The Music Notes BlogThe Music Notes Blog... lets you know whenever any new Web pages appear at Music for Music Teachers, and tells you if new free guitar, piano, or vocal sheet music has been added. What is RSS? In a nutshell, RSS lets you get all the latest posts sent to you when they're published, rather than having to come back here to see if I've added anything. Just go to your "reader" in Google or Yahoo, and check out the dates and headlines of your favorite feeds, and you'll know if I've added something new.
To subscribe to my Music Notes Blog (no e-mail necessary), click on the orange RSS button. A little box there will give you the option to "Subscribe to this feed". Click on that. Yet another box will appear, with the name of my blog in one bar, and the name of the "feed" -- RSS -- in the bar below (at least, in my browser, that's how it looks). Click on the "Subscribe" button there. A new window should appear, saying "You have successfully subscribed to this feed." After that, go to your "Reader" whenever you want to keep up-to-date with Music-for-Music-Teachers. Good luck! Let me know if you have any problems. Feb 2, 2012 Tablature or Standard Notation for my 11-Year-Old?Hi Dana, Thank you for your web site. I just found it! I have 3 children, we homeschool and love it. My 11 y.o. son loves the guitar, and seems good at Permalink -- click for full blog post "Tablature or Standard Notation for my 11-Year-Old?" Jan 27, 2012 Printable Sheet Music for Piano "Largo" from "The New World Symphony" - FREE!Printable sheet music for piano "Largo" from Dvorak's "New World Symphony," free! This beautiful orchestral piece is also known as "Going Home," with sweet words that match the warmth of the melody. Jan 26, 2012 Inexpensive way to Email/Share filesIf you upload an original file to a free MediaFire account you can link your students to the URL for downloading or if you have a web page for your students. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Inexpensive way to Email/Share files" Jan 21, 2012 Teaching Autistic Children Music...I have exclusively taught autistic children music, both in school and privately for the past ten years. Much of the information given in this article Permalink -- click for full blog post "Teaching Autistic Children Music..." Jan 15, 2012 Free Piano Keyboard Diagram to Print Out for Your StudentsMusic education? Music resources? A plain, blank paper piano keyboard diagram is one of the best all-around tools a music teacher has. Let your piano and guitar students fill in the piano keys. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Free Piano Keyboard Diagram to Print Out for Your Students" Jan 13, 2012 Reminds Me of High SchoolI sang a song very similar to this one when I was in High School. It was Across the Wide Missouri (the version as sung by Ray Price), and you're right, Permalink -- click for full blog post "Reminds Me of High School" Jan 13, 2012 Voi che sapete sheet music for mezzo-sopranos, FREE, in three keysVoi che sapete sheet music for mezzo-sopranos, FREE, in three keys! This beautiful aria from Mozart's greatest opera "The Marriage of Figaro" (Le Nozze di Figaro) is familiar even to non-opera lovers. Jan 10, 2012 Thank You for Age-Appropriate SheetmusicI just wanted to say what a relief it is to find a resource that isn't smothered with baby pictures. I have older beginners learning at the moment and Permalink -- click for full blog post "Thank You for Age-Appropriate Sheetmusic" Jan 7, 2012 Piano Sheet Music for Kids "Snake Charmer," Free! With Left Hand ChordsPiano sheet music for kids "Snake Charmer" free! This traditional song has a familiar melody but new words, and provides just enough of a challenge to make it ideal piano sheet music for beginners. Dec 23, 2011 My Experience with Autism and MusicI have Asperger Syndrome myself. I started playing drums when I was 7. I am almost 16 now. I'm starting to play piano now. Although I'm not a teacher Permalink -- click for full blog post "My Experience with Autism and Music" Dec 20, 2011 Free Christmas Songs for Beginner Piano Students: Deck the Halls, Four VersionsFree Christmas Songs: Deck the Halls free kids sheet music: give your students this well-known, beloved Christmas carol. Four arrangements from easy to early intermediate. Dec 15, 2011 Free Christmas Sheet Music "Away in a Manger" for Piano, Three LevelsFree Christmas sheet music "Away in a Manger" for 3 levels of piano. Choose to play off a lead sheet with chords, a middle C version, or a regular arrangement with broken chords in the left hand. Dec 15, 2011 Please Could You Put the Names on the Notes?Please could you put it like: EEFGGFED As I can understand that! ;) Dana: Hi, Anonymous. I see that you have already figured out the beginning of Permalink -- click for full blog post "Please Could You Put the Names on the Notes?" Dec 13, 2011 Free Christmas Songs: "Angels We Have Heard on High" for Treble InstrumentsFree Christmas songs for piano, voice, and other instruments. Lead sheets in 6 keys, and 3 levels of piano arrangements, with all the Christmas carol lyrics! Dec 12, 2011 How Can I Coordinate Sheet Music Between Piano and Guitar?Hello, My granddaughter Hannah 12-y.o. is very keen to learn the guitar - she has an electric and an acoustic guitar, and also a ukulele. I have a Permalink -- click for full blog post "How Can I Coordinate Sheet Music Between Piano and Guitar?" Dec 8, 2011 I'm New to Guitar -- Which Notes Do I Play?Hi, I am fairly new to playing guitar. I have a question about Greensleeves. Above each measure is a chord diagram...Am, C, G, Em. Are those the notes Permalink -- click for full blog post "I'm New to Guitar -- Which Notes Do I Play?" Dec 2, 2011 Free Christmas Sheet Music "We Three Kings" for Early Intermediate PianoFree Christmas sheet music "We Three Kings" for early intermediate piano. All of the Christmas song lyrics are included so you can sing as well as play the music! Nov 30, 2011 Church Music, Organized! No More Papers All Over the Floor!Church music or music for your band doesn't have to be labor-intensive to set up! Make sure everyone is on the same page, with software. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Church Music, Organized! No More Papers All Over the Floor!" Nov 29, 2011 Children with Autism Can Learn to Play the Piano!!!Hi! My name is Dee Cucinotta and I am the owner of Piano For Special Kidz, where I teach only students with disabilities to play the piano. This includes Permalink -- click for full blog post "Children with Autism Can Learn to Play the Piano!!!" Nov 26, 2011 Angel in the Sky, a song for piano and voice"Angel in the Sky" was written by one of my students several years ago when a friend of hers (and mine) died very suddenly at the age of 13. The beautiful images Maura pulled together to go with her simple tune and piano accompaniment still have the power to make me cry years later. Many of my students have been drawn to this music. Maura's song is found on the page I dedicated to Gabrielle a short time ago, along with another song, To: Gabrielle -- Address: Heaven. Nov 19, 2011 To: Gabrielle, Address: Heaven. A "Goodbye Until Later" SongThis song, To: Gabrielle, Address: Heaven, was sung at the memorial service for a beautiful young girl in our town. Writing this song helped me in the first shock of my own grief. Permalink -- click for full blog post "To: Gabrielle, Address: Heaven. A "Goodbye Until Later" Song" Nov 17, 2011 Free Lead Piano Sheet "Morning Has Broken": In Five Different Keys with ChordsFree lead piano sheet "Morning Has Broken"! This beautiful free vocal sheet music is available for download in the keys of F, G, A, Bb, C, and also an easy beginner version shared between two hands. Nov 11, 2011 I just began teaching a little five year old boy with autistic-like features, brought on by a seizure disorder and AEDS.The little boy I began teaching is five years old. He has difficulty communicating, and also has some motor difficulties. It is very challenging to get Nov 11, 2011 Should I Ask for Donations, or Charge for Music?Hello, Let me just say that, as a piano teacher of 21 years I find your site educational, informative and refreshing! I've been toiling with the idea Permalink -- click for full blog post "Should I Ask for Donations, or Charge for Music?" Nov 9, 2011 When Teaching Students on the Autism Spectrum Disorder, a Little Flexibility Really HelpsI run a private teaching studio with an average of between 10 to 15 high-functioning autism spectrum children having lessons each week. Most are boys Nov 7, 2011 Free Vocal Sheet Music "Skye Boat Song" with Free Guitar Acoustic TablatureFree vocal sheet music "Skye Boat Song" from Scotland, a song about Bonnie Prince Charlie. With free guitar acoustic tablature as well as standard notation. This song makes a great lead sheet too! Nov 4, 2011 Church Music and Hymns for the MassDownload free original church music "Donum Maximus" by Australian musician Sylvia Romer for the Mass. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Church Music and Hymns for the Mass" Nov 2, 2011 Piano Notes for Beginners -- REAL BEGINNERS!Piano notes for beginners on the staff - two little songs with just two notes each. For left hand, Middle C and B; for right hand, Middle C and D. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Piano Notes for Beginners -- REAL BEGINNERS!" Nov 2, 2011 I Need Help Reading NotesDana: I am placing a link to a PDF book here that talks about basic notereading. It is a free book that has a license allowing anyone to distribute it. Permalink -- click for full blog post "I Need Help Reading Notes" Oct 25, 2011 The Flower Duet for Bassoon? Are You Kidding?No! I'm not kidding! I just wish I could hear it performed by two bass instruments. If you are interested in playing this beautiful duet either in the key of B or the key of G on your bass clef-reading instrument, check out the addition to the Lakme Flower Duet page. If you have visited this page in the last few days, be sure to "refresh" your browser so that it displays the new information! Oct 24, 2011 My Son is HookedI've been introducing piano to my son on and off for a year or so, but he's not had much interest. Then I gave him Monsters Everywhere. He loved playing Permalink -- click for full blog post "My Son is Hooked" Oct 9, 2011 New Version of Happy Birthday for Second-Year Piano Students!This version of Happy Birthday is harder than a shared-hand Middle C melody, employing just one hand for the melody, but easier than the existing lead sheets and chord versions, since it makes use of "little" chords. Given the familiarity and popularity of this song, your students may push themselves to learn this version! Check it out, down toward the bottom of the Happy Birthday page. Oct 7, 2011 What Wondrous Love Choral Version -- Hear and See My Students Sing It!I have put up my first Youtube ever (remember I am not a tech-savvy person). It is a performance of the 4-part choral arrangement of What Wondrous Love I finished last spring, the Shape-note version. We performed it a little slower than I wanted, and there was a bit of intonation indecisiveness (if you know what I mean!) here and there, but all in all, very pretty. Here it is, down the page a bit, sung by some of my vocal students at our last recital. Oct 5, 2011 Short Aria Nel cor piu non mi sento :Now with FREE Piano AccompanimentShort aria Nel cor now with FREE piano accompaniment in the keys of Eb, F, and G! This little opera aria is perfect for students just venturing into classical vocal music. Oct 5, 2011 Think Outside the BoxMy son has low cognitive level, in addition to being autistic. He does not understand numbers, letters, which finger, left, right, etc. However, he has Permalink -- click for full blog post "Think Outside the Box" Sep 29, 2011 Teaching a 7 year old girl with Autism/ADDI have a piano student with Autism, a 7 year old girl. I started her with the Bastien piano method, and she was doing well, learned to read music. She Permalink -- click for full blog post "Teaching a 7 year old girl with Autism/ADD" Sep 28, 2011 Piano Sheet Music for Kids "Kookaburra," a Song and a Vocal Round from AustraliaPiano sheet music for kids "Kookaburra" is one of those famous songs a lot of us remember from childhood! From Australia, this song is also a very fun round to sing. Sep 21, 2011 MommyMommy made me crush my M&M is a great voice warm up. I do it in my class (the kids love it) and have them go faster and faster, and see how fast they can Permalink -- click for full blog post "Mommy" Sep 18, 2011 Autism and the Role of Music: Part TwoAfter you’ve found the perfect piano teacher and taught your child the basic skills, he or she should be reading music and on the way to becoming an amateur Permalink -- click for full blog post " Autism and the Role of Music: Part Two " Sep 16, 2011 My Asperger Daughter Found MusicAt age 12, without having shown any previous interest in music, she took up the trumpet in band class. Her amazing focus - and difficulty in shifting focus Permalink -- click for full blog post "My Asperger Daughter Found Music" Sep 15, 2011 Autism and the Role of MusicIf you have a child with autism who enjoys music, should you do anything about it? Although many people would like to use music as therapy, as I’ve mentioned Permalink -- click for full blog post "Autism and the Role of Music" Sep 14, 2011 Free Kids Sheet Music: Improvising a Song with Sounds of the DesertFree kids sheet music for beginner piano, this fun piece is for experimenting with sounds! Your students will be enchanted by the mystery they can create using a scale with the lowered-second. Aug 31, 2011 Free Vocal Sheet Music "Ah, perdona al primo affeto" Vocal Duet by MozartFree vocal sheet music "Ah, perdona al primo affeto" is a little-known duet for high voices by Mozart. This is very pretty, and has all the charm we expect from Mozart. Aug 31, 2011 Ah, perdona al primo affetto, a beautiful vocal duet by MozartAh perdona is a charming love duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano by Mozart, from the opera "La clemenza de Tito" Aug 31, 2011 Pray Sing HymnThank you soooooooo much!! This is a wonderful website! I was looking for the perfect kind of scales for my students! It was exactly what I was looking Permalink -- click for full blog post "Pray Sing Hymn" Aug 19, 2011 Short Aria "I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls" Free Vocal Sheet MusicShort aria "I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls" FREE vocal sheet music for female vocalists, in 4 keys. Jul 28, 2011 Shenandoah for Voice or Guitar, with Free Lead Sheets and Guitar TabsShenandoah is one of America's most beloved and famous songs in the folk tradition. Download it for FREE as a lead sheet or as guitar tabs. Jul 21, 2011 Free Printable Flashcards for Guitar StudentsFree printable flashcards for your guitar students using treble clef only. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Free Printable Flashcards for Guitar Students" Jul 8, 2011 Spanish Study Free Guitar Tabs for Beginning Classical GuitarSpanish Study is a shortened, simplified guitar version of Albeniz's famous piece "Asturias," often found in beginning classical guitar methods. |
