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Classroom Behavior Management Techniques
While lessons on paper are an integral and necessary step, the actual implementation of the
lesson in front of a live class is quite another matter. Teachers all over the world have their own
tips and hints as to what makes a good teacher and what makes a lesson successful, and
reviewing a few ideas on classroom management is an extremely helpful first step. If the students
aren’t focused on the lesson, all of your preparatory work is for naught. Below are a few basic
classroom management ideas to use when teaching music.
Resources
Instruments Website: Sachs-Hornbostel Instrument Classification List
National Standards in
Music: http://www.educationworld.com/standards/national/arts/music/k_4.shtml
Writing Lesson Plans: http://www.huntington.edu/dept_interior.aspx?id=2217
Vocabulary
aerophones: instruments that produce sound by using air as the primary vibrating means (flutes,
horns, whistle)
chordophones: a term used for stringed instruments referring to instruments sounded by bowing,
plucking, or striking a string that is stretched between two fixed points (violins)
electrophones: electronic instruments that either have their sound generated electronically or
acoustic instruments that have their sounds amplified
idiophones: instruments that produce sound from the material of the instrument itself; probably
the largest category of classroom instruments; sounds produced through shaking, scraping,
plucking, etc.
instrumentation: source of sound and music that a child develops from hearing rhythm and a
melody
pitched instruments: instruments capable of making distinct notes and pitch changes while
simultaneously following a rhythm (e.g., a piano, clarinet)
scraped: sound produced by scraping the instrument with a stick across grooves
syncopation: to have rhythm that is “off-beat” or doesn’t fall right on the beats of a song
unpitched instruments: instruments incapable of making distinct notes and pitch changes, but
have one pitch only; usually used to keep the rhythm and tempo steady (e.g., woodblock, claves)
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