MTMS Blog
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Tongue Twisters
Surprised they have a place in music and speech? I was reminded of a phrase in a song this morning, “Around the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran,” as well as the Dr. Seuss book Fox in Sox. When we recite those tongue twisters, we get a rhythm to it. Singers use these to learn…
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December Themes!
This December, the young students get to use another note-naming game that helps to learn the notes of the staff! We also have some brand new winter coloring pages that teach students music while getting into the holiday spirit! Composition: It’s that time of year again. You are probably sick and tired of the same…
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Christmas Music
Traditional Christmas carols started somewhere between 1350 and 1550. Before that the holiday music would have been used in traditional liturgy for the season. There’s belief that music started becoming part of the holiday in 4th century Rome. The earliest ones are from bible verses like “What Child is This?” and “O Come, O Come…
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Music Composition
We offer this in the lab, but have you considered that composing music is an art all on its own? This is a skill we try to train, by giving small parameters and allowing the student to choose what that looks like. There are so many interesting things about musical composition. What is the beginning?…
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Sound Branding
Originally I looked into jingles, so that’s part of my main focus today. Jingles may have started as early as 1600. Before radio and television, some products had sheet music to be part of the branding. I’m fascinated what that would have sounded like back then. Depending on the age, if i ask you to…