Teaching+with+Tunes

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 * Things to consider when selecting music to play...**
 * Is the music familiar to the listeners?
 * Does the tune have an identifiable, acceptable rhythm?
 * Is the music upbeat?
 * Do your students ever get a choice in what music you play?
 * Prior Experience. Have learners had good or bad experiences with music in the classroom or with that particular selection?
 * Are the melody and lyrics easy to remember and fun to hear?


 * Positive ways music can affect your students...**
 * Activates the thinking portion of the brain
 * Livens up a lesson
 * Awakens the brain and body
 * Builds community
 * Calms
 * Changes the mood in the classroom
 * Brings groups together
 * Comforts
 * Embeds learning
 * Energizes
 * Increases attentiveness and concentration
 * Relaxes


 * Activity: The Freeze** (Variation of Follow the Leader)
 * Using energetic music, do something easy and fun such as dance "the swim"
 * Someone pauses the music
 * Choose a new "leader" from the class
 * The music resumes with the chose participant leading the group in another fun activity or dance
 * Repeat


 * Organizing your music...**
 * 1) Background Music
 * 2) Movement/Transitions
 * 3) Relaxation/Calming
 * 4) Special Effects
 * 5) Energizers
 * 6) Thinking Music
 * 7) Celebration


 * Background Music...**
 * Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
 * Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
 * Breezin' (George Benson)
 * In the Morning Light, Only a Memory (Yanni)
 * Brandenburg Concertos (J.S. Bach)


 * Movement/Transitions Music...**
 * Hit the Road, Jack (Ray Charles)
 * Dancing in the Street (Martha and the Vandellas)
 * Only If... (Enya)
 * Chariots of Fire (Vangelis)
 * William Tell Overture (Rossini)
 * Walk--Don't Run (The Ventures)
 * Linus & Lucy - The Theme from Peanuts (Vince Guaraldi)
 * Oh Yeah! (Yello)
 * Theme from The Pink Panther (Henry Mancini)
 * Theme From Hogan's Heroes (Bob Crane)
 * Sing (The Carpenters)
 * Rock 'n' Roll Music (Chuck Berry)
 * Footloose (Kenny Loggins)


 * Relaxation/Calming Music...**
 * Somewhere in Time (Danny Wright)
 * Moon River (Danny Wright)
 * Jessica's Theme - The Man From Snowy River
 * Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire (David Foster)


 * Special Effects/Introductions...**
 * We Will Rock You (Queen)
 * Theme from Star Wars (John Williams)
 * Theme from Indiana Jones (John Williams)


 * Energizers...**
 * YMCA
 * Eye of the Tiger (Survivor)
 * Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)
 * Shake It Up (The Cars)
 * Jump (Van Halen)
 * We Got the Beat (Go Go's)
 * Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves)
 * 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky)


 * Thinking Music...**
 * Claire de Lune (Debussy)
 * Swan Lake: Waltz (Tchaikovsky)
 * Piano Concerto No. 5 (Opus 73) (Beethoven)
 * Blue Danube Waltz (Johann Strauss)
 * Rhapsody in Blue (George Gershwin)
 * The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
 * Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos (Mozart)
 * Daphne et Chloe, Suite No. 2 (Ravel)


 * Celebration...**
 * Celebrate (Kool & the Gang)
 * We are the Champions (Queen)
 * Gonna Fly Now (The Theme From Rocky) (Bill Conti and Maynard Ferguson)
 * Stars and Stripes Forever (John Phillips Sousa)


 * Free Music Downloads**
 * http://music.download.com/
 * Television Tunes http://www.televisiontunes.com/browse.php
 * James Bond
 * Cheers
 * Game Shows
 * Jurassic Park Theme
 * Happy Days Theme Song
 * Olympics 1988 - David Foster
 * Magic School Bus
 * Mission Impossible
 * The Muppet Show
 * Home Improvement


 * Book: Top Tunes for Teaching by Eric Jensen** (ISBN 978-1-8904-6043-3)