Your+Teaching-Music

=Examples=


 * [|Amazing Juggling Finale] - Watch without sound, then add sound. A great example of how music changes everything!
 * [|"French Horn" Musician] ;-) - A French-speaker who treats his listeners to a unique and amazing array of classical music with his suit of horns
 * [|Nike Golf Tiger Woods] - Notice the use of sound - what feelings are created?
 * [|Roller Blade Bottle Tune Guy] - Useful for thinking not only about how sound changes the meaning of a moving image, but also about the relationship of movement to music and harmony . . . also a nice metaphor for thinking about movement through a lesson and how a teacher's instructional decisions re: the processes and structures with which students engage change the experience(s) it is possible for them to have and the learning they can do

=Interactive Activities=


 * [|Music-Map] - Type in your favorite musician and this site will generate a concept map-like web that shows how their music relates to that of other musicians
 * [|Super Duper Music Looper] This demo will help you understand the idea of tracks and layering

= = = = =Links=

[|my del.icio.us]
 * [|iTunes crosses language barrier with Foreign Exchange - Yahoo! News]

=**Reading & Resources**=


 * [|Beyond Band: Music Technology Inspires Students]
 * [|Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers]
 * [|Music] - Cherice's most recent bookmarks re: the topic
 * [|Oliver Sachs Podcast] Discusses imagination and music
 * [|Ruckus music and movie download service FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)] - Free downloads for MSU students
 * [|Why music sounds right to our ears!]

=**Software**=

[|Sony Creative Software - Super Duper Music Looper - Flash Demo]


 * Black History Tour Group - //[|We Won't Give Up]// - Useful for discussing perseverance.


 * John Mayer - //Room for squares.// The song //No such thing// makes a nice addition to inservice meetings in which students' perspectives and the purposes of schooling are the topics of conversation.


 * John Mayer - //[|Waiting on the World to Change] - From Continuum.// Great for thinking about the role that students could potentially play as change agents.


 * O'Neal, Jamie. (2000). [|Frantic]. //Shiver.// Universal City, CA: Mercury Records. - This song is excellent for stimulating a discussion of the need for building leadership capacity, delegation, distributed leadership, and down time. Lyrics available at: http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/jamie-o-neal/frantic-6612.html The song, [|59th Street Bridge Song] by Simon & Garfunkel makes a nice counterpoint to this one. Lyrics available at: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/simon+and+garfunkel/the+59th+street+bridge+song_10215645.html **- [|chericem1]** [[image:https://www.wikispaces.com/user/pic/chericem1-sm.jpg width="16" height="16" caption="external image chericem1-sm.jpg"]]


 * Simon & Garfunkel - //Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.// The song, //7 O'Clock News/Silent Night// provides a phenomenal example of point/counterpoint and how media can be combined to produce social commentary. There are a number of other songs on this album that would also be useful for staff development, including //The 59th Street Bridge Song// (about the need for down time, reflection, etc. - makes a good counterpoint to Jamie O'Neal's //Frantic//) and //The Dangling Conversation// about the need for communication.

> This book uses a combination of text and images to illustrate the meaning and message of the song by Lee Ann Womack. (The book comes with a CD inside.) Lyrics available at: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/lee+ann+womack/i+hope+you+dance_20082214.html [user:chericem1]]
 * Sanders, Mark D., & Sillers, Tia. (2000). //[|I hope you dance].// Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press. ISBN 1-55853-844-5.


 * Schwartz, Stephen - //Wicked: A new musical.// There are numerous songs on this album that can be used to stimulate thinking about leadership and change, including //[|Defying Gravity] -// Lyrics available at: http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/wicked/defyinggravity.htm//, [|No Good Deed] - Lyrics available at: http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/w/wicked22494/nogooddeed1201474.html, and //[|For Good]//. Lyrics available at: [|http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/wicked/forgood.htm/]


 * Lee Ann Womack - //[|I hope you dance]////.// The song is particularly good for addressing the need for risktaking in leadership.


 * Yo Yo Ma - //Soul of the tango.// This entire album works well as background "work" music.

=Supplemental Resources & Materials=

A Brief History of Singing
[|http://www.lawrence.edu/~koopmajo/] This contains links to the following topics related to the history of singing: Antiquity to 1590, Opera Develops 1590-1680, Opera Becomes Standardized 1680-1760, Expressivity 1760-1850, Continuous Music 1850-1920, Modernism 1920-Onwards, Bibliography.

Arranging Music for Concerts
[|http://www.u.arizona.edu/~tirwin/radioenergy.html] This activity asks students to analyze the energy of various pieces of music in an attempt to explain why radio stations program their music as they do (and to show students how to arrange music for a concert).

Beginning CD Swap
http://www.talentz.com/cgi-bin/miva?MusicEd/LessonPlans This lesson plan asks students to compare and contrast classical music with popular music.

Creating a Composition Using Tone Bells and Phone Numbers
[|http://www.u.arizona.edu/~tirwin/phonenumber.html] This post provides a complete lesson plan for an interactive group activity that teaches students to create melody and to add rhythm to it.

Creating a Major Scale
[|http://www.u.arizona.edu/~tirwin/scale.html] This post provides a complete lesson plan for teaching the major scale to students using an experiment that requires a guitar and a worksheet.

Creating a Percussion Composition
[|http://www.u.arizona.edu/~tirwin/percussion.html] This post provides a complete lesson plan for an interactive activity that teaches students to identify various rhythms and to record them using musical notation.

K-12 Resources for Music Educators
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html This page contains an //extensive// list of on-line resources for music educators, including web sites for band teachers, orchestra teachers, vocal/choral teachers, and classroom music teachers as well as valuable sites for all music educators and links to commercial resources.

MENC: Information for Teachers and Administrators
http://www.menc.org/information/prek12/prek12.html This page contains links to a variety of resources for music educators, including links to the National Standards, a link to a page on television listings of interest to music teachers, and links to professional journals and organizations.

Music Education Composition Network
http://205.202.10.109/comp/lessonplans.html This collection of lessons (which includes whole class composition activities, small group composition activities, and individual composition activities) is intended to serve as an example of how music composition can be used to help bring learners to a better understanding through interaction with the elements of music. Sample lesson titles include: Peter and the Wolf, Rhythm Rondo, Echo Clapping Taken to the Next Level, Writing a Mini Opera, Melody Puzzle, Interpreting Nontraditional Notation, Using Rhythms Creatively, Minimalist Techniques, Scales—The Building Blocks of Melody, Found Sound, From Ostinato to Sequenced Melody, Interval Studies, Theme and Variation, Phone Number Motives, and Soundscape.

Music in American Culture--A Page from Mozart’s Minuet Game
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/vc/techrole/txtsld005.htm A sample slide from an on-line PowerPoint presentation which shows the dice game Mozart invented which would allow anyone to compose music.

Music in American Culture
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/vc/techrole/txtsld007.htm This sample slide from an on-line PowerPoint presentation shows how someone created fractals using a numerical adaptation of Mozart’s dice game.

National School Network Exchange—Music Online: The New Memphis Blues & Mahler in Blue Light
http://nsn.bbn.com/motet/ This site contains links to an on-line music appreciation curriculum, RealAudio sound files, and background on blues.

Physical Exercises for Singers
http://www.furman.edu/%7ebschoon/Exer.html This site contains information on physical exercises for singers.

Playing C Major & G7 Chords in the Right Hand
[|http://www.u.arizona.edu/~tirwin/cg7.html] This post provides complete lesson plans (including worksheets) for a paired activity which teaches students to play B below middle C, to play the C Major and G7 chords with the right hand, and to play //Mary Ann// as a duet.

Music in Schools on the Upbeat—Researchers Find Active Music Making Expands the Brain
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2405/feature.html This page contains an excerpt from an article entitled “Researchers Find Active Music Making Expands the Brain” which might make a nice reading intervention activity if more of the article were used. The full article can be found in Nature, New York times ([|http://www.nytimes.com)]

Rhythm in Visual Arts & Music
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/student/rhythm1.html This page contains links to tons of activities which combine the use of music and rhythm with art.

Sound Composition
[|http://www.u.arizona.edu/~tirwin/soundcomposition.html] This activity (which comes complete with instructions and worksheets) teaches students about the importance of rhythm, texture, and dynamics and demonstrates how they make a piece of music more interesting. Students create and perform their own original compositions for the class as a culmination to this activity.

Unscrambling Can You Feel The Love Tonight
[|http://www.u.arizona.edu/~tirwin/unscramble.html] This post provides complete lesson plans for an interactive, hands-on activity which allows students to practice reading musical notation.

Vocal Links: Vocal Health
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/2200/healinks.html This page contains links to a variety of sites related to vocal music, including links to topics such as: FAQs Regarding Voice Problems, Guidelines for Singers: Dos and Don’ts, Keeping it Moist, Medicine in the Vocal Arts, Survival Tips for Choral Singers, Tips on Vocal Health, Tension and Relaxation, and Warming up the Voice.

Vocalist Monthly Archives
http://www.vocalist.org/html/ This site contains links to back issues of the VOCALIST-DIGEST newsletter.

Worksheet on Song Interpretation
http://www.furman.edu/%7ebschoon/interp.html The worksheet posted at this site is designed to help prepare a performer mentally for interpreting songs and arias in performance.

Writing a Rap Song
[|http://www.u.arizona.edu/~tirwin/rap.html] This post provides complete lesson plans for teaching students to arrange poetry into a rhythm piece.

= = =Tools=


 * [|Audacity] Free audio creation and editing software
 * [|Google Video], [|YouTube], [|iFilm] Notice the role of music with video
 * [|iLife] Apple's comprehensive, easy to use suite for multimedia creation and editing
 * [|iTunes] The most well-known source for audio and video: music, music videos, ebooks, podcasts, and enhanced podcasts
 * [|Live Plasma], [|Musicovery], [|Pandora] and [|Music-Map] Think of your favorite genres and artists and use these websites to find related music and artists
 * [|MTV Billboard Charts] Discover music from various genres

Videos

 * [|Rollerblade bottle tune guy - YouTube]
 * [|Ruben's Tube - YouTube]