What are the musical skills that every classroom music teacher needs? I’ve been lucky enough to rewrite our first year #MusicEd courses this year, and I’ve focused first on the ability to teach a melody through imitation & chunking (musical definition coming up!); and in addition, this semester, on the ability to accompany songs on chord-playing instruments. Tell me what you think a music teacher’s essential skills are in the comments for this podcast, at the bottom of this page.

Links related to/mentioned in this episode:

• My Riptide sheet for all chord-playing instruments.
• Jeff Robin’s brilliant animations on what PBL (Project Based Learning) is.
• My free online course, The Place of Music in 21st Century Education.