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hjmartin0422

Best Practices of Highly Effective Band Directors | Effective Music Teaching - 0 views

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ufmue music Music education teaching band band directing rehearsal strategies

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  • hjmartin0422 on 11 Feb 19
     
    Being a first-year teacher is, as I'm sure we all know, daunting and overwhelming, especially for those of us who seek to be the best that we can be for our students. Nonetheless, educator Jim Matthews provides his audience with a concise list of eight habits exhibited by several highly effective band directors, which includes but is not limited to having ensembles play long tones, engage in breathing exercises, and participate in warm-up routines that are both effective and efficient. By adopting each of these eight habits, Matthews is certain that every year of teaching will be nothing short of productive and rewarding.
kristineyang3

Free Sound Clips | SoundBible.com - 0 views

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ufmue audio sounds music mp3 effects

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  • kristineyang3 on 28 May 17
     
    This is a database for free downloadable sound effects. This would be another good resource to have in a music technology classroom. Students can use downloadable clips for sampling projects and sound effects in compositions. Teachers can also use sound effects if needed for both music theater performances and ensemble performances. 
yvetteml

"Does Music Therapy Work?" - Introduction - 0 views

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ufmue masters of music graduate therapy

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  • Music has existed in some form since the Prehistoric times, and the first likely use of music was a call used to communicate to other members of a family unit or group either for entertainment, spiritual purposes (for example, rain dance chants) or for survival in hunting or gathering situations.(6) Notably, the role of the shaman or healer has been well documented(7) and can be considered analogous to the role of the music therapist today.
  • Whilst bias and exaggeration is possible in music therapy trials (as with all research), overall music therapy costs less than a drug trial - which often need millions of pounds in support.(32) In addition, drug trials are more likely to be implicated in pharmacological corruption(33), with consequences for patients by virtue of skewing or altering results - as seen with the understatement of the negative effects of Agent Orange, a carcinogenic (cancer-causing) herbicide used in the Vietnam war, by Monsanto.(34)
  • yvetteml on 08 Feb 19
     
    This is an interesting article on the effectiveness of music therapy. It points also points out how cost effective music therapy is compared to drug trials.
crmusicstudio

Incredibox - Express your musicality! - 1 views

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      jme2742 on 28 May 17
       
      Used in 2017 w/ 6th 7th and 8th grade. end of year- intro to composition
  • Sarah Stevens on 05 Apr 14
     
    This site gives students the ability to create satisfying compositions that explore texture using loops that are designed to fit in with each other. Perfectly suited for differentiation, students can create works that are simple or complex.
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  • Joanna Reesman on 06 Apr 14
     
    Incredibox is a great website to explore musical creation and entertainment. Incredibox invites you to become the conductor of a group of human beatbox. You can share your compositions with others from all over. It's a really fun website that even students will enjoy using.
  • Sara Bibee on 07 Apr 14
     
    Incredibox is a neat web-based app where seven loops at a time are available for students to use at a time. They may remove and add loops at any point, and there are unlocked special content available for certain combinations. This makes it seem like a game. Students can share their compositions, but unfortunately cannot download it without paying. Regardless, this is a fun activity where all the loops sound good-no matter what the combination.
  • aabullach on 24 Jun 15
     
    Students can arrange an acapella mix using different beat boxers and vocals. 
  • dlittman on 24 Jun 15
     
    I love this program.  Great for the kids on a snow day, or a day we cannot get in the band room, but can use the computer room.
  • reagansr on 27 May 17
     
    This is a unique website which allows the user to create rhythm loops with characters in costume representing the individual loops. It is an easy-to-use program which allows the user to create endless combinations of rhythm patterns and sound effects. Selecting the correct combination of figures will unlock bonus features. The program is fun for all ages.
  • mrslesney on 28 May 17
     
    This is a website for students to compose beatbox-type songs. Students can combine melodies, rhythms, sound effects and voices to compose their piece.
  • jme2742 on 28 May 17
     
    This is user friendly, fun, loop-based software where users can mix their favorite loops and then record and easily share their creations with others. This program is free to use on a computer and can be purchased for an iphone or ipad.
  • sthomassen2 on 28 May 17
     
    I have LOVED this website so much. I use it in class on a regular basis for a variety of uses. It is used as meaningful sub plans, rewards, and to explore creativity and composition. I also use it to discuss beatboxing and form.
  • olenoue on 28 May 17
     
    This is an excellent website that produces high levels of student engagement and buy-in. It allows students to "mix" their own music using pre-created beats, rhythms, and melodies.
  • Staci Pendry on 30 May 17
     
    This is the link for our incredibox software we used in class. Make sure you save to the email stacipendry@yahoo.com so I can see your pieces. Version one will not record
  • bbriele01 on 08 Feb 19
     
    Music Improvisation Arranging Music
  • crmusicstudio on 10 Feb 19
     
    Incredibox is a web-based mixing tool, and its purpose is to create mixes with pre-set loops including, beats, effects, voices, and melodies. In each "dude", the user needs to select a "clothing piece" that contains a specific loops. The user begins creating their mixes, and can add and delete them as needed. Musically speaking, it is a teaching tool because the user learns how to mix loops ate certain points. It enhance several concepts such as rhtyhm and meter. It can be used by elementary and secondary-level students.
trthomas19

Lesson Planning for Music Teachers | SmartMusic - 0 views

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  • trthomas19 on 11 Feb 19
     
    Blog Post by Ryan Sargent on how to effectively lesson plan as a music teacher. Ryan gives tips on standards, objectives and assessment music teachers can use to become more effective lesson planners.
kristineyang3

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ufmue education technology resources creative database

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  • kristineyang3 on 28 May 17
     
    This website has free downloadable sound effects for students to use in the music technology classroom. Students can use the sounds for sampling projects and sound effects in compositions. 
Wayne Anderson

Audacity in the Elementary Music Classroom | MusTech.Net: A Symphony of Music & Tec... - 0 views

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audacity music pitch technology ufmue

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  • Wayne Anderson on 06 Apr 14
     
    Here are simple but powerful ways to use Audacity. In the effects menu, you can change the tempo of a song without changing pitch. You can also change the pitch of the songs to make it easier to sing.
  • Wayne Anderson on 06 Apr 14
     
    Here are simple but powerful ways to use Audacity. In the effects menu, you can change the tempo of a song without changing pitch. You can also change the pitch of the songs to make it easier to sing.
Stephen Hull

Effective Practice: An Investigation of Observed Practice Behaviors, Self-R...: EBSCOhost - 0 views

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Structured practice

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  • Although it exists in the larger context of music practice in general, the concept of deliberate practice requires sustained concentration and effort and is therefore somewhat distinct from unstructured activities engaged in for the sake of playing for fun.
  • Deliberate practice encompasses effortful, goal-directed, and intentionally structured activities.
  • When taken together, the findings suggest that those who took a more strategic approach toward practicing (e.g., breaking parts down and putting them back into context, identifying difficult spots) also achieved the highest performance scores.
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  • Although several lines of research (e.g., deliberate practice, mental practice, modeling, self-regulation) have begun to show links between general practicing approaches and achievement, relatively little is known about which specific behaviors are most effective in eliciting performance gains. Information regarding which behaviors are beneficial to school-age musicians is especially needed, given their often limited formal training and the scarcity of studies with this population. The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among observed practice behaviors, self-reported practice habits, and the performance achievement of high school wind players.
  • In general, the results of this study have shown that the quality of practicing that takes place may be more crucial to improvement than the quantity of time spent playing.
  • The results also have practical implications for music educators. Although the findings cannot be considered causal, the correlations between performance achievement and the behaviors repeat section, slowing, whole-part-whole, and skipping directly to or just before critical musical sections of the étude indicate that these may be particularly useful strategies for making improvement.
  • It may be that those who were more accustomed to practicing with specific musical or technical goals in mind were able to practice more effectively during the study
  • This suggests that teachers should guide students toward practicing with musical and/or technical goals in mind.
  • This could be done by assigning specific musical passages to students or by asking students to practice applying specific musical concepts (dynamic contrasts, vibrato, expressive tempo manipulation, etc.) to various pieces when working alone.
  • This suggests students may need to be trained to distinguish between efficient and inefficient practicing.
  • For example, teachers could demonstrate characteristics of inefficient practicing, such as repetition of errors and physical and/or mental fatigue, and warn students to guard against them. Conversely, teachers could also highlight characteristics of efficient practice, such as focusing on problematic passages and taking appropriate amounts of rest.
  • Stephen Hull on 05 Oct 14
     
    Well structured practice is the key to improvement
Stephen Hull

It's Not How Much; It's How: EBSCOhost - 1 views

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practice

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  • Irrespective of the pedagogical implications of the more recent studies of practice behavior, making practice assignments in terms of time practiced instead of goals accomplished remains one of the most curious and stubbornly persistent traditions in music pedagogy
  • In fact, informal reviews of private teachers' instructions for practice reveal that teachers commonly assign only what to practice and how long to practice, with little attention given to specific proximal goals to be accomplished each day.
  • This is in stark contrast to assignments in many academic disciplines in school, where students are given sets of problems to solve, chapters to read, or essays to write, and the time devoted to homework is determined by the time required to complete the problems, read the chapters, or compose the essays. It seems readily accepted in other disciplines by teachers and students alike that all students will not devote the same amount of time to assignments, because individual learners work at different rates and different learners will not require the same amount of time to complete each assignment. How long one works depends on how long it takes to accomplish the assigned goals.
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  • This seems an indication that the nature of the practice defined in our observations was more determinative of retention test performance than was the amount of practice.
  • Our results show that, among our sample of performers, the strategies employed during practice were more determinative of their retention test performances than was how much or how long they practiced.
  • Thus, it seems that the actions taken subsequent to the discovery of errors were major determinants of the effectiveness of practice.
  • The most effective way that the participants corrected errors was by making judicious changes in performance speed that facilitated the maintenance of accuracy following the correction of a given error.
  • These results point to the importance of developing in young musicians effective approaches to correcting errors — procedures that preclude errors' persistence.
  • There is no doubt that most students have heard their teachers demonstrate good playing, but it is probably also true that few have observed their teachers encountering performance problems and advantageously addressing them.
  • Stephen Hull on 05 Oct 14
     
    Meeting of practice goals more important than just measuring time spent
patiencetez

Soundation for Education - Make music online - 1 views

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UFMUE Making music with technology

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  • urbwes on 22 Sep 15
     
    Similar to Soundtrap.com; this online DAW is a great resource for student to create music with loops. I've used this in a technology class and students enjoy the variety of loops.
  • wlanxner on 09 Feb 19
     
    Soundation is a fully functioning cloud-based DAW, similar to Soundtrap. The look is darker and more professional, and the effects processing is more sophisticated. This could be a good option for college-level recording and collaboration, whereas Soundtrap's colorful look and simplicity would be more appropriate for middle- and high-school use.
  • patiencetez on 10 Feb 19
     
    Soundation is a Digital Audio Workstation similar to sound trap though soundation appears more professional, and the effects are more sophisticated. With soundation, students learn to do recording, editing, mixing, instrument patches, and MIDI input. Soundation is good for university level whereas Soundtrap's simplicity is good for middle and high school. Like soundtrap, it has a free one month trial with limited accessibility and to access the full premium, one has to pay. Soundation helps students acquire the 4Cs i.e Collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. It is a good resource for teaching studio composition and for enhancing the musicianship of non traditional music students.
Chris Grifa

The Highly Effective Band Room - 0 views

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  • Chris Grifa on 24 May 17
     
    The Highly Effective Band Room is a blog centered website focusing on numerous pedagogical concepts ranging from 21st century skills, technology, rehearsal strategies, and ways to incorporate numerous school improvement concepts into the performing arts classroom. The purpose of the website is to share ideas and concepts that the author has used in his classroom. There is also a list of various resources that are available from other websites that pertain to the various blogs available.
Stephen Hull

JSTOR: Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4, April 2014 - 0 views

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perception interdisciplinary journal music

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  • Stephen Hull on 09 Apr 14
     
    Journal dealing with brain research and the effects of music
Wayne Anderson

How To Use Music To Make Routines More Fun And Effective - Smart Classroom Management - 0 views

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music routines classroom management ufmue

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  • Wayne Anderson on 06 Apr 14
     
    Good article about how to use music in your classroom management plan. Use music to make routines in the classroom fun and time limited. Once the music starts, the students know what to do and how much time they have to get it done.
  • Wayne Anderson on 06 Apr 14
     
    Good article about how to use music in your classroom management plan. Use music to make routines in the classroom fun and time limited. Once the music starts, the students know what to do and how much time they have to get it done.
Mark Weakley

Final Touch - Complete Mastering System on the App Store on iTunes - 0 views

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ufmue technology mastering app

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  • Mark Weakley on 07 Apr 14
     
    An app for the iPad that provides complete mastering for recordings. This app uses pre and post EQ as well as effects for making recordings sound polished and professional. Great to use for the band classroom when making recordings. 
Stephen Hull

When Repetition Isn't the Best Practice Strategy: Effects of Blocked and Ra...: EBSCOhost - 0 views

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Structured practice repetition

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  • There were no performance differences between groups at the end of three practice sessions. However, 24 hours after completing practice, random group participants were able to play significantly faster than blocked group participants without sacrificing accuracy.
  • The contextual interference hypothesis predicted that the blocked group would perform better at acquisition but that the random group would perform better at retention. Results of this study provide partial support for the second half of this hypothesis
  • Structured practice, which involves using a planned sequence of practice activities, has been found to be beneficial for students of all ages
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  • Results of this study demonstrate that repetitive practice may not always be the most effective strategy for beginning musicians. Teachers could structure class instruction using random orders, rather than relying exclusively on repetitive drill, and teach students how to structure their home practice in this way
  • Many descriptive studies have shown that beginners make very limited use of self-regulated practice strategies (Austin & Berg, 2006; Hallam, 2001; McPherson & Renwick, 2001; Pitts, Davidson, & McPherson, 2000). Therefore, it would be critical for teachers to help students make this application at home.
  • Stephen Hull on 05 Oct 14
     
    Is it better to practice the same small section until perfected before moving on to the next? Or is it better to vary the order of items practiced?
Ilona Halkides

Interactive Piano Chord Visualizer | PianoChord.com - 0 views

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piano chords technology ufmue

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  • Ilona Halkides on 27 Sep 15
     
    Learning chords for older piano students can be tedious until they can effectively play them in a song. The use of technology could help students learn this necessary music theory skill and make it more enjoyable. 
eltinop

Lesson Tips | PRIVATELESSONS.com - 0 views

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lesson tips ufmue

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  • eltinop on 27 Sep 15
     
    I feel this website would be great for acquiring new ideas to pass on to my students about ways to practice effectively.
Ginna Watson

Practice_Handout-OMEA-2014.pdf - Google Drive - 3 views

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music education practice strategies ufmue

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      Ginna Watson on 07 Apr 14
       
      I like this "Fix It!" toolkit poster of effective practice strategies: good for hanging in a music classroom or studio.
  • Preston Krauska on 04 Apr 14
     
    These are research-based strategies to help motivate and empower students in music practicing.  It gives learning goals and outcomes for progress in practicing and learning with checkpoints.
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  • Preston Krauska on 04 Apr 14
     
    These are research-based strategies to help motivate and empower students in music practicing.  It gives learning goals and outcomes for progress in practicing and learning with checkpoints.
  • Ann Engels Nogueira on 06 Apr 14
     
    This is a document that addresses how to make the most out of practice time! These tips may come in handy in conversations with students, parents, and administrators.
  • Ann Engels Nogueira on 06 Apr 14
     
    This is a document that addresses how to make the most out of practice time! These tips may come in handy in conversations with students, parents, and administrators.
lalario

(28) How to practice effectively...for just about anything - Annie Bosler and Don Green... - 0 views

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  • lalario on 09 Feb 19
     
    This short video explains how the brain reacts to practice and repetition of activities. It reviews the neural pathways and the process that the brain goes through when something is being learned. An interesting fact mentioned in this video is that a study proved that the performance level of mentally envisioning practicing an activity and actually performing the activity produces similar results.
nwotton

Midnight Music Simplifying Technology for Music Teachers - 0 views

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technology music education ufmue

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  • knettesheim on 08 Feb 19
     
    This great site is for music teachers interested in using or enhancing their use of technology in music education. Resources on how to get started with using technology in music education are included as well as specific lesson plans. These lesson plans cover areas such as general, choral and instrumental music. Teaching about sound creation and recording with students are just a few of the topics covered in the blog and podcast.
  • Jared Kaufman on 09 Feb 19
     
    An incredible resource for music technology. Offers lesson plans, resources, and suggestions for the music technology classroom.
  • nwotton on 10 Feb 19
     
    This resource offers countless creative ideas to incorporate technology into music classes. There are blog posts, podcasts, PDF articles, and references to other technology offerings. Overall, a great resource to gain some insight on projects and effective ways to use technology in your classroom and with your students.
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