Maine Motif Issue 2, Vol. II (Winter, 2018) | Page 23

Tips On Teaching Intonation
FROM 50+ BAND DIRECTORS AROUND THE
COUNTRY
Reprinted with permission from “Band Directors Talk Shop”
Editor’s Note: Not familiar with the website banddirectorstalkshop.com? I encourage
you to check it out! You can also sign up for their newsletter to be delivered via email.
From the “About Us” section of the site:
Band Directors Talk Shop is all about helping you be a better band director so your students can
be better musicians.  It is a collaborative effort of band directors, former band directors, private
lesson teachers and fine arts administrators.
Learn.  Posts will strive to teach you something you can use in your classroom today. Practical,
bite-sized bits of information that help fix a problem or improve in some area.
Share.  This is a place for us to share ideas with you, but also a place for you to share ideas,
comments and questions you may have.  Please engage by posting comments, emailing us
questions, and sharing this site on social media so we can help more directors make better
musicians.
Inspire.  We hope this is a place that inspires you to continue to learn and grow in your field.  We
will also provide many ideas on how to inspire your students to improve and excel.
We want this site to feel like a bunch of band directors sitting around a table talking shop.
 Please pull up a chair and join us!
In our summer survey, we asked Band Directors Talk Shop readers “What is the best
phrase, analogy or activity you’ve ever heard/used regarding the teaching of
intonation?” With over 300 responses to the survey, we came up with these 50+ things
to give you ideas about how to help your students play with better intonation.
Thanks so much to all of our readers who took time to fill out the survey. We’ll be
posting more Readers’ Collaborative Articles in the future!