Elementary
This developmental approach to music teaching allows kids to play and create on a set of classroom instruments, including xylophones, tambourines, glockenspiels, et cetera.
The main tool used in a choir classroom to aid with sightreading.
What is solfege?
The accidental that is learned first, comparatively to a band classroom.
What is a sharp?
The accidental that is learned first, comparatively to an orchestra classroom.
What is a flat?
This iconic trumpet player famously dropped out of Juilliard School of Music after about a year of attendance in order to experience the most immersive form of jazz education there is–Playing at clubs in New York.
Who is Miles Davis?
This method to teach singing was developed in Hungary, and includes folk songs and other familiar works in its repertoire to teach children.
What is Kodály method?
This way to organize an aeolian mode includes the solfege syllables me, le and te.
The part of the bow that the hand is holding and provides stability.
What is the frog?
This historically important genre for the wind ensemble helps teach students specific techniques for articulation, they often have limited percussion parts.
What is a march?
This living jazz legend graduated from Grinnell College with a double major in music and electrical engineering. This influenced the pianist's interest in synthesizers and electronics, seen in his popular album, Head Hunters.
Who is Herbie Hancock?
One of many within a unit, these agendas break down what the teacher needs in order to teach successfully.
What is a lesson plan?
These are specific vocal exercises that help a singer develop their vocal technique, as opposed to just warming up their instrument.
What are vocalises?
This device sits on the floor to stabilize one of the string instruments while being played.
What is a rock stop?
This accessory helps a saxophone player keep their instrument stable.
What is a neckstrap?
This American jazz pianist, known for being an affluent composer was a mentor of many jazz greats such as Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. She hosted musicians to discuss, listen to, and write jazz music in her home.
Who is Mary Lou Williams?
This framework is used for categorizing educational goals. Some of the categories are remember, apply, and evaluate.
What is Bloom's Taxonomy.
This technique replaces the words from a given passage in order for the choir to better practice the rhythms.
What is count-singing?
This string technique allows players to work with fractions of the string to isolate higher notes than usual.
What are harmonics?
To help a flute player that is flat, you would tell them to do this with their head joint?
What is pushing in?
This magazine about “jazz, blues and beyond” has included education articles and solo transcriptions of iconic tunes in the jazz repertoire and has been a resource for students since 1934.
What is DownBeat?
This National Standard for music education is one of four. A student is successful in this standard if they can select and analyze a work, interpret it, and evaluate it.
What is respond?
This is something the whole choir must have with each other in order to have good intonation. This is why listening louder than you sing is so crucial.
What is vowel unification?
This introverted jazz pianist had a cult-like following of students who deeply respected his innovative philosophies on jazz piano. Bill Evans, most notably, was a student of his and helped propel his ideas into the scene, since he had few records and public concerts.
Who is Lennie Tristano?