This document discusses teaching music to students without being a specialist in music. It argues that music is important for developing patterns and order in children's brains. It busts the myth that only musical people can teach music, noting many non-musical careers also require skills like those in music. It provides guidance on teaching elements like pulse, rhythm, and pitch through call-and-response singing and thinking voice exercises. The document encourages recording lessons for self-evaluation and sharing teaching ideas online.

1. Teaching music as a non specialist. Jackie Schneider June 2011

2. The future of music education

5. Busting the myth Musical Non musical

6. “ Excellence is not reserved for the lucky few but could be achieved by almost ALL of us.”

19. “ Teach music and singing at school in such a way that it is not torture but a joy for the pupil; instil a thirst for finer music in him, a thirst which will last a lifetime. Music must not be approached from its intellectual, rational side nor should it be conveyed to the child as a system of algebraic symbols or as a secret language with which he has no connection…. If the child is not filled at least once by the life giving stream of music during the most susceptible period between 6 and 16 – it will hardly be of any use later on” Zoltan Kodaly (composer and educator)

20. Thank you for listening! washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life Red Auerbach