06/04/2025
New music teacher resource is up today! I like using these games as decoding activities for my older students. They hear the rhythm clapped, and then sing it back to me on numbers. I also usually assign a referee to get students out during the game so I can kick back and take a nap.
https://youtu.be/jlaSD32pyE8
I've been filling my Teachers Pay Teachers store recently with lots of Google Slides rhythm lessons. Most lessons are only 2 or 3$. Please share! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/joe-luegers-music-academy
Poison Rhythm Game – Learn to Count Basic Rhythms!
How to play: echo the rhythms that you hear. If the rhythm matches the displayed one, freeze and don't play anything. You can count the rhythms using your pr...
05/27/2025
My collection of 120 Progressive Ear Training Exercises is on sale this summer for about 20$. Visit this link: https://www.patreon.com/collection/878272 and use the code 5E605 to receive a 30% discount. The collection includes permanent access to 120 Exercises with written lessons and a Google Sheets checklist to track your progress. What's the worst that could happen? HAHA. Here's one of the exercises on Chord Progressions if you'd like to sample: https://youtu.be/z8PKW9JxolY
05/21/2025
New Music Teacher Resource is up today! Have fun, or share with a music teacher you know.
Rhythm Game For Music Teachers - Quarter Notes + Eighth Notes
How to play: echo the rhythms on the screen, but you hear the poison rhythm freeze and don't play anything. You can count the rhythms using your preferred co...
01/30/2025
Can this ear training video possibly work? I've always been skeptical about exercises like this, so I set out to make one that might actually be useful. This composition is carefully constructed to let you hear how minor 2nds resolve in various harmonic contexts, which is what other ear training exercises often lack. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/B0WkLbCVx7U
01/15/2025
The next video in my series of progressive ear training lessons is out now! Lesson 2 discusses whole steps, half steps, and skips.
Check it out here: https://youtu.be/W3HqTv9LYh0
My series of 120 ear training exercises is still on sale until the end of January: https://www.patreon.com/collection/878272