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The Digital Music Educator

English - Music Education, Music Technology
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The Digital Music Educator · 1Y ago

Free metronomes for your students!

Teacher:  ”Do you practice with a metronome?” Student:  ”I don’t have one.” Teacher: “Why not?” Student: “I don’t know where to get one and we don’t have the money to buy one!” How many times has this conversation happened in band rooms across the country?  Today I asked this very question and the s
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The Digital Music Educator · 1Y ago

Realistic Guitar Controller- now we’re talking!

Ever since Guitar Hero came out I have been thinking about how great it would be if we could have a controller that was set up like a real guitar- thus encouraging real chord and note learning skills.  It looks like we are there!  This new controller by Mad Catz is the closest thing yet [...]
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The Digital Music Educator · 1Y ago

Drillbook app for Iphone

With the marching competition season upon us I just had to mention this.  We are witnessing a whole new era- no more set books (spiral notebooks) and pencils- you can even send to your printer- cool! Drill Book App for Iphone
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The Digital Music Educator · 1Y ago

From Band Director to Band Dad

This year my Daughter started high school, and I’m really excited that she has decided to join the marching band.  She is not attending the school where I teach (band), but that is a long story for another time.  I have been a band director for 22 years, and one of the biggest reasons that [...]
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The Digital Music Educator · 1Y ago

Ivor Novello Awards- recognizing songwriters

Lyndsey McLaughlin of http://www.onlinephdprograms.com Ivor Novello Awards When we hear music we enjoy, it is extremely easy to take for granted all the hard work that has gone into composition of the song. Instead, we tend to focus on the artist performing the work. Even most music awards celebrate
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The Digital Music Educator · 1Y ago

15 Places to Find Free Music Online

By: Karen Schweitzer There are many different sites that allow users to listen to and download free music online. Some sites even offer the ability to share music and playlists with friends through websites, blogs, and social media sites. Here are 15 great places to find free and legal music on the
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The Digital Music Educator · 1Y ago

Famous Bands who started in college

A while back I was contacted by Kaitlyn Cole about an article on the Online Universities website.  I was really blown away by who was on the top 10 list including some of my favorites (R.E.M, Pink Floyd, Queen- guess I am dating myself here…) What a great conversation starter for any general music c
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The Digital Music Educator · 2Y ago

15 Resources for Elementary Music Teachers

The web is an excellent resource for music teachers who need free education materials for the elementary classroom. There are a number of sites that offers articles about music education and teaching strategies, lesson plans, classroom tools, children’s songs, fingerplays, and other helpful material
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The Digital Music Educator · 2Y ago

Get “hip” to your kids’ music with playlist and Lala

Before the Christmas break, my alternative music class was working on their projects- “covering” their favorite song, learning the tabs (or notation) and preparing a performance for recording. In the past I have always used itunes to download the songs they were working on so that I had a “frame of
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The Digital Music Educator · 2Y ago

A Bloggable Moment: Biggest Compliment EVER!!!!

I just finished teaching my Music Theory 1/Ap Music Theory class (that’s right I have both levels in the same class- talk about differentiating instruction!) there are 30 students, and since I had to “convince” my school to offer the class (they won’t open a section with less than 25 students) I had
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