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Musicianship Monthly: Christmas Edition!

11/28/2022

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Can you believe it is almost December? The start of a new month means it is time for a new Musicianship Monthly post! (What is "Musicianship Monthly?" Each month, I share links to free resources you can use to focus on a specific musicianship skill with your students. Want to see past skills we have covered? Click HERE!)

The holiday season is a busy time for both teachers and students alike. If the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is keeping your students from practicing as much as you would like, don't despair! 

Today I am sharing a round-up of seasonal musicianship activities that you can use all month long to supplement your holiday lessons. Keep reading to see these fun (and FREE) activities that will have your students transposing, sight-reading, improvising, and more in holiday style!

Click on the images below to download your free PDF copy of any of these activities!

Transposing 
Transposing is a great way to work on intervallic reading and ear training and to get students playing in a variety of keys. Challenge your students to see if they can play these holiday favorites in every key before Christmas break!

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Sight-Reading and Notation
These fun worksheets are a sneaky way to get your students sight-reading and notating on the staff using a few favorite holiday tunes.
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Ear Training 
Use these worksheets to work on melodic and rhythmic dictation with students of all ages!
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Improvising and Lead Sheet Playing
Help your students create their own holiday arrangements using these improv activities and lead sheets!

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Christmas Music for One Hand
Challenge your students to play these holiday favorites with one hand alone! A great way to work on navigating the keyboard, playing one hand across both clefs, voicing the melody, and pedaling.
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Bonus Challenges for Christmas Break
Looking for fun activities your students can do over their holiday break? Check out the "12 Days of Christmas" practice challenge, or help your students create a Christmas (or Winter) Repertoire List of pieces they can perform for family and friends!
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What do you think? What musicianship skills will you be working on in lessons this month? I would love to hear from you in the comments!
6 Comments
Karen Hunter link
11/28/2022 07:17:46 am

Fabulous resources! Thank you!

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Chrissy Ricker
11/28/2022 07:55:18 am

You are very welcome! I hope your students enjoy these!

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Leila Viss link
12/1/2022 03:48:39 pm

GREAT stuff, thank you!

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Chrissy Ricker
12/2/2022 05:31:49 am

You are very welcome, Leila! I hope it is helpful!

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Juli Holgerson
12/8/2022 08:49:27 pm

Thank you Chrissy! These printables are very eye catching and the activities are fun. I love using them with my students!

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Chrissy Ricker
12/9/2022 06:01:55 am

You are very welcome, Juli! I am glad you have been enjoying them!

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