Nineteen years of game play testing across the continent from Hawaii to Newfoundland and Puerto Rico to Alaska plus three years of writing has produced Music Mind Games.
This extraordinary book is full of sensational games to help students learn music theory.
In Part One, author and master teacher, Michiko Yurko shares her philosophy of joyful learning in a nurturing, unhurried, yet animated environment of students working together. They become totally involved in playing exciting games that are cleverly designed so that everyone wins.
In Part Two, Michiko guides you through 24 chapters that contain over 200 games which help students discover all aspects of music theory and reading concepts. Students with solid music theory skills become well rounded musicians. The organization and inventiveness of this book will keep any teacher brimming with ideas for years and years.
The book has 575 photographs and over 325 illustrations to guide even the nonmusical teacher through this imaginative teaching technique.