Tutor Talk
Events - Streamlining Tonic Tutor Data
Feb 17th, 2012
Posted by William
You may have noticed the new Events link that recently popped up in your sidebar - if not I recommend you click on it and take a look at what you've been missing out on.
View this Post1 CommentNew printable resources
Feb 8th, 2012
Posted by Christine
Our latest feature is a page containing downloadable and printable files that can be used in a variety of ways.
View this Post2 CommentsWhere did Tonic Tutor come from?
Feb 2nd, 2012
Posted by William
Where did Tonic Tutor begin? Early in 2009 Christine asked me to make a game that her students could play in her studio while they were waiting for their lessons.
View this Post7 CommentsAURAL RHYTHM GAMES: Feeling beat, finding patterns, detecting differences
Nov 23rd, 2011
Posted by Christine
Where would music be without rhythm? Some students have an innate sense of it, and others struggle with it, but everyone has room for improvement.
Motivating students: the impossible dream?
Nov 16th, 2011
Posted by Christine
Is there a fictitious monster, locked away in some bestiary or fantasy novel, that gets larger the longer you look at it? If not, there should be one, if for no other reason than to allow me to liken this topic to it.
View this Post0 CommentsKEYBOARD GAMES
Nov 9th, 2011
Posted by Christine
Last week I wrote about the importance of melodic and rhythmic dictation, which requires students to “hear what they see”. But even for people who don’t read music, pianos (and other keyboard instruments) offer another way to make a connection between sound and sight. No other instruments provide such a clear visual representation of what we hear.
DICTATION GAMES – and our contest winner!
Nov 2nd, 2011
Posted by Christine
I don’t know about the rest of the music teaching world, but almost all of the students that I’ve ever taught could fit neatly into one of two categories: "prefers to learn by listening" and "prefers to learn by reading".
View this Post0 CommentsOriginally a post on THEORY GAMES, but now including so much more!
Oct 26th, 2011
Posted by Christine
I think there's a little of everything in this post: the usual game rundown, a contest, some science, and a host of new method presets.
VISUAL RHYTHM GAMES: three pedagogical approaches, and the story of Pizza
Oct 19th, 2011
Posted by Christine
Ah, the challenge of rhythm. We’ve had quite a few requests for new rhythm games and we hope to accommodate those requests in the near future. For now, we’ve got three games to cover some important basics.
View this Post3 CommentsVISUAL PITCH IDENTIFICATION GAMES: You won't get far without the basics
Oct 12th, 2011
Posted by Christine
Note reading is a fundamental part of music education – and mastering it is not an easy task for some students. Tonic Tutor’s visual pitch games cover several approaches.
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