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What happens in music class…
I recently took an ocupacional therapy workshop. When we were entering the classroom a fellow teacher asked me what interest could I have in this activity, being a music teacher… So I did it again, I haven’t been clear about what I do in class with my co-workers. They think music class is about music… Read more
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Does music really help the human development?
A popular notion is that if we listen to music while studying, we’ll do much better… True? Read more
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En verdad ayuda la musica al desarrollo humano?
Esta es una pregunta que en los últimos años ha tomado mayor relevancia, (si no contamos que el mismo Platon ya hablaba de esto) con muchos estudios que han hecho varias universidades (un estudio incluso fue con músicos tocando su instrumento mientras realizaban una resonancia magnética y en efecto, todas sus conexiones se iluminaron como… Read more
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Aprovechándo al maximo tu (limitado) tiempo para practicar
Algunos de mis alumnos no son músicos profesionales, son niños o adultos que quieren aprender a tocar un instrumento. Pero la mayor parte del tiempo, con lo que luchan es encontrar tiempo para practicar. ¡Así que una de las tareas que tengo como maestro es enseñarles a practicar efectivamente! La mayoría de las veces, si… Read more
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Making the best out your (limited) practice time
Some of my students are not professional musicians, they are children or adults who want to learn to play an instrument. But most of the time, what they struggle with is finding time to practice. So one of the tasks I have as their teacher is to teach them to practice effectively! Most of the… Read more
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Music is everywhere
I teach music in a K-12 school. The dreadful sound of the bell ringing from my childhood has now been replaced by an automated bell that beetwen periods chimes: E-C# consecutively 5 times. If you haven’t had any musical training this made no sense to you, but a musician imagined how it sounds, and if… Read more
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