http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2009/11/using-flashcards-in-music-theory-lessons/
The link above will bring you to a post by Janice on the music teacher's blog, which is mainly dedicated to general music teachers. The video in the post is of a teacher using flashcards to help explain the meaning behind musical terms. I think this could be adapted in a number of ways. For example, I believe I once saw a music card matching game in which students had to match composer faces with their specific compositions. This idea might suit a middle school general music class, however. I really liked how the author of the post noted that she frequently peruses YouTube to find teaching strategies. I've been amazed at the resources YouTube provides since studying at Case. It takes a degree of precaution when doing an initial search but often some really helpful videos come-up for the practitioner.
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I remember when I was in elementary school I used to play a lot of music flash card games. I remember how much fun I had memorizing not names and parts of the staff.
ReplyDeleteI know that these flash card work. If end up teaching general music, I will definitely be using flash cards.
It appears that the students had the same cards as the teacher. That would keep them more aware of the terms instead of waiting for the teacher to hold up a card.
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