Back to School | August 2010
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Music Lesson Plans
Need something new to keep things from getting hum drum? I always enjoy creating new lesson plans that make things fun for me, as well as my music students. Kodaly's Viennese Musical Clock from 'Hary Janos Suite', introduces students to seven part rondo form and may be just what you need to kick your new school year off right.

Viennese Musical Clock | Rondo Form Lesson Plan

Free Sheet Music
I spent this month filling out the instrumental solos with piano accompaniment selection. There are plenty of new challenges and much to keep your students interested and practicing.

The Entertainer by Scott Joplin
The Entertainer for Easy Trombone Solo
The Entertainer for Violin Solo (Revised Version)
The Entertainer for Easy Viola Solo
The Entertainer for Easy Cello Solo

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Easy Cello Solo
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Easy Trombone Solo
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Easy Viola Solo
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Alto Saxophone Solo

Scarborough Fair | English Folksong
Scarborough Fair for Easy Viola Solo
Scarborough Fair for Easy Trombone Solo

Minstrel Boy | Irish Folksong
Minstrel Boy for Easy Viola Solo
Minstrel Boy for Easy Cello Solo

MMF! Beginner Piano Method Book - FREE!
I'm in the process of creating a Level 1A (beginner) All-In-One piano method book. Hopefully I will have it completed for you next month.

My concept for the book is to provide teachers/students with a practical method that focuses on essential skills that will get students playing and enjoying their piano lesson experience.

The method will feature:

•"Partner Songs" - Two pieces that may be assigned in the same week that will drill the same skill, such as rhythm or meter.
•Worksheets that drill note naming and basic rhythms
•Pieces that introduce kids to rhymes with strong literary value, like Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, as well as a few of my own kooky original rhymes
•Award certificate for completion of this method

When students complete this method they will be able to easily move to the Alfred's Lesson Book Level 1B.

Featured Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Learn more about one of the greatest composers of all time. In fact, he is now such an important composer that the year of his death is a defining point in music history. It marks the end of the Baroque Era.

Free Printable Composer Biography
Johann Sebastian Bach | Printable Biography

Free Printable Worksheets
Johann Sebastian Bach Word Search
Johann Sebastian Bach Multiplication Connect-the-Dot
Johann Sebastian Bach Coloring Page

Free Printable Sheet Music
Minuet in G for Easy/Level 1 Piano Solo
Musette in D for Easy/Level 1 Piano Solo
Toccata in D Minor for Intermediate/Level 3 Piano Solo
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring for Intermediate/Level 5 Piano Solo
Minuet in G for Intermediate/Level 5 Piano Solo
Minuet in G Minor for Intermediate/Level 5 Piano Solo
Musette in D for Intermediate/Level 5 Piano Solo
Toccata in D Minor for Intermediate/Level 5 Piano Solo

Homeschool Music Lesson Plans
Free Lesson Plans

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Andy Fling
Owner/Teacher

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Website Development Associate/Teacher

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