This lesson allows students to work on their keyboarding skills while creating pieces of music.  Students can choose classiccal music, current hits, or just play around with the keyboard. Students will then be able to create an app using Code.org's AppLab that uses a recording of the music they play.

This lesson covers concepts of energy and energy transfer utilizing energy transfer in musical instruments as an example. More specifically, the lesson explains the two different ways in which energy can be transferred between a system and its environment. The law of conservation of energy will also be taught. Example systems will be presented to students (two cars on a track and a tennis ball falling to the ground) and students will be asked to make predictions and explain the energy transfer mechanisms. The engineering focus comes in clearly in the associated activity when students are asked to apply the fundamental concepts of the lesson to design a musical instrument. The systems analyzed in the lesson should help a great deal in terms of discussing how to apply conservation of energy and energy transfer to make things.

Drawing on the author's four decades of experience as a concert oboist, this open access book studies a number of foundational issues in the philosophy of music, such as musical meaning and expression, musical ontology and the existence of the musical work, the relation between music and language, and the phenomenology of music. The book surveys the development of Western classical music from the Baroque era through to the 20th century, both from the perspective of contemporary Lithuanian philosophers such as Girnius, Maceina, Šliogeris, and Jackūnas, and 20th century European philosophy. In addition to discussing key questions in the philosophy of music, the book also analyses technical musical terms such as articulation, phrasing, and rhythm.

Description Subject: General MusicGrade: 1st grade, 2nd gradeOverview: Students will explore dynamics in music through listening, singing, and moving.Standards: South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for General Music ProficiencyAnchor Standard 6: I can analyze music.Benchmark GM.R NM.6- I can identify the elements of music.Indicator- GM.R NM 6.1- I can identify changes in dynamics, tempo, and rhythm.Material type: Lesson plan, activity/lab, assessment, rubric 

Description Subject: General MusicGrade: 1st grade, 2nd gradeOverview: Students will explore dynamics in music through listening, singing, and moving.Standards: South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for General Music ProficiencyAnchor Standard 6: I can analyze music.Benchmark GM.R NM.6- I can identify the elements of music.Indicator- GM.R NM 6.1- I can identify changes in dynamics, tempo, and rhythm.Material type: Lesson plan, activity/lab, assessment, rubric 

This class introduces students to the rudiments of Western music through oral, aural, and written practice utilizing rhythm, melody, intervals, scales, chords, and musical notation. The approach is based upon the inclusive Kodály philosophy of music education. Individual skills are addressed through a variety of means, emphasizing singing and keyboard practice in the required piano labs.

This online module is designed to appeal to learners of all ages that want an introduction to the skills necessary to play piano. This course will cover basic finger patterns, scales, and how to start reading music through the amalgamation of multiple online resources intended to appeal to the different learning styles of all students. By the end of this module, the learner should be able to perform the C scale, name the individual notes, and be able to demonstrate simple finger techniques. Please note that having a physical piano while completing this lesson will facilitate a much higher comprehension of the material. 

This is a look at some of the more successful jazz pianists from Memphis Tennessee.  Each artist has experienced national and international acclaim as both a pianist and composer.  What's more, they are all comtemporaries having attended the University of Memphis (then Memphis State University)at the same time.  

This series of programs introduces middle school students to creativity and music. This installment features renowned pianist and educator Cecil Lytle. (28 minutes)

This resource was created by   , in collaboration with Lynn Bowder, as part of ESU2's Mastering the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education and experiential learning.

This course is a survey of significant orchestral masterworks composed during three centuries. Listening assignments include 34 symphonies and 24 concertos, composed from the 1720s to the 1990s. Class discussion and oral presentations focus on the works in 18 miniature scores; prior score-reading experience is helpful. Each of the three written papers reviews a concert attended during the term. Since this is a participatory subject, each student will give oral presentations concerning composers and their symphonies and/or concertos.

Our Class Piano & Piano Pedagogy teaching professor Dr. Janci Bronson has created a YouTube education channel designed to support student virtual learning within group piano and/or private lessons.
The educational channel covers the following key topics: beginning keyboard technique, sight-reading, transposition, scales, arpeggios, chords, harmonization, & improvisation.
Note: each video comes with closed captions, brief descriptions, suggestions to related videos, and chapters (“show more” under the video description).
We hope you may find these supplemental videos helpful to share with your group piano students. We welcome your feedback and suggestions to continue improving the videos.

Iowa State University's Class Piano & Piano Pedagogy teaching professor Dr. Janci Bronson has created a YouTube education channel, Dr. Janci Bronson on YouTube, designed to support student virtual learning within group piano and/or private lessons. Sponsored by the Miller Open Education Mini-Grant Program at Iowa State University, the channel covers the following key topics: beginning keyboard technique, sight-reading, transposition, scales, arpeggios, chords, harmonization, and improvisation.
Note: each video comes with closed captions, brief descriptions, suggestions to related videos, and chapters (“show more” under the video description).
We hope you may find these supplemental videos helpful to share with your group piano students. We welcome your feedback and suggestions to continue improving the videos.