Yankee Collection Music Teacher Blog
Music Teacher Blog: A collection of tips and tactics I’ve learned from almost 40 years as a music teacher in public schools.
How do you find the best music class sheet music?
What’s the best way to find great music class sheet music for your elementary school band? Do you scour the internet, looking for advice,...
Proper Breathing Could Be Just a Yawn Away
If you are a vocalist, or play a woodwind instrument, you know that proper breathing plays an important role in quality tone production. Of...
Teaching Tonguing Technique for Woodwinds
When you learn to play a woodwind, you need to learn how to get the right sound out of your instrument with tonguing. The...
3 Reasons Why Everyone Should Learn Music
When it comes to education, music and the arts are known to be subjects that people are fighting for. They are the outliers and...
Reasons to Teach Your Students to Keep a Steady External Beat
The key to a young musician getting a feel for and developing a passion for the music they’re learning, is when they discover the...
Why I don’t use a music lesson book when teaching lessons
When I am teaching a student how to play an instrument, I tend not to use a traditional music lesson book in my class....
The First Song These 5 Famous Musicians Learned to Play
The first song a person learns to play can be a memorable experience. Playing a chord, key, or note correctly for the first time...
Music Education Helps Flourish the Brains of Children
Recent studies have told us what music teachers have known all along. Music education at a young age has positive changes within the brain....
The First Thing To Do With Your Music Students This Fall
Back-to-school time is an exciting time for students, teachers, and parents. It’s a time of new beginnings and opportunities. There is nothing more exciting...
A School Band Director Should be an Educator First
On paper, a school band director is someone who serves as a conductor or an instructor to a group of student musicians. This person...
Why do Music Teachers Start with the Recorder?
Before elementary school children are able to start learning their instrument of choice in school, their music teachers will have them start with the...