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wesleyknust

How to start an iPad band: Leamore Primary School - 0 views

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    This website provides tips for starting an iPad ensemble at a school. This resource deals with finding ways to musically educate "the other 80%" of school students.
janaeh09

Blog - Make Moments Matter - 0 views

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    Make moments matter is a blog run by an elementary music teacher. His blog focuses on classroom ideas, decoration, and lesson ideas. This website could be a great resource for any music teacher. Novice teachers could benefit from having a range of ideas and helpful tips available to them. Also, veteran teachers could find some new ideas to incorporate into the classroom form lesson to decorations. The blog posts on the website are thoughtful and meant to be advice to those that chose to read them.
bakerdaniel91

Ars Nova - Music Instruction & Music Education Software - 1 views

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    Also known as Practica Musica, this is a well rounded course in music education and composition.
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    Ars Nova is a music software publisher that offers a number of excellent resources to sharpen one's proficiency in theory, part-writing, and counterpoint. Their software can be useful tools to recommend to advanced high school/undergrad students.
rknappmusic

The Singing Classroom - 0 views

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    The Singing Classroom is a paid subscription that provides video lesson plans and digital resources for elementary music teachers PK3-5th Grade. Each song displays the musical content and focus of the lesson. The website allows you to search with a variety of options ranging from grade level, musical content, and even theme. The video tutorials expertly guide teachers (or substitutes) on how to teach the lesson.
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    Music teacher website, can search to find repertoire that suits needs.
rknappmusic

StringSkills.com | Created by Gabriel A. Villasurda - 0 views

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    This site includes scale sheets, rhythm charts and bowing examples for orchestra students and teachers.  I have used this site with my school students and private students.
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    Useful and mostly free teaching materials and other resources for: school orchestra directors, private studio teachers, future string teachers and college methods classes, string players of all ages for self-study.
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    The finger patterns have really helped my students play in tune in a variety of keys.
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    Gabriel Villasurda offers a number of free resources for string education. His finger patterns are invaluable for improving intonation in a variety of keys.
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    StringSkills.com is a place for teachers to be able to look up different finger patterns for all four instruments. There are sheets for shifting to help the student to become fluent and relaxed while shifting and playing in different positions. There are also rhythm, one to two octave scales and sight reading. Each of these have a free download of work sheets that teacher and students can access online to work on in class or practice at home.
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    StringSkills.com is a place for teachers to be able to look up different finger patterns for all four instruments. There are sheets for shifting to help the student to become fluent and relaxed while shifting and playing in different positions. There are also rhythm, one to two octave scales and sight reading. Each of these have a free download of work sheets that teacher and students can access online to work on in class or practice at home.
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    This site provides several pieces that focus on certain musical performance skills. The resources are in the form of downloadable sheetmusic. This is a great site for honing in on one specific skill being taght at a time. Most teachers use method books in lesson, which are of course very beneficial but may not put enough emphasis on a specific musical concept. This site has music in several categoires including finger patterns, shifting, and rhythm to name a few. Some of the categories have downloadable curricula as well, making it a great guide for novice teacher or even experienced teachers looking for new materials to work with.
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    StringSkills.com is an excellent free resource for string teaching materials. Compiled by Gabriel Villasurda, this site contains fingering charts/suggestions, rhythmic practices (and crazy tunes to help reinforce the learning) as well as bowing techniques, scales and shifting. There are even challenge pieces to be played on one string. Definitely worthwhile for string teachers.
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    This website has free, downloadable exercises that address many string techniques. There are exercises for bowings, finger patterns, scales of varying difficulties, shifting, rhythm, and key signatures. This could be a great resource to push students from a beginner/intermediate level to being able to play advanced repertoire that involve complex rhythms, articulations and key areas. I would like to use this for upper middle school students to prepare them for high school instrumental programs. 
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    This site contains a variety of teaching materials for violin, viola, cello, and bass. Topics include finger patterns, scales, shifting, bowings, and rhythm.
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    This website is a resource full of exercises and sheet music for string instruments. There are scales, shifting exercise, and simple songs for students to download and play. There are also piano accompaniments for students to play along with for many of the pieces.
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    This website is a resource full of exercises and sheet music for string instruments. There are scales, shifting exercise, and simple songs for students to download and play. There are also piano accompaniments for students to play along with for many of the pieces.
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    Great resource for string teachers! Includes free sheet music to teach specific skills.
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    This string specific website has lots of great resources for working on different skill-sets. I particularly like this for the finger pattern exercises and rhythmic reading tunes. This helps to work on rhythm, intonation, sight-reading, and scale work.
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    This website is a comprehensive resource for string teachers which includes etudes, scale sheets, bowing resources, and more. Many resources are available for printing and sharing directly with students.
rknappmusic

Incredibox - Express your musicality! - 0 views

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    A fun and interactive source or beat mixing and music making. No account needed. Free options. Allows students to create, record, and download their compositions.
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    Incredibox is a simple but fantastic music making application. An app is also available to download on smartphones, allowing on-the-go music making. This can be a great resource for introducing students to music making and composition. It can also help them learn rhythm and melody, and to explore their own creativity.
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    Love this website for my first time DJs. Website is easy to navigate for my middle school students and super engaging.
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    Program that allows one to create and record their own composition. Program has pre-recorded loops.
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    Incredibox is an online and free music technology resource that has the user drag and drop icons to create different arrangements using various loops. The website also creates a game where the user must find the right combination of loops to make creative decisions that the program has pre-determined. This resource is a great tool to introduce students to the world of music technology while also teaching about form, the recording process, sharing of music, and how/why musicians makes creative decisions.
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    This composition website allows the composer to experiment with form, texture, harmony, and other elements of music without having to read standard notation. Instead of music notes, the music is represented by a cartoon boy in different outfits.
bassmagic13

SFS Kids: Fun & Games With Music! - 0 views

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    The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Kids website is a fun interactive website for students that allows for students to discover, listen, play, perform, conduct, and compose music through interactive activities and games.
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    Games, lessons, and information about classical and orchestral music for kids made available through the San Fransisco Symphony. Resources for teachers, parents, and students are also available. It is a flashed based platform so it may not work on some systems.
rknappmusic

teoria - Exercises - 0 views

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    This website is useful for middle and high school students. Students can take tutorials on music theory fundamentals and can work on ear training such as intervals, chords, notes, scales, and rhythmic dictation with drilled exercises.
vaughnuf

4-Beat Rhythm Cards | Layton Music Games and Resources - 0 views

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    The 4-Beat Rhythm Cards found on this site has been an excellent tool for me over the past three years. I have used the full-page sized flash cards as rhythm exercises for both bands and choirs, and they are really effective for immediate use in the classroom. Not only are rhythm charts found on this website, but a host of music theory resources are also available.
rknappmusic

(7) Chili Dog Strings - YouTube - 0 views

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    Reference videos, podcasts, and interviews by professional string educators. These pedagogues specialize in Suzuki Method string teaching. They offer modern pedagogical techniques utilizing technology. They also offer recorded accompaniments for young students.
rknappmusic

Creative Strings Podcast with Jazz Violinist Christian Howes - 0 views

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    This podcast is a series of interviews with creative performers, string pedagogues, and more. This resource discusses the why of music, the how, and teaching it. While the podcast is entertaining, the resources it gives are also even more useful, such as other websites and names to know.
rknappmusic

SFS Kids: Fun & Games With Music! - 0 views

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    This interactive website includes cute and detailed graphics of land and seascapes. It has a comprehensive catalog of clips from many orchestral works as well as information about the music and its composer. This website would be great to use with a classroom set of iPads or Chromebooks.
todaysk0

EarMaster 7 - The #1 Music Theory & Ear Training Software - 0 views

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    This software can be used to build musical and aural skills. The software helps with ear training by playing intervals. It helps with notation and line staff recognition. It can also record you singing pitches and tells you if is correct.
wesleyknust

How to Oil Your Trumpet Valves - Mark Flegg - 0 views

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    Dr. Mark Flegg, my trumpet professor from my undergraduate days, writes about how to oil your valves safely and effectively for beginning trumpeters.
janaeh09

(93) Midnight Music - YouTube - 0 views

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    Midnight Music is designed to simply technology for music teachers. The YouTube channel provides tips, tutorials and lessons and advice. With new videos posted each week there is an abundance of information available to any music teachers. This site could be useful with navigating which software to use for certain projects or discovering what technologies are available. The channel's owner is not based in Australia and may make some references to grade level that are not familiar to teachers in other countries.
bakerdaniel91

TEDxSydney - Richard Gill - The Value of Music Education - YouTube - 0 views

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    This is a good perspective on why it's important to teach music to children at a very young age. The speaker feels it is also necessary to have children trained by a professional teacher.
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    This is a Ted Talk which deals with the value of music education, specifically highlighting the important connection between creativity (imagination) and music. Richard Gill, a music educator, delivers the talk, and includes some keyboard demonstration.
janaeh09

Great classical composers in a nutshell - 0 views

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    This website has profiles for several baroque, classical, romantic and 20th century composers. Each page seems easy to ready, and has video links as well as links to sources.
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    This site contains a list of classical composers from many different countries. The composers are also listed according to the historical period in which they wrote music. Each week there is a featured composer and a featured video of a classical artist's music being performed.
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    This website offers profiles of some of the best known classical music composers. You can search by name, country, or period.
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    This website has profiles of 52 classical composers.  Each composer has a page discussing famous compositions, family, a timeline, videos of professional recordings, and links to other resources.  This is a great place to begin researching classical composers.  
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    Website with information on the great classical composers. This is a great resource for having more information on composers when teaching music history.
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    This has a list of important classical composers and a few important facts about them. This could be a great tool for printing out a quick "composer of the week" type of activity where students learn a little bit about specific composers. This works on their music history skills.
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    This website works as a database for many famous composers. Students can use this website to complete music history projects as well as composer projects. Composers are organized by country or by period.
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    The purpose of this website is to portray the artwork of the creator. With the posted artwork are description of the composers available the site. This website would be a useful resource for history facts about composers form multiple musical periods. The website also offers information about prominent and lesser known composers from several countries. YouTube inks are often provided for a listening example of each composer's work.
janaeh09

MusicK8Kids.com: Music, Games, E-cards, Puzzles, and More For Children - 0 views

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    The purpose of this website is to provide a young music student with resources to support music learning. The learning focuses mostly on recorder, pitch identification, and aural identification. Also, there are videos that are available for students to sing along. Overall the site is a kid-friendly that is easy to navigate. The website would be a good resource for recorder skills, aural skills and pitch identification. Elementary or beginning student would benefit from using the site.
ulmjacob

Online Saxophone Lessons by Ryan Fraser - 0 views

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    This site has many lessons to help students better understand how to play saxophone. This site would be good for students who begin playing saxophone late and don't have the chance for the one on one instruction.
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    This is a great resource for everything saxophone related. There are many articles related to basics of saxophone as well as listening recommendations and suggestions on finding a qualified teacher
wesleyknust

CPTP140: Getting Teen Beginners Fired-Up with Jennifer Eklund - Creative Music Education - 0 views

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    A podcast interview with Jennifer Eklund, who has created her own beginner piano method for teenage beginners.
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