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Since I know most people in the class aren't aiming to be string teachers, I thought I would post this important site in case any of you is thrown into a string teacher position. Super important for all string teachers, so keep it in mind if you end up teaching violin!

Two ways to organize your programs parents

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

Great example of a way to build a supportive community of students and parents through being personal at times when our daily communication methods become almost entirely based in text-form.

Teacher's blog with creative ideas for a general music classroom.

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 lot of great thinkings about digital music education compared to original music education.

This site is full of all kinds of resources for music teachers or aspiring music teachers... I could spend days looking at all the stuff!

This has some nice exercises to help kids sing through their break. It even has some notated. The rest of the website also has some intriguing pages.

Advice on how to set up children in good lessons and why they are important.

This site is written by a piano teacher, and has some great ideas for games that can be used to introduce and reinforce ideas. She also has ideas for group lessons that could be useful in any general music setting, not just piano.

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.

Teacher's blog with many resources including a list of free music apps and programs to use in the classroom.

This is a better video on how to play higher notes on trumpet. The teacher gives a similar method as the other video i posted, but goes more in depth and why you should do what he says. There isn't much left to the imagination, and he doesn't waste time going through the entire exercise. Instead he starts the exercise off so that the viewer knows what to do, then demonstrates the higher register so that the viewer has a good idea of what to aim at.

I don't want to say this tutorial complete horrible, but It isn't as informational as it could be. The teacher only gives a brief explanation of how to do what he is doing and shows a demonstration that is very drawn out.

A Teacher's guide to copyright laws and frequently asked questions about the terms.