These easy-to-read, progressive exercises by Joanne Martin develop a student's reading skills one stage at a time, with many repetitions at each stage. I Can Read Music is designed as a first note-reading book for students of string instruments who have learned to play using an aural approach such as the Suzuki Method®, or for traditionally taught students who need extra note reading practice. Its presentation of new ideas is clear enough that it can be used daily at home by quite young children and their parents, with the teacher checking progress every week or two.

How do children learn music? And how can music teachers help children to become independent and self-sufficient musical thinkers? Author Eric Bluestine sheds light on these issues in music education.

Packed full with tasks, activities and reflections to help student-teachers to integrate the theory and practice of music education, this book aims to develop open and reflective practitioners who will critically examine their own and others’ ideas about music education and the way in which children learn music.

Basic survival may be your top priority when you accept an assignment as the substitute music teacher! Equip yourself with this invaluable kit of kid-tested songs, games, activities, practice pages and detailed teaching suggestions for each. Use these substitute plans as complete lessons or as supplements to the regular music teacher's lesson plans. You and your students never thought music class could be so much fun! The Instrument Sound Samples cassette contains sound samples of electronic, folk and orchestral instruments and provides a perfect supplement to games in the book. For Grades K-6.

"Lessons from a Street-Wise Professor" sheds light on what every successful musician knows but most music schools don't teach--that a musician, regardless of instrument or specialty, is a small business and with that comes the need for entrepreneurial savvy.

These easy-to-read, progressive exercises by Joanne Martin develop a student's reading skills one stage at a time, with many repetitions at each stage. I Can Read Music is designed as a first note-reading book for students of string instruments who have learned to play using an aural approach such as the Suzuki Method®, or for traditionally taught students who need extra note reading practice. Its presentation of new ideas is clear enough that it can be used daily at home by quite young children and their parents, with the teacher checking progress every week or two.

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In The Music Teacher, a penetrating and richly entertaining look into the heart and mind of a woman who has failed both as an artist and as a wife, Barbara Hall, award-winning creator and writer of such hit television series as Judging Amy and Joan of Arcadia, tells the story of a violinist who has accepted the limitations of her talent and looks for the casual satisfaction of trying to instill her passion for music in others. She gets more than she bargains for, however, when a young girl named Hallie enters her life. For here at last is the real thing: someone with the talent and potential to be truly great. In her drive to shape this young girl into the artist the teacher could never be, she makes one terrible mistake. As a result she is forced to reevaluate her whole life and come to terms with her future. Hall has crafted a thoroughly engrossing novel that examines the pitfalls of failure and holds up a mirror to the face of a culture that places success and achievement above all else.

"MLT Any Music Teacher Can Du...De" breaks down Gordon's Music Learning Theory into simple, easy to understand language and manageable chunks. No Ph.D. required! This book is a companion to The Literate Musician: How to Hear, Think, Speak, Read and Write the Language of Music, and is divided into 3 parts: Part I: The Theory of Music Learning Theory Part II: The Practical Applications of Music Learning Theory Part III: Curriculum Development (a Sample 10 unit MLT Curriculum) This useful tool for any music teacher K-100 contains the following highlights: Pattern Taxonomies in Duple, Triple, Major and Minor Musicianship Ideas Whole-Part-Wholes Ideas for making Learning Sequence Activities practical Many charts for sequencing objectives Maintaining and establishing an Audiation Foundation Dozens of songs in many tonalities and meters with teaching ideas Many ideas for how to incorporate Bucket Drums and ukulele! "Can Do" Objectives at each skill level Connect your songs and instrumental activities to the musicianship objectives in LSAs Fun games with parachutes, scarves, bean bags and puppets In addition, the book contains a ★257 page Digital Appendix★ with links to YouTube video lessons (!), reproducibles, truncated student lessons, Keyboard Cheat Sheet, Tonality Cheat Sheet, Rhythm Cheat Sheet, writing sheets, and all Reading Benchmarks from the student edition.

This powerful little 52 page music theory book is a great place to start for any music lover wanting to understand how music works. Also a YouTube sensation with over a quarter million students, this method shines a fresh light on music theory. The most basic and necessary topics in music theory are covered in depth here, using easy to understand visual aids and straight-forward English. This book applies to anyone who plays any instrument. The Musical Alphabet - Begin to associate pitch with letters. Scales - Use those letters to build scales, the most basic building block in music. Intervals and Musical Distance - Use scales to build intervals and create beautiful harmony. Melody - Use scales to create beautiful melodies. Harmony - Create chord progressions that make your melodies sing. Inverting Intervals and Chords - Learn to manipulate your intervals and chords for more interesting sounds. The Tritone - Use this spicy interval to create tension and resolution in your audience. Other Types of Chords and Their Functions - More chord flavors so you can begin mixing unique sounds together. The Circle of Fifths - This secret ingredient for knowing all chords and scales instantly is covered in depth. Borrowing Across Keys - Learn to borrow from other scales to create a mixture of feeling. Modes - Learn modes to create even more melodies!