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If you happen to reside in BC Canada, you may want to check out this new group... Dave and I started this particular group on July 7, 2022 in an effort to help musicians, teachers, supporters, suppliers, those looking for bands to hire and students looking for a guru, to find one another and begin networking. Let's collaborate and support one another!  Share: Your gigs / experiences Your websites / online music sites  Share retail stores that sell your products Tell us about yourself Tell us about your band or band members Share short live video performances Music store sales and event announcements  BC event announcements Music related announcements Links to press releases / articles Have a gig and want to find a band? Place your announcement here.  Have a band and want to find a gig? Place your announcement here. Want to share success and advice stories...? feel free. Have questions for musical guru's to respond to? Go for it. Musicians of all ages and talents and ...

Tips on How to Teach Music to Children With Dyslexia  It is very important to make it clear at the start that dyslexia is not the result of low intelligence, although it is possible for someone of low intelligence also to be dyslexic. A teacher may be totally baffled by the child who does not respond to teaching methods that are successful for most of her other pupils, especially as there is no obvious reason for the pupil's lack of progress. At the outset, it is important to begin with a subject that encourages a pupil's confidence. For example, during the first lesson why not spend some time getting to know each other and to find out what fires their imagination. Aural tests can be given in every lesson, although the teacher can test the pupil without him even realising it. For example, when he plays a piece of music, the teacher can stop him midway and ask him to sing the last note or clap in time to the last bar. Dyslexic pupils constantly lose their place whilst playin...

Recommended Resources Today... we're recommending resources in the genre of music - Check these out! -- Tod Machover of MIT's Media Lab is devoted to extending musical expression to everyone, from virtuosos to amateurs, and in the most diverse forms, from opera to video games. He and composer Dan Ellsey shed light on what's next. https://www.ted.com/talks/tod_machover_and_dan_ellsey_play_new_music -- Conductor Charles Hazlewood talks about the role of trust in musical leadership -- then shows how it works, as he conducts the Scottish Ensemble onstage. He also shares clips from two musical projects: the opera "U-Carmen eKhayelitsha" and the ParaOrchestra. https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_hazlewood -- Here's a short clip showing how playing an instrument benefits the brain: https://www.facebook.com/TEDEducation/videos/2016416555038207/UzpfSTEyMDg5MDI0NDk6MTAyMTY1ODI0NDAzNzI2Njg/ -- ...and one more (bonus!!) ... Watch these youth and their guides stomp a...

Teaching Music History - Make it Interesting and Fun *By M. Umesh Music history is one of the least loved subjects among most people who choose to study music. In general, history is considered very boring, as most people feel extremely drained listening to the long lectures about what people did in the past. They often think "when I am going to become a composer or a musician myself, why should I care about what some other people did long ago?" Thus, it is very difficult to make students feel interested, or take music history more seriously. Indeed, if it was an optional subject, not many students would have chosen to learn it. Thus, you need to be very creative here, so that you can make students see the benefit of you Teaching Music History. As you are Teaching Music History, you must see to it that the classes are interactive, and are fun. People get very tired when they have to listen to long lectures without anything to do except scribble notes. If you keep asking them...

Music Teachers - Your Online Resource * By  Earl Marsden   Are you a music teacher? Do you want to get more tips on how you can adopt new strategies in teaching music and making your class highly motivated? Well, if you answered those queries with yes, read on and realize how interactive music teachers website can make this really happen without demanding much time, effort and money from you. Music teachers need professional growth as well as financial security and stability. With that, they all have to work out to achieve their goals and objectives - being able to work and teach at their best. However, through the power of innovations, whatever task you are to undertake and accomplish can be done with all convenience, accuracy and effectiveness. Innovations are elsewhere; online technology provides convenience and reliability over the years as more and more people including professionals and educators of all ages are getting interested in and inv...

Think Music Theory Is Too Hard? Here's Why Written by: Mark Clark In my opinion (as a 35+ year music professional), music theory is taught in the most confusing and painful way imaginable. One example of this, students are often confronted with multiple sets of systems to described the same thing in different classes. For example, Scale Degrees are referenced using numbers (0-9) in private lessons, roman numerals (both upper and lower case) in analysis, terms like Tonic, Submediant, Dominant, etc. when you get to theory class, and something called "Solfege" (Do-Re-Mi) in ear training. Too often the student has no idea all these systems are referring to the same basic thing, scale degrees. And this is just one example! Scale Degree Naming Schemes... Numbers : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Names : Tonic, Supertonic, Mediant, Subdominant, Dominant, Submediant,  Leading Tone Roman : I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII Solfege : Do, Re,...