipment, sticks/mallets, and sheet music, among other things. It is a great place to buy mallets, sticks, and accessory percussion for any kind of music program that you could possibly be running. They have great deals quite frequently, as well.

Excellent resource to help incorporate instruments for different cultures into your music education program.

Monday, 25 August 2014 Learning to play an instrument is learning to practise. And learning to practise is learning to listen. My nine-year-old son has just passed his ABRSM Grade 1 cello exam. He has an excellent teacher at a state-funded London school, and he has the advantage (even if sometimes he doesn't see it that way) of also learning how to sing and play the piano.

He spoke in one of my classes last semester. He can make a variety of world music instruments from everyday items, and uses them to teach children.