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Brief History of Early 20th Century Music

Perhaps the most obvious and sweeping change that has affected the first part of the 20th century has been the rapid advance of technology. Radio and television broadcasting, records and compact discs have changed musical life beyond imagination.  Music has now become a commodity, readily available anywhere.   Against this background of change and development, although traditional sounds of classical music still persist, experiments using these new methods occurred in the early part of the 20th century.

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The School Choral Program Student Leadership and Motivation DVD Review

In yet another timely DVD presentation Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser brings his wisdom and inspirational teachings on student leadership to a new group of students.  More well known perhaps for his work with high school bands, Dr. Tim turns hi...

 

Trends and Technologies Shaping Music Education

This article includes a PDF presentation given during the 2008 Iowa Music Educator's Association Conference on the topic of the latest trends and new technologies that are poised to change music education as we know it today. ...

 
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Top Ten String and Orchestra Recruiting Tips For Teachers

Recruitment strategies can often make or break a string orchestra program. This is why it is so important to have a plan of action that takes you from the first day of school to the last. Here is a list of top ten recruitment tips for str...

 

Brief History of Romantic Music

The Romantic Period is from c.1820 – 1900, with Early Romantic Period (1820-1850) and Late Romantic Period (1850-1900.) Up until the early part of the 1800s, music was ordered and refined. After the 1820s, emotional expression was con...

 
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Sacred vs. Secular Music In Public School Concerts

It's that time of year again when thoughts turn to holiday concerts and that one, slight possibility that lingers in the back of a teacher's mind that someone, somewhere in the audience will make a stink because of the inclusion of one or...

 
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Learning strategies are important for piano students. Having developed great learning strategies over years of teaching experience is what makes good teachers. Young piano students, however, need a bi

2. The Piano Wizard: Review
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A Review Of Allegro Rainbow's Latest "Learn To Play The Piano" System  When it comes to learning to play the piano there can be no doubt that lessons from a private, real life p

3. Piano Student's Mom Jumps in Lion's Den
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"My 6 year old daughter really loves the piano and wants to learn to play, but when I try to help her she gets very upset with me. What should I do? Help!"  The piano mom who a

4. Google Earth to Piano - Find the Music
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Find the core reason why piano students fail to achieve goals, and lose their way in piano class.  Learn a simple practice habit to keep this from happening to you or your piano students.

5. eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method Review
(Computer Software/Learn To Play an Instrument)
Unlike online piano tutoring software the eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method does an excellent job teaching beginners how to play the piano as well as including vital theory and aural training concept

6. The Keyboard Instruments
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
A keyboard instrument is the set of adjacent depressible keys on a musical instrument. The piano is an obvious example. Keyboards contain keys for playing the notes of the musical sca

7. Caring for a Piano From the Moment of Purchase
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
Choosing the best setting for your piano and caring for it once you have it will ensure that you have many hours of enjoyable playing time. If you have a piano, you've probably made it the cen

8. History and Role of the piano in the Modern World
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
The modern piano developed its form from two keyboard instruments, the clavichord and the harpsichord, which originated from early in music history. These keyboard instruments operate on the principle

9. So You Want to be President? Learn to Play a Musical Instrument!
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
...ple who were being displaced and massacred by Hitler’s Nazi Germany, claimed to have practiced his piano lessons for two hours every morning during his childhood. Likewise, President Warren Hard...

10. Brief History of Classical Music
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...rst appeared in 1747, became very important. Composers also wrote a lot of music for the newly-developed piano as it allowed them to use the effects of loud and soft music. Franz Joseph ...

11. A Review of My Piano by eMedia Software
(Computer Software/Learn To Play an Instrument)
The newest release from eMedia, My Piano is a fun, well thought out software based method for learning piano for the total beginner.   Built for ages 6 and up, this MIDI capable program brings piano i

12. Free Trombone Music Recordings
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
...; by Arthur Pryor as performed by Christian Lindberg, trombone (5:33) Ballade for Trombone and Piano by David Rubenstein as performed by Christian Lindberg, trombone (7:54) Morceau ...

13. Piano Lessons And Perfectionism
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
Are you a perfectionist? Does every note have to sound right before it comes out of your piano? If so, you might be cheating yourself out of the joy of music making. Most of us learned how to be perfe

14. Can You Really Learn To Play Online?
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
...ing Guitar Learn Chords Fast Instant Chord Finding Software Download 84 Piano Chords “Crash Course” in Exciting Piano Playing on DVD’s! ...

15. A Brief Biography of Mozart
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...d great musical talent beginning at a very young age. One day at age three, as his father concluded a piano lesson with his sister young Wolfgang walked over to the piano and began to play back t...

16. Brief History of Romantic Music
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
... orchestra. However, it was included in military bands, later, more associated with jazz bands. The Piano and Virtuoso Composers By 1800, the piano was mechanically up and by the mid-1800s, t...

17. New Age Music - How It's Made
(Teacher Resources/Music in General)
... New Age music. Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for ov...

18. The Master Key of Music For Piano
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...e structures that make up our music a second thought. Perhaps we should, and the Master Key of Music for Piano attempts to do just that, change the way we think about music, how it is written, and how...

19. The Master Key of Music For Piano
(Books/Music Appreciation)
...e structures that make up our music a second thought. Perhaps we should, and the Master Key of Music for Piano attempts to do just that, change the way we think about music, how it is written, and how...

20. M-Audio Keystation 49e
(Computer Hardware/MIDI Keyboards and Equipment)
...t and the novice.  Whether purchased as an individual unit or in a bundle with the highly acclaimed Piano Wizard piano instruction system, the Keystation 49e is a solid and useful accessory. ...

21. The Stars and Stripes Forever - Free Sheet Music
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)
...ment. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SHEET MUSIC CONTAINS THE BASIC MELODY PARTS ALONG WITH A FULL PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT. This piano arrangment is courtesy of the Mutopia Project . You can ...

22. Do I Need a Sequencer for my Keyboard?
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)
Learn about MIDI sequencers and whether they make sense for you based on your music objectives. Many popular brands including Yamaha, Korg and Kurzweil have built in sequencers today but vary in t

23. Music as it is Defined
(Teacher Resources/Music in General)
...ary 1922 issue of magazine "Etude Musical Magazine." This article is featured at http://www.thepianopages.com, along with free piano lessons, sheet music, products, and lots more. ...

24. Does Reading Make Music?
(Teacher Resources/Curriculum)
...------------------ Ron Worthy is a Music Educator, Songwriter and Performer. His Web Site, Play Piano Like a PRO, offers Proven Tips, Tool, and Strategies (that anyone can learn) to Play ...

25. Frederick Chopin- His Childhood
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...o tears. Chopin's Early Performances  While he learned many instruments he focused on the piano giving his first public concert at age nine. In his youthful ignorance he honestly beli...

26. Jesus Loves Me- Free Sheet Music
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)
... World's Greatest Hymns Arranged by Jerry Ray. Songbook (spiral bound) for voice and piano. 144 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (AP.6662) See more info.. &...

27. Top 20 Reasons Why Children Should Study Music
(Teacher Resources/Advocacy)
... because singing is a tremendous gateway to confident communication and full self-expression. The piano is usually the best musical instrument to start with because it does not require any spec...

...ould arrange dance bands for weddings and parties for extra money. His mother taught him how to play the piano. Sometimes he put this knowledge to use and played at a few of the dance parties and wedd...

29. Brief History of Early 20th Century Music
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
..., Opus 21 (atonal)    Schoenberg's Violin Concerto, Opus 36 (12-tone) Schoenberg's Piano Concerto, Opus 42 (12-tone) Berg's Chamber Concerto Berg's Lyric Suite ...

30. Brief History of the Renaissance Period
(Teacher Resources/Music History)
...struments included the harpsichord, recorder family, the oboe, and the clavichord which is an early piano.   ...

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