For Teachers uTheory's Favorites: Music Theory Pedagogy Resources Books, websites, apps, podcasts, blogs, and vlogs – there's a lot of information out there! Read on for our current top picks for music theory pedagogy resources, from books to websites to podcasts and more.
For Teachers 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.
News uTheory Updates: July 2022 It's been a busy summer for uTheory! Read on to learn about coming updates, which bring the most requested features, rolling out throughout this school year. And be sure to catch the final episodes of Notes From The Staff, Season 1.
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.
News uTheory 2.0 We’ve got an update coming soon, and it’s our biggest upgrade yet! Primary clefs, games, clearly organized units, new curricula and overall greater customization are just some of the new features.
News uTheory Updates: May 2022 Here's what's happening at uTheory – we've got more free printable resources, new episodes of Notes From The Staff and a summer learning opportunity!
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.
News uTheory Updates: March 2022 More resources, another podcast episode, and a chance to share your uTheory teaching success stories - read on for the latest on what we've been up to this month at uTheory!
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.
News uTheory Updates: February 2022 We’ve had a busy few weeks at the OMEA and TMEA conferences. Thanks to everyone who stopped by the uTheory booth, or attended Greg and David’s session on the benefits of learning theory online!
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
New Year, New Database As uTheory has grown, so has the computer code that powers it. Roughly 185,000 lines of code (LOC) power uTheory's server, webpage, app and administrative tooling. For context, many
News uTheory Updates: January 2022 Dropping in with a few important announcements: Episode one of Notes From The Staff, on solfege systems, is now availableuTheory will be offline for planned maintenance from 10pm on Sat,
News Introducing: Notes from the Staff We're excited to introduce uTheory's new podcast Notes from the Staff to the world today with our first episode: Solfege Systems! In it we talk about why we use solfege
News uTheory Updates: New Year 2022 Happy New Year from uTheory! In honor of 2022, we're bringing back 6-month group licenses, expanding our printable resources and announcing a brand new podcast from uTheory. Read on to learn more about our latest offerings.
News uTheory Updates: November 2021 We have much to be thankful for this year, and we want to share our appreciation. Thank you for letting us be a part of your students’ education! Read on for the latest on what we've been up to this month at uTheory.
Octave Numbers Lesson We're excited to share our latest addition to uTheory's lessons: Octave Numbers! In this lesson students learn to write and identify notes in specific octaves, using International Pitch Notation/Scientific
News uTheory Updates: October 2021 We're expanding uTheory's ear training lessons and printable resources for teachers! Read on for the latest additions and updates coming soon, and see how to share your uTheory success stories with us.
News Solfege and the Staff Lesson uTheory's latest lesson helps bridge the gap between hearing and the page. Students learn to identify & write tonic in Major, label solfege/scale degrees, write notes when given solfege/scale degrees, and transcribe stepwise melodies first in solfege/scale degrees then on the staff.
