Tips for teaching music theory and ear training from uTheory

6 Ways to Teach Intervals that Aren't 'Here Comes the Bride'

We hear music based on how the notes relate to a sense of tonic, not based on the pitch relationship of immediately adjacent notes or even of vertical notes sounding together.

Teaching Tips

Memory, Learning and Music Theory Pedagogy

What are the different types of memory? What are schemas? What are the implications of each for how we teach music theory?

Teaching Tips

8 Games To Play With Your Music Theory Classes

Dr. Stefanie Dickinson, a contributing author of The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy, shares music theory games that she uses in her classroom.

Teaching Tips

Six Best Practices for Teaching Music Fundamentals

Six tips from our chat with Dr. Melissa Hoag on making music theory fundamentals musical, fun and relevant.

NotesFromTheStaff

5 Ways Play Promotes Powerful Learning

In the history of educational psychology, there’s plenty of evidence that supports learning through play. Jed Dearybury joins us to talk about how bringing play into classrooms – no matter the age or level – leads to deeper, more engaged and more joyful learning.

Teaching Tips

Rhythm Counting Systems

Rhythm counting systems: what they are, how we use them, and why might we choose one over another.

Dalcroze

Dalcroze Solfege Games

Practical, effective, easy-to-implement Dalcroze solfege games that you can use in your classroom immediately.

NotesFromTheStaff

Five Tips For Teaching Sightsinging Effectively

Five quick points from our conversation with veteran music educator Denise Eaton, who shares a plethora of tips on how to teach sightsinging in choral rehearsals, gleaned from her nearly thirty years of leading high school choirs.

NotesFromTheStaff

Six Surpising Facts About Perfect Pitch

What is perfect pitch and why do some people have it when others don't? How does it work and is it possible to learn it? In this episode, Dr. Elizabeth West Marvin answers these questions and more.

Teaching Tips

uTheory Teaching Resources

Need teaching resources? Find what you're looking for here! RhythmBasic Rhythm ReadingBeats, Quarter and Eighth Notes (Lesson)Rests in Simple Time (Lesson)Half and Whole Notes (Lesson)Rhythm Values in

For Teachers

8 Ways To Use uTheory's Solfege Hand Sign Meme Generator With Your Students

How will you use uTheory's fun new tool in your classroom?

For Teachers

5 Ways To Use uTheory In Your Classroom

How can you use uTheory in your classroom to transition back to in-person learning, yet meet the needs of today's learners?

Teaching Tips

Teaching Tip: The Hand Staff

Here's an easy tool that will help students understand, remember and actively participate during your class. Bonus – it’s also a quick visual assessment tool that can be used even when teaching via Zoom.

Teaching Tips

Teaching Tip: Use That Piano!

Because we'll do anything to make music theory learning easy.

Dalcroze

Favorite Dalcroze Games (Vol. 1?)

Most Dalcroze lessons are made up of a series of games centered around a topic, and often leading up to a particular piece of music. But…

Teaching Tips

An Introduction to Dalcroze’s Solfège Pedagogy

Fixed-do, C-to-C scales, harmonic contextualization and improvisation form the heart of Dalcroze’s solfège method.

Dalcroze

Dal-who? Your-what? An introduction to Dalcroze Eurhythmics

If you’ve never heard of Dalcroze Eurhythmics — the pedagogy which uses movement & games to teach music — you’re not alone!

Teaching Tips

Teaching Music Theory: Lessons learned in the trenches

So it turns out that lots of people struggle with learning music theory and ear training. This may not be news to you, but it caught me off…