Notebusters
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Marina Del Rey, California, United States
About the store
The author of NoteBusters has been in music education since the age of 13. Karen Spurney has taught classroom music for 12 years, and private and group piano for even longer. She went to the University of Southern California where she studied Piano Performance and has performed and been part of many ensembles. She continues to learn musical styles from around the globe and is constantly evolving her teaching to best reach her students interests and help them access a rapidly changing world.
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Piano Note-Reading Music Exercises
Notebusters helps improve sight-reading skills with simple and fun one-minute exercises for your students. Each pack is designed for a specific instrument and range of notes. The Piano Pack (Level 1) contains 20 worksheets with 24 notes per sheet. Students are encouraged to complete each exercise in under a minute (think Mad Minute for music). The Piano Pack contains 11 Bass Clef notes and 9 Treble Clef notes that occur most frequently in beginner piano sheet music. Notebusters presents not
K - 12th, Adult Education
Music, Music Composition
Also included in: Music Note-Reading Exercise Bundle
Recorder Note-Reading Music Exercises
Notebusters helps improve sight-reading skills with simple and fun one-minute exercises for your students. Each pack is designed for a specific instrument and range of notes. The Record Pack contains 20 worksheets with 25 notes per sheet. Students are encouraged to complete each exercise in under a minute (think Mad Minute for music). The Recorder pack contains 11 notes that occur most frequently in Recorder sheet music. Notebusters presents notes to students without patterns. Teaching stud
K - 12th, Adult Education
Instrumental Music, Music, Music Composition
Also included in: Music Note-Reading Exercise Bundle
Easy Treble Clef Sheet Music Exercises
Notebusters helps improve sight-reading skills with simple and fun one-minute exercises for your students. Each pack is designed for a specific instrument and range of notes. The Treble Clef pack contains 10 free worksheets with 25 notes per sheet. Students are encouraged to complete each exercise in under a minute (think Mad Minute for music). The Treble Clef pack contains 9 notes that occur most frequently in beginner Treble Clef instrument sheet music (piano, violin, ukulele, flute, recorde
K - 12th, Adult Education
Instrumental Music, Music, Music Composition
Ukulele Note-Reading Music Exercises
Notebusters helps improve sight-reading skills with simple and fun one-minute exercises for your students. Each pack is designed for a specific instrument and range of notes. The Ukulele Pack contains 20 worksheets with 25 notes per sheet. Students are encouraged to complete each exercise in under a minute (think Mad Minute for music). The Ukulele pack contains 13 notes that occur most frequently in Ukulele sheet music. Notebusters presents notes to students without patterns. Teaching studen
K - 12th, Adult Education
Instrumental Music, Music, Music Composition
Also included in: Music Note-Reading Exercise Bundle
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About the store
Experience
The author of NoteBusters has been in music education since the age of 13. Karen Spurney has taught classroom music for 12 years, and private and group piano for even longer. She went to the University of Southern California where she studied Piano Performance and has performed and been part of many ensembles. She continues to learn musical styles from around the globe and is constantly evolving her teaching to best reach her students interests and help them access a rapidly changing world.
Teaching style
Music should be accessible to everyone! Learning to read music is not a challenge, it just takes practice!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Music Teacher’s Association of California Solo Division Winner (2007), California Association of Professional Music Teachers Sonata Competition College Division Winner (2007), USC Thornton Wind Ensemble Pianist (2006-2007), Junior Bach Festival Complete Works Auditions Winner (2004), Dean's Scholar (2003-2007)
My own education history
University of Southern California (B.M), Azusa Pacific University (Multiple Subject Teaching Credential), Mount Saint Mary's College (Clear Credential), ORFF Certified
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