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For information about composers, music, instruments of the orchestra and more, click on Classics for Kids. |
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A RESOURCE FOR BAND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
Karen Garrett, Technology Institute for Music Educators Teacher of the Year, has a website offering a variety of music teaching/learning resources. Explore Ms. Garrett’s material at www.musictechteacher.com Garrett outlines beginning band fundamentals: Training in breath control and posture, tone production, proper instrument position and fingerings and basic musicianship. A link offers snare drum rudiments. Another link has interactive lessons. Garrett has lessons and activities on rhythms, intervals, scales and chords. Students can find material on theory, musicians, composers, instruments, technology and more. Teachers will find lesson plans, worksheets, lists of software, quizzes and games, and music technology links and resources.
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TEACHING RESOURCES
For information on teaching materials and other resources for string students and music teachers see the Strings Skills web site.
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www.vpco.net |
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DEVELOPING YOUR MUSICAL EAR
Here is a fun way to develop tonal memory. Simon says try this game. Just click on memory music game and see how high you can score by remembering the sequence of tones. It’s fun and it’s good ear training! When you get really good at Simon Says, click on Sheppard Software Musical Memory Game.
This offers you a more advanced game than Simon Says, but it is still an enjoyable ear training game and an excellent learning activity.
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Violin Instruction “As a violin teacher for the past twenty plus years, Todd Ehle has worked with students of all ages and ability. Todd is a firm believer in the power of will and desire, even over the power of God-given talent. A student with tremendous desire and a love of the instrument, coupled with discipline and perseverance, can achieve amazing results.” Among the topics included in the lessons are the vibrato, Wohlfart etudes, and Kreutzer exercises. For the full complement of lessons on Professor Ehle’s website, click here. |
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STAFF PAPER
Do you need blank music paper? Get paper for general music use, for instrumental music, solos, ensemble, band, orchestra or choir. |
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Music teachers can find articles of interest at this site: musicstaff.com |
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Sounds of the Instruments
Have fun with instruments of the orchestra. Hear their sounds. Find out how they make their sounds, how they are constructed, and the materials that are used to make them. |
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Instruments of the orchestra:
For a history and description of instruments found in a symphony orchestra, including sound examples and a glossary of musical terms, click here. |
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More violin help: Try this site for extensive fine tuning on the ins and outs of violin playing. Click here. |
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Families of the Orchestra: To find information on families of musical instruments and to see how they are related by the ways they produce sound, click here. |
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Learning to read music?
Practice on line at this site: Click on Notes The Note Trainer lets you test yourself, setting your own range of notes on the clef of your choice. For more advanced help, click here for theory lessons, ear training and various utilities. |
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A useful web site for information on the violin, viola or cello, playing positions, techniques of playing the instruments and music basics is: violinonline.com |
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Need to identify intervals?
Want to know more about natural, melodic, and harmonic scales? Need to review the Circle of Fifths or major and minor key signatures? Click here for basic Music Theory information including note reading, (pitch, values, meter), intervals and scales, chords and expression marks. Also read about instruments, music professions and more. |
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Click on PlayMusic.org for answers to frequently asked questions, information on playing technique, tips on composing your own music, and more. |
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For information on instructional strategies for string instruments and activities for developing musicianship and more, try the Michael Hopkins String Pedagogy Notebook site. |
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On–Line Resources for Music Students and Teachers Listed below are some fresh approaches to learning music theory, harmony, tones and intervals. Our computer-literate youngsters will enjoy these interactive activities. Click on the links for a delightful learning experience. www.emusictheory.com 4 Stretches for Any String Player1. Place your right hand over your left shoulder. With your left palm on your right elbow, gently push your right hand farther over your left shoulder. Reverse arms and repeat. 2. Reach as high as you can and make a fist with both hands. Gently flex your wrists upward and downward and then side to side. Gently flex your fingers in and out. 3. Place your right hand behind your head between your shoulder blades. With your left hand, gently push your right elbow over behind your head. Reverse arms and repeat. 4. Extend your arms behind you and clasp your hands together. Gently raise your arms as high as you can. Repeat.
By clinician Kathleen DeBerry Brungard and author James Reel, STRINGS Magazine |
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Here is an excellent site for music education: |
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Find Us:
Michael Bodine Conductor Leesville High School Band Hall michaelbodine@vpsb.k12.la.us
Dr. Karen Gordy Associate Conductor, Founder Sizzlin’Strings Studio kgandbg@cebridge.net |
