Bow Tie Music is a lesson sharing platform built to inspire elementary school music teachers through an authentic, practical, and creative approach to music education. Everything you see here is intended to emphasize the belief that kids are awesome, music should be fun, and building a life-long appreciation of music within our students is the pinnacle of this great profession.
William C. Doublestein
Will Doublestein is an elementary school music teacher and clinician from Zionsville, IN. He has twelve years of experience in the K-4 classroom and currently teaches kindergarten through fourth grade at Boone Meadow Elementary. Will’s YouTube channel Bow Tie Music houses about 750 teaching videos with over 20,000,000 views across the globe.
“Will Doublestein, as much as any music teacher I’ve seen, embodies joyful dancing with his students. His library of YouTube videos of his students’ dancing is a great gift to music teachers and elementary school students across the country and beyond.”
-Peter Amidon, music & dance educator, New England Dancing Masters founding member
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- Hello World
I first found this song through the children’s TV show Yo Gabba Gabba, originally performed by Sal Masekela. Here’s a link to the original video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBgIPnA9oMU To play it in the original key, I played guitar chords in the key of C, capo on the first fret. The chords are: Verse- C Am F C…
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Veterans Are Not Veterinarians
The adorable children’s song Veterans Are Not Veterinarians was written as a funny way to introduce Veterans Day to kindergartners. It’s sure to help the youngsters in your life find a little more clarity about the distinction between these two wonderful groups of people. This song is a perfect addition to a Veterans Day Program and is…
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