Educational Screencast: The Musical Mind
This screencast may be used in the classroom, or outside of the classroom, as a guide to the site www.musicalmind.org . This website is a very useful ear training tool that can help develop the ear of every level music student, of any age. The Musical Mind's several drills and tools include training for single notes, melodies, intervals, and Dalcroze Solfege. There are several options for each drill that can help you tailor the drills to your classroom demands and preferences, as well as your students'. Watch and enjoy!
NAfME Standards:
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
Massachusetts Arts Frameworks:
2.2 Use a system (syllables, numbers, or letters) to read and sing at sight simple pitch notation in the treble clef
2.7 Identify, define, and use standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression.
5.1 Perceive, describe, and respond to basic elements of music, including beat, tempo, rhythm, meter, pitch, melody, texture, dynamics, harmony, and form
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
Massachusetts Arts Frameworks:
2.2 Use a system (syllables, numbers, or letters) to read and sing at sight simple pitch notation in the treble clef
2.7 Identify, define, and use standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression.
5.1 Perceive, describe, and respond to basic elements of music, including beat, tempo, rhythm, meter, pitch, melody, texture, dynamics, harmony, and form