I’m guessing many of you use a rhythm pyramid. Great! It’s a nice visual that can help students see how…
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Beginner Band
DO Sweat the Small Stuff – Beginning Woodwinds
After teaching for over 13 years, taking many student teachers, and working with new teachers as colleagues, I began reflecting…
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4 Ways Tape Can Help Your Beginning Percussionists
When working with my beginning percussionists during the first days of school, I like to introduce my students to a…
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Motivation, Innovation & Differentiation in Your Beginning Band
As a beginning band director, I fully understand the immense responsibility I have to instruct, nurture, motivate and inspire my…
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First Steps of Snare Drum (Part 2)
In my last article, I spent a great deal of time focused on getting the student to set up the…
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Teaching Snare Drum, Day One
Teaching Snare Drum, Day One. We all know that those very first moments of instruction and learning on a new…
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