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Teaching Intonation to Beginning Musicians: Setting Up for Success from Day One

Teaching Intonation to Beginning Musicians Setting Up for Success from Day One By Gregory Ristow and Leah Sheldon, sponsored by NAfME Corporate Member uTheory Who doesn’t love a perfectly tuned…

Eleven Leaps to Literacy for Beginning Band, Strings, and Recorder

Eleven Leaps to Literacy is a balanced and progressive approach for developing literacy that is tied into what students already know from their general music experience. The Eleven Leaps to…

Gamifying Solfège

Gamifying Solfège By Gregory Ristow and Leah Sheldon, sponsored by uTheory It’s no secret that integrating play and instruction leads to deeper, more engaged learning and better retention, no matter…

First Steps in Green Screen Technology

First Steps in Green Screen Technology An Exciting and Creative Way to Engage Your K–6 Students! By NAfME Member David Rankine Presenting First Steps in Green Screen Technology at the…

Guitar Class in the Empire State

Guitar Class in the Empire State Number 38: The State of New York By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair  In this edition of “50 States of…

Intimidating Improvisation Simplified

Intimidating Improvisation Simplified Focus on the Blues By NAfME Member Sarin Williams Like many music educators today, my background was strictly in classical music—until I sought out an independent study…

Fostering Independent Musical Thinkers with Conversational Solfège

Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful Students  Fostering Independent Musical Thinkers with Conversational Solfège By NAfME Member Missy Strong Those teaching in the elementary or middle school general music program have many…