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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.

Clay Chaplin, from the California Institute of the Arts, discusses learning recording techniques. Chaplin stresses listening. He also explains that one can learn it from scratch. Chaplin points out that the best way to learn is through experience. The room is open all the time. Students should learn while they can still make mistakes.

Several schools, including ones in high-poverty areas, are making art critical to the learning of more academic subjects. They're seeing remarkable student achievement and improvement! This is a pretty cool article about art in schools and how it's very important. The same concepts can be applied to music!

An example of a workflow for quickly processing sources through a Professional learning network.

We will be using Ableton Live 9 later in the semester and this link will provide a lot of valuable tutorials to help answer some of the questions you may have about using Live 9.

From the official site and has videos for these: Setting up an audio interface Setting up a MIDI controller Recording audio MIDI beats and melodies Working with Session View Session View to Arrangement View Exporting audio Optimizing your audio interface setup

Pretty much a diary of a band teacher. Learn through his experiences.

This article takes a look at how Chinese students prepare for the future while still focusing on right now, and how we as American students can connect with them through our common language, music & music education. I find it interesting to learn about how other countries our practicing, & learning music and what they are doing to prepare for the future. And maybe as Americans we can be taught something new, and strive to work even harder through their example.

I think the title says it all.

Cool video: "When I teach I learn, when I learn I teach"

Here are some free printable resources for learning music theory!

Please read this for Friday

This tutorial is well done. She explains the basic movement needed to start vibrato, uses close-up screen shots so that the viewer can see exactly what her wrist and fingers are doing, and shows the progression from beginning vibrato to more advanced vibrato. She also explains what beginning student vibrato should sound like. I think this is a great video for students who are starting to learn vibrato.

I think she does a good job of explaining and demonstrating how to vary dynamics on the violin. The only negative is she has a tendency to over explain, but it is still a great learning tool and some beginners may need the over explanation.

The information provided is OK and the overall set up is alright for keeping the performer anonymous. However, it takes way too long to make a point and the person demonstrating is obviously a beginner. I would use this in my class to have the student critique the person but not to learn from it. (this would be a betweener...it is ok info/set up but poor demonstration)

According to this study, being exposed to music and learning how to read and play music improves reading skills!

5 Vocal Warm Up Exercises from the National Center for Voice and Speech

Decent tutorials, completely walks you through the whole song.