1. The Child's Singing Voice - Best Musical Instrument
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

...ildren to learn to play musical instruments can begin by harnessing their child's own instrument, the singing voice. Choosing the best musical instrument for one's child is a challenge and r...

2. How To Develop Your Ear
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

Developing your ear when singing is essential to being someone who can sing well.  Most people are able to tell you the difference between what sounds right and what sounds wrong, but developing

3. Top 20 Reasons Why Children Should Study Music
(Teacher Resources/Advocacy)

...t introduction to the real thing and group musical play classes can prepare a child for later study.  Singing at any age is highly beneficial and linguistic & musical awareness can begin as e...

4. Healthy Voice Habits
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

...o take care of your voice.  While there are a number of illnesses that can impact the quality of your singing voice, there are yet many more preventable factors that can hinder how well you sing....

5. Kum Ba Ya- Free Sheet Music
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)

...baya Someone’s praying, Lord, kumbaya O Lord, kumbaya   Someone’s singing, Lord, kumbaya Someone’s singing, Lord, kumbaya Someone’s sin...

6. The History of Karaoke
(Teacher Resources/Computers)

...nto the popular scene by leasing machines to local bars, which would allow any patron to try their hand at singing a song. Due to the fact that Inoue never patented his Karaoke player , many Japa...

7. EarMaster Pro Ear Training Software Review
(Computer Software/Music Education and Theory Software)

... Interval Identification (identify an interval by pitch and notate it) Interval Singing (singing or playing intervals) Chord Identification (and transcri...

8. Talent That Can Make A Grown Man Cry
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

... British version of American Idol and in front of thousands of live audience members and millions at home, singing what can only be described as an incredible performance of Pie Jesu.  This kid i...

9. Recording Sound On Paper and Stone
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...at Thomas Edison was the first person to make a viable audio recording.  Now a recording of a woman singing "Au Clair De La Lune" has been discovered in an older, paper format made o...

10. Folk Music Preservation
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...r own countries native folk music. They realized that as our world became more industrialized native folk singing was dying out. Since traditional folk music was passed down verbally from generatio...

11. Karaoke Player Buyers Guide
(Teacher Resources/Computers)

... This feature allows the singer to alter the key of the music to bring it down or up to their comfortable singing range. Another useful ability is to be able to adjust the tempo or speed of a song...

12. Finale 2008 Review: Music Notation Software
(Computer Software/Music Notation)

... of the Star Spangled Banner .  With the new Finale 2008 software you can have a singer record their voice singing their part as the music scrolls across the screen.  This recording can then be incorp...

13. Finale 2008 Review: Music Notation Software Package
(Teacher Resources/Computers)

...e Star Spangled Banner .  With the new Finale 2008 software you can have a singer record their voice singing their part as the music scrolls across the screen.  This recording can then be...

14. Alouette- Free Sheet Music
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)

... common and popular folk tune.  Most Engligh speaking children never realize that in essence they are singing a song that goes through the motions of telling a little bird that they are about to ...

15. CMP Diary- Making The Choice To Be A Better Teacher
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...uggled to keep up with some of my subjects. Theory was especially hard, as were aural training and sight singing even though I had considerable choral experience. The biggest change that I had to m...

16. Angels We Have Heard On High- Free Sheet Music
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)

...he Christmas Carol "Angels We Have Heard On High": Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o’er the plains, And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains. ...

17. Rodgers and Hammerstein II, the Greatest Musical Partnership of all Time
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...aying Carousel, softly beckoning me to join in. That I never cease listening to their music and at times singing their songs is a privilege. I’m at it now, " … how I loved you&hel...

18. Patriotic Music: Surprising Secrets
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

... was hugely popular in the North. This didn't prevent Confederate troops from writing their own lyrics and singing the song throughout the South. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home,"...

19. So You Want To Teach As A Private Music Tutor?
(Teacher Resources/Curriculum)

...ivate tuition. 1. Choose a name for your "studio" this can be anything from "Maria's Singing Tuition" to "Bass riff School". Choose one and use it in ALL your adve...

20. 5 Reasons to Learn Music Theory
(Teacher Resources/Music in General)

...ounds too high or too low, or just not right. Well now you can move it into a new key and play at a better singing. 3.Be able to modulate: You will be able to, with a few quick moves of the finger...

21. Where Did The Music Video Come From?
(Teacher Resources/Music in General)

...ngs at that time. Few years later, in the 1930s, these cartoons were changed; they displayed the musicians singing their hit songs in front of the camera in a live-action show. Walt Disney also con...

22. Can You Really Learn To Play Online?
(Teacher Resources/Playing an Instrument)

... How To Play Chord Piano...In Ten Days! Learn To Play Electronic Keyboards Singing Success! Drum patterns online to download! Your own "Drum ...

23. The Importance of Fine Arts in the Classroom
(Teacher Resources/Advocacy)

...an African-American Quartet, Reggae, and Show Tunes. She then incorporated this lesson into the importance singing played to the slaves at that time. Ms. Berghoff had her students read samples of Afri...

24. Harris Interactive Music Education Survey Results
(Bookmarks:Music Ed Links / Teaching / Music Advocacy)

The final report by Harris Interactive on a survey done on the benefits of music education programs in our schools.  Among the many statistics is the overwhelming evidence that students that pa

25. HISTORY OF MUSIC IN ISLAM
(Bookmarks:Music Ed Links / Teaching / Research)

...b site of the Muslim Sufi Order which gives an excellent history are reason why some in the faith consider singing, playing or listening to music to be disrespectful of the Quran ...