Music Teaching Tips

For students of all ages to get “in synch” with the metronome:

Bounce a tennis ball in time to a metronome.

1) Throw the ball down.

2) Land on the click.

3) Rotate your hand to “pick the ball up” on the bounce.

4) Rotate your hand to throw the ball down.

Students must be able to do all of the above 10 times at each metronome setting with each hand. This teaches staying with the metronome, listening, rotation and physical coordination.

—Patricia Kershaw, NCTM, Highlands Ranch, Colorado