Music Learning and Teaching Resources

Folder 1

Behavior Management

FOR BAND

Folder 2

Teaching Music Reading

START WITH THE CONDUCTOR’S BEAT

Folder 3

      Memorization       A Foundation Skill

Folder 4

14 Ways of Thinking About Music Learning & Teaching

#1

Folder 5

14 More Ways of Thinking About Music Learning & Teaching

#2

Folder 6

Entry Level Improvisation

1A) Creativity Killers (Alert)

2) Entry Level C&R Articulations

3) Things to Do (“How to” Strategies)

4) Creating a Safe Environment

5) C&R Vocabulary For Improv

6) Tunes to Learn Ear-to-Hand (By Ear)

FOR BAND

Folder 7

Scale Technique and Creativity

   1) Half Scales (Minor ii7-V7) with Improv Options     

    2) Half Scales (Major V7-1) with Improv Options

3) Full Scales Major & Minor with Improv Options

     4) Melodic Ear-to-Hand Studies      22 Levels  In All the Keys

Folder 8

Do It! Improvise

1) Improvisation Strategies

2) Latin Rock-Pentatonic Scales

3) Cool Jazz – Pentatonic Scales

4) Rhythm & Blues-Blues Scales

5) Funky Blues – Blues Scales

6) Latin Rock – Blues Scales

7) Cool Jazz – Blues Scales

8) ii/V7 Mixolydian Montuna

9) 2-5-1 – Major-Minor

Folder 9

Do It! Improvise 2

1) Blaser Finger Pattern Studies

Folder 10

Aural Transposition

1) Test of Aural Transposition

2) ‘America’ Tranposed

Folder 11

Du de – Du da di Rhythmic Syllables

1) James Froseth Authorship Verification

2) Conductor’s Beat – Listen & Imitate

3) Duple Meter – Liten & Imitate

4) Triple Meter – Listen & Imitate

Folder 12

Teaching Rhythm

Feels Like, Sounds Like, Looks Like

The Conductor Rules

FOLDER UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Folder 13

Assessment

– Research Tools –

1) Melodic Ear-to-Hand Test

2) Solfege Test

3) Test of Kinesthetic Response 

Folder 14

HARMONIC PROGRESSION

by

ALBERT BLASER

Folder 15

Improvisation for Everyone

Entry-Level Improvisation in a Group

Constructing a Safe Environment

Getting Off to a Good Start

Call & Response Videos for Home Study

“By Ear” Transcription Studies

Advanced Resources for Improvisation

Folder 16

“How To” Videos

1) Rhythmic Flashcards in 2s

2) Rhythmic Flashcards in 3s

3) Band – Diagnosing & Correcting

4) Band – Choosing for Success

FOLDER UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Folder 17

Rhythmic Flashslide Pattern Reading

Flashslide pattern reading videos

Folder 18

Intro to Melodic Pattern Reading

Flashslide pattern reading videos