For those in the elementary music world (or even somewhat aware of it), few names are as recognizable as Orff and his music approach, Orff-Schulwerk. Orff teachers and music teachers like to...
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Throat singing is a real and unique singing technique, but it's almost certainly not what you're going for in good singing. Singing from your throat results in a tense, thin sound and could...
Disclaimer: This is a post sponsored by LALAL.AI. I’m not a big tech-y person, nor have I usually stressed out about audio tracks. I’m a music teacher; I don’t have the time to...
Cancer is a four-letter word, if you know what I mean. Everyone's life has been touched by cancer in some way, and I think every person knows someone who has passed from it. It may have even...
Partner songs are a great way to get students to sing harmony without having to teach individual parts. It's one of the earliest steps in teaching harmony to any group (earlier steps being...
In the elementary music classroom, we tend to call all barred instruments either Orff instruments or xylophones. But this isn't strictly true. There are three main variations we...