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Lines & Spaces Chant – Quick Tip

Lines & Spaces Chant – Quick Tip

Quick Tip! Use the Lines & Spaces Chant to help your students learn the lines and spaces…in a FUN way!…
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Measure Mix-Up – Teaching Beginning Band with Games

Measure Mix-Up – Teaching Beginning Band with Games

This Measure Mix-Up game will involve moving around and working as a team.  I suggest that students do not have…
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Key Chant (Fun Way to Teach Key Signature)

Key Chant (Fun Way to Teach Key Signature)

Looking for a FUN way to teach key signature? We all know that kids (and adults) remember things better when…
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Free Metronome & Sheet Music

Free Metronome & Sheet Music

8 notes.com is a website worth looking at.  I have not even begun to scratch the surface of what is…
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Free Note Name ‘Video Game’ That Teaches, Reviews and Assesses

Free Note Name ‘Video Game’ That Teaches, Reviews and Assesses

Would you love a note name ‘video game’ to use in your classes?  Are you looking for a way to…
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