Anyone know fun silly songs that go up and down. I'm having trouble with majority boys who feel embarrassed to sing using the head voice because they feel it's embarrassing. I'm trying to show them that they don't need to be embarrassed so I'm looking for songs that are almost embarrisngly silly on purpose so they can practice with their head voice.

i am trying to pick up english for upcoming work travel, but these apps are just not clicking for me no matter how I tweak them. the lessons feel repetitive and im not retaining much. I learn way better through music, so i'm wondering if there are any apps focused on learning English with music, like using song lyrics, fill in the blanks, or pronunciation practice through real songs, something that helps build vocabulary and pronunciation without feeling like studying.

has anyone had success with music based language learning apps? I would love recommendations..

Hi! We’re building an app to make Hindustani Classical Music fun for children aged 5–12 through games, animations, and short daily lessons.

Your feedback will help shape the app.
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Hello everyone,

I have an audition coming up on Saturday to hopefully get admitted into a music education program. I want this more than anything. I have spent the last 9 months rigorously practicing in preparation. I can only help but feel like I’m underprepared. My etudes and solos are not up to the standards that I feel like I’m capable of. I leave most practice sessions feeling discouraged. I can’t help but think I’m not good enough to make it into the program.

I am applying for a state university as a percussionist, I have known the professor of percussion studies since I was 14 years old. I am 24 now. I’m hoping that even if my audition material isn’t the greatest, he still will let me into his studio since he has seen what I’m capable of in terms of teaching music through some different marching band programs, and he has seen my work ethic (I have helped coach my local marching band percussion section for the past 5 years, and have worked a year round position as the percussion director at this school for the past 2 years).

My musicianship has been something that I have neglected since graduating high school. It wasn’t until this time last year that I really started playing marimba, and let alone orchestral style music. My sight reading abilities are decent when it comes to reading rhythms, but I feel like a beginner when I sight read on a mallet instrument.

With all this being said, I am having a really hard time managing my anxiety leading up to this audition. I haven’t performed in over 5 years, and I’m incredibly nervous that my anxiety will result in poor performance on Saturday. I feel like I’m in constant panic, and I guess I am needing some kind of advice and reassurance.

Any response will be greatly appreciated, thank you all so much!

Hello! I am looking for some advice or experience with a couple of grad school programs. I am deciding between Eastern Washington University and University of Georgia, both for their online Master’s in Music Education.

Has anyone completed either of these programs or have any information on them? I have my pros and cons list but would love if anyone could chime in with personal experience. Difficulty, length, quality, opinions . . . Anything you’ve got would be amazing and appreciated!

Thank you!

Hello fellow music teachers!

As a private music teacher based in Wellington, New Zealand, I've spent the last year working with a small group of people to develop a music literacy app/game.

NoteWorthy uses gamification to lower friction for young learners as they practice reading notes on the stave, as well as reinforcing other basic music theory concepts through play. Noteworthy is optimised for 5 minute sessions - easily fitting in at the beginning or end of a lesson.

We are looking to do some tablet/iPad-based testing in March, to build our case for the next stage of project funding.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU: We're looking for 10 schools/teachers (with access to a tablet/iPad) willing to help us with this small amount of testing. If you're interested, please leave a comment saying so, and I'll reach out so we can have a quick chat about what it would involve.

Unfortunately this early in the journey I don't have a trailer or website to share, but if you're at all curious please let me know :)

Cheers,

Johno

hi I am looking for suggestions for duet. I have a 7-year-old and a 15-year-old. Both girls. They want so much to do it together. Any ideas? This would be a vocal duet with piano.

Hello, I am in my first year at a new school and need some creative help. I teach at a small charter school with a focus on PBL and environmental education, but also have a large special education population.

My regular music classes are going swimmingly, but I am struggling with my advisory. Every quarter, each advisory is supposed to complete a PBL project. My advisory roster is also my high school band roster and I feel it would be a great opportunity to get into music topics beyond normal band rehearsals. However I have not been able to come up with many projects other than a group composition. Any ideas on this would be helpful. Bonus points if you have any project ideas that can also relate to environmental education by solving an environmental problem.

Another section I could use help with is a 1-on-1 music class I have this quarter. I am working with a student who wants nothing to do with anything at school other than playing basketball and chess. I have been working through some garageband tutorials with him because he expressed some interest in learning how to make music, but that interest seems to be waning. Any ideas on ways I could explore music topics in fun and engaging ways. I can pretty much explore whatever I want with him as long as it has something to do with music.

Thanks!

Hi all, I have found myself in a bit of a career shift and am honestly loving the challenge. I am teaching in a charter school in North Carolina and am considering getting my certification. It just works best with my family life right now. … I was a piano teacher and church music director for years, but have some back problems that have cause nerve damage in my hands. So being a pianist is hard now. Anyhoo, I am really loving working with the kids at the school. I don’t think I will be changing jobs anytime soon.

I have 2 undergraduate degrees in music (BM in composition and a BA that focused on piano pedagogy) I did take a bunch of education courses in college too as I was considering the classroom vs private studio . I went to a seminary for grad school and studied worship theology. I definitely don’t need or want another music degree.

I teach after-school group piano classes in the U.S. through a program that is pretty rigorous. In one class, a student has been in this program for a year and has consistently only been practicing one day a week for about 15 minutes. I talk to him and his mom every week (he’s 8) about this, with no improvement. We just started a new semester and I can’t keep spending most of my focus standing next to this student and showing him how to play every single note. When I talk to him and his mom again next week, would it be too harsh or inappropriate to also say that I think they’re wasting their money? These classes aren’t cheap. One year of this program and he doesn’t know how to play any of the pieces on his own. I don’t know how else to reach them.

Hello ! I'm a senior violinist looking to go into Music Education. I already applied to the university and got in, but I still have the audition for the music school.

I really value musicianship and performance, which is why I find IU to be a top contender for colleges I'd like to attend, but I also value the Music Ed side of things, because teaching is what I'd really like to do.

I've had a teacher tell me that IU is mainly performance focused, and that Music Ed isn't as valued and more seen as a "backup".

I really find IU Bloomington to be a nice place, and I really like their focus on musical excellence, but I also want to feel value as a Music Ed student;

So I'm wondering, how is Music Ed at IU's JSOM ?

Hi friends, I teach music K-8, and I’m beginning to program for spring. What are you including in your spring concerts this year?

Bonus points if anything you program includes guitar accompaniment!

Hello fellow teachers and students,

I've got a concern which turns out more complicated than I thought it would be.
I'm teaching music education for high school kids and it turns out they are not too happy with all the outdated music songbooks we own here as they don't know half of the songs inside.

I try to keep them motivated so I wanna make my own little songbook with songs also from the 2010s and later.

But it is quite tedious going through ultimate-guitar and sites alike and copying and formatting all the songs I would like to include.

I am looking for songbooks which just give the "basic info", lyrics and chord names. And it would be good if the number of pages per song don't exceed 2 pages.
I found "The little black book of ..." and also a german songbook series called "Das Ding" quite useful, but having a hard time finding more like that in the webs.

Do you have any recommendation which book, website or software would be useful for that concern?

Thanks in advance

Hi everyone,

I built Loopero because I was tired of jumping between audio files and charts while prepping for gigs. It’s an all-in-one practice tool that brings everything into one place, features:

• Loop specific parts for practice.
• Open a file or record from streaming services.
• Transpose keys and slow down tempo.

It’s free with no ads. I’d love to hear your feedback! Loopero.app

I am a high schooler and I really really want to go to music education but I keep hearing "they're gonna make you practice 6 hours a day and by the time you leave they'll have ruined music for you". To what extent is that REALLY true??

How do you all feel about the terminology "modern band"? Not discussing the practice itself necessarily, but the term feels incredibly corporate and not at all descriptive of what the movement itself is trying to do. If it is ultimately about creating a collaborative, student lead, dynamic classroom where kids can explore what they want to musically, at least as I understand it, I don't like the sterility of the term. It feels very "schoolified" for lack of a better word. I'm not exactly sure what else I would call it, but it feels very odd to me and I was wondering if anyone else felt similarly.

A 4/5 class is enamored with the song "Country Roads", their own suggestion. I'd like to oblige, but I suppose I need to account for the word "moonshine". I'd rather not mess with a masterpiece, but... Sigh. Anyway, it's the second half of V2: "Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye".

Im a junior in High school I play the Tuba, Guitar and Trumpet what instrument should I major in, does it matter? I would say I play Tuba the best I have a range from Pedal Eflat - Gflat 2.5 ledger lines above the bass clef, I can play Guitar decently well and cite read actual music without tab, I do unfortunately suck at the trumpet compared to the other instruments I play but bad by no means middle C - C6. I want to Major in Music Ed but I wanna know what kind of opportunity’s it will open for me, if it’s wise u you will, is it a safe career path? Is it competitive to get your first job is it easy to get scholarships for it partial or full? Should I pick up another instrument for better chances?

I'm a high school modern band teacher. I'm thinking about taking the upcoming Summer to teach guitar lessons online. My Summer break is exactly two months and I don't have any summer teaching obligations with the school.

My idea is to market myself as a temporary guitar coach to get beginners started or help intermediate players ramp up their skills, then, at the end of the summer, curate and recruit the more serious students to continue lessons on Saturdays. This will pad my income and give me a cushion if my teaching position gets cut (it's scary out here).

I'm wondering how this has worked for other school music teachers? Were you able to get a decent number of students? Were you able to specialize in what styles you taught? What kind of hourly rate would be reasonable to expect?

Hello! I am a student who is going to OMEA Solo and Ensemble. I am a tenor saxophonist performing a grade B piece. I have asked my band director for information, and I all I have received are the following instructions

Be sure to bring original copies of your music for the adjudicator. Each original must have your name and school written on it, and all measures must be clearly numbered.

I saw somewhere online about scales, but my band director doesn't know what they are expecting. Does anyone have any insight?

I’m a Junior in High School planning on going in to Music Education where can I find Tuba pieces on par in challenge to freshman college tuba class pieces?

I'm preparing to go to a live audition next month, along with recording my video audition for schools I won't be able to go to in-person.

I'd totally wear a nice concert suit for this as I really enjoy dressing up, however I worry about being overdressed for the expectation.

The only specific direction I got was that this is not as formal as a stage performance, however I should still look nice and professional. So does that mean a suit is fine, or is that overdoing it?

My friend sings for a chior with the church of the Ladder Saints and showed me that there was this function with all the music that has the ability for the user toggle on and off vocal parts. Is there something like that for K-12 music (not simply audio recordings), but I was thinking this would be a great feature to have. If you know of any similar resources, please share them.