I recently received a question in my mailbox from a reader of my weekly music education newsletter and thought it would be a good one to share with everyone. The question asked which interactive whiteboard I would buy (SmartBoard, ActivBoard, StarBoard, Mimio, etc.) if I had the money to do so. He went on to say it was for a 7th grade music classroom. Read on for my personal take on the whole thing.
For those desiring a few more features and the ability to record audio directly to a CD-R/RW desktop size portable digital audio recorders make a great investment. Excellent for the classroom or for the home recording studio these digital audio recorders allow the user to either record using the built in microphones or through their own external mics connected via XLR jacks.
Read more: Desktop Digital Audio Recorder Reviews and Buying Guide
Buying a portable digital audio recorder is a major decision. The balance between price, features, and quality is a fine line that has many different options to choose from. There are dozens of different models of portable digital audio recorders, some of which have drastically different sets of features yet sell for roughly the same price. This easy to read head to head comparison chart and guide to many of the more popular portable digital audio recorders is intended to help potential buyers more easily see these differences and make an educated buying decision.
Read more: Portable Digital Audio Recorder Buying Guide With Reviews
Most trombonists do a good job of taking care of their slides. From the very first day of band lessons we are trained on how to assemble the trombone safely as well as to properly oil and lubricate the main slide. For those that are advanced or lucky enough to have a trombone with an F-attachment there comes an additional maintenance task, that of caring the valve and it's additional tubing. Doing so is a relatively easy task, but one that is often overlooked in many student's daily rituals. When next putting together your trombone for the day consider these tips.
Also, for more direct information on trombone triggers and valves please read the brass and woodwinds workshop column of the October 2010 issue of Teaching Music Magazine.
Music Ed Blogger Stephen McClard recently passed on to me a very interesting essay by Paul Harris, a music teacher in Great Britain, who espouses the use of a technique he calls "simultaneous learning." His ideas are educationally sound, building on the ideas that to be a better musician the student must focus on scales and etudes as the primary building blocks of their learning. From the teacher's perspective though he pushes more weight on how we teach these elements rather than how we teach larger pieces of literature:
Read more: The Concept of Simultaneous Learning In Music Lessons
John Mindeman is the quintessential 21st century musician. He has spent time in national orchestras, performed in jazz bands and sat in the horn sections of some of the world’s most famous performers including Joni Mitchell, The Three Tenors and The Moody Blues.
Read more: Interview with Trombonist and Professor John Mindeman
Every music teacher strives to improve the tone quality and musicality of their students. There are a plethora of different factors that have an impact on this. The obvious practices that can create good tone quality and musicality include breath support, posture, and proper embouchure. There is, however, one very easy way that teachers can help their students develop a more characteristic tone on their instruments, and improve their musicality: listening.
Read more: Improving Tone Quality and Musicality Through Listening
The listing found after the break will provide you with access to all of the free tenor saxophone sheet music simply read on and take a look at the dozens of files we have available for download. All of the tenor sax sheet music contained in this collection is written to be playable by most beginner musicians having completed or nearly completed their first year of instruction on the tenor sax.
If you find that any of these selections are written outside of your comfortable range or you wish to play in a different key you might also try looking at our music for alto saxophone or visit our full database of sheet music to find something that works for you.
Please note that some of the files shown in the list are in Sibelius or Finale file formats. You may need to download and use one of those music notation programs in order to view them. The PDF's can be opened in any web browser.
If you have any requests or corrections please feel free to send a comment to the webmaster using the contact form link at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!
If you are looking for an easy to play, familiar collection of free alto saxophone sheet music simply read on and take a look at the dozens of files we have available for download. All of the sax sheet music contained in this collection is written to be playable by most beginner musicians having completed or nearly completed their first year of instruction on the sax.
If you find that any of these selections are written outside of your comfortable range or you wish to play in a different key you might also try looking at our sheet music for tenor saxophone.
Admittedly though my list here isn't endless, so if you can't find the title you are looking for your next best bet would be to search for a book of alto sax sheet music at a reuptable online retailer.
If you have any requests or corrections please feel free to send a comment to the webmaster using the contact form link at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!
At some point even the most experienced musicians come across music notation symbols that they do not recognize off hand. Whether the strange marking is found in a symphony or a piece of percussion music, note symbols and other markings all have a specific meaning. To read them you just have to know where to go look to decipher them.
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