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Music composition guided reading books for parents
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Band Postcards
Improve parent/teacher communication while encouraging your band students! Pass them out directly to your students at school or surprise them by mailing it via USPS! This postcard collection contains 5 ready-to-print postcards and 1 editable post card (in Microsoft Word) for personalization. ⭐These postcards are included in our money saving End-of-Year Bundle for Band Directors⭐Your band parents are your biggest supporters and advocates. Let them know when their child is doing something RIGHT
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: End of Year Bundle for Band Directors
Music Choice Board for Independent Learning (Band, Choir, Orchestra)
Struggling with music ideas that your students can do at home with limited access to sheet music or instruments? This choice board gives students creative options with a variety of materials they are likely to have at home. Some of the topics covered on the choice board:music listening/appreciationmusic compositionlyric writingmusic terminologymusical theatresoundtracks and playlistsinstrument creationmusic in a foreign languagevirtual field tripsClick "View Preview" to view the product before p
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4th - 12th
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Teaching Music History - Music in the Romantic Era: 1825-1900
This text serves to assist the Middle, High, or early collegiate music teacher to instruct a course on Music History, focusing on music and chant in the Romantic Era, approximately 1825 - 1900. Subjects covered include world history, philosophy, religion, musical theoretical practices, and major composers, including Fraznk Liszt, Richard Wagner, Robert Schumann, and Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky, among others. A list of suggested listening is offered, which can be found online on YouTube. Discussion
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teaching Music History - Music in the Classical Era: 1750-1825
This text serves to assist the Middle, High, or early collegiate music teacher to instruct a course on Music History, focusing on music and chant in the Classical Era, approximately 1750 - 1825. Subjects covered include world history, philosophy, religion, musical theoretical practices, and major composers, including Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven. A list of suggested listening is offered, which can be found online on YouTube. Discussion questions for assessment
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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A Brief History of Music - Jazz
This text serves to describe the history of American jazz, including its major styles and genres, contributors, and its connection with American history. Artists such as Louie Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and John Coltrane are discussed, in addition to the rise of styles including the blues, swing, bebop, and fusion. This text is designed for middle, high school, and collegiate students studying an introductory course on Music History. A supplemental document, Artists of Jazz Music
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Teaching Music History - Music of Ancient Greece
This text serves to assist in the instruction of Music of in the Ancient Greek society. Subjects covered include mythology, musical instruments, culture, Greek philosophy, famous figures, and musical theory. A discussion question worksheet is also included, and can be used as an in-class guided discussion activity or an individual homework assignment.
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5th - 12th
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Composer Profiles - Composers in the Romantic Era (1825-1900)
This supplemental text to Music in the Romantic Era: 1825-1900 can be used in addition to the main text or as an independent biographical resource. Contained is a series of brief accessible biographies of prominent composers in the Romantic Era. Composers include Antonin Dvorak, Camille Saint-Saens, Edvard Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Frederic Chopin, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustav Mahler, Hector Berlioz, Johannes Brahms, Modest Mussorsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Kors
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Teaching Music History - Music in the Renaissance: 1400-1600
This text serves to assist the Middle, High, or early collegiate music teacher to instruct a course on Music History, focusing on music and chant in the Renaissance Period, approximately 1400 - 1600 A.D. Subjects covered include world history, philosophy, religion, musical theoretical practices, and major composers in Renaissance history. A list of suggested listening is offered, which can be found online on YouTube. Discussion questions for assessment and evaluation are also included and can be
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teaching Music History - Music in Video Games
This text serves to assist the Middle, High, or early collegiate music teacher to instruct a course on Music History, focusing on music in video games and multimedia, from the 1980's to the present day. Subjects covered include history, technology,and major composers. A list of suggested listening is offered, which can be found online on YouTube. Discussion questions for assessment and evaluation are also included and can be used for in-class discussions or homework assignments.
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5th - 12th
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Composer Profiles - Twentieth Century Composer Biographies
This supplemental text to Music in the Twentieth Century: 1900-2000 can be used in addition to the main text or as an independent biographical resource. Contained is a series of brief accessible biographies of prominent composers in the Modern Era. Composers include Aaron Copland, Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, Bela Bartok, Charles Ives, Dmitri Shostakovich, George Gershwin, Giacomo Puccini, Gustav Holst, John Philip Sousa, Leonard Bernstein, Paul Hindemith, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Strau
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Teaching Music History - Music in the Movies
This text outlines a brief history of music at the movies, beginning from the first "talkies" to the advent of new technologies enjoyed by the top film composers of the present day. The essay covers nearly one hundred years of film music development, including examples from such prominent film composers such as Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, and James Horner, among many others. Perfect for a General Music or Music History class discussing music in multimedia and popular cultur
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Teaching Music History - Music in the Twentieth Century
This text serves to assist the Middle, High, or early collegiate music teacher to instruct a course on Music History, focusing on music in the Twentieth Century, from 1900 until 2000. Subjects covered include world history, philosophy, religion, musical theoretical practices, and major composers to the present day. A list of suggested listening is offered, which can be found online on YouTube.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Teaching Music History - Chant in the Middle Ages - 500-1000 A.D.
This text serves to assist the Middle, High, or early collegiate music teacher to instruct a course on Music History, focusing on music and chant in the early Middle Ages, approximately 500 - 1000 A.D. Subjects covered include world history, philosophy, religion, musical theoretical practices, major figures in Medieval history, and a brief history of early Gregorian Chant. A list of suggested listening is offered, which can be found online on YouTube. Discussion questions for assessment and eval
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Teaching Music History - Music in the Baroque Era (c.1600-1750)
This text serves to assist the Middle, High, or early collegiate music teacher to instruct a course on Music History, focusing on music and chant in the Baroque Era, approximately 1600 - 1750 A.D. Subjects covered include world history, philosophy, religion, musical theoretical practices, and major composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. A list of suggested listening is offered, which can be found online on YouTube. Discussion questions for assessment and evaluatio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teaching Music History - Egyptian Music
This essay surveys Music History in the time of the Ancient Egyptians, from approximately 3000 B.C.E. to 31 B.C.E. Culture, religion, musical instruments, and performance techniques are covered in an easy to understand, user-friendly manner. A list of discussion questions that can be used in class or for homework is also included.
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3rd - 12th
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"Brown Bear, Brown Bear" by Eric Carle Rhythm Worksheet & Chant
Enjoy Eric Carle's "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" This rhythmic chant offers little learners a chance to explore quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes. There is a worksheet for composition practice as well as suggested supplemental activities. This is a fun Distance Learning or sub plan due to easy notes and ample online support (YouTube is your friend).For the "Teacher" verse, I've included my bitmoji but you can easily swap it out for your own bitmoji or another pictur
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PreK - 4th
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Mr. Everybody's Musical Apartment Book Two
Mr. Everybody's Musical Apartment Book Two introduces Good Guy, Always Awfuland Bad Boy as characters and notes. Each note is used in a new song which also review the characters from book 1. Concepts such as 1st and 2nd ending, repeat signs, sharp signs and quarter rests are introduced in the new songs. The concept of the 3 new characters being used together as the word Gab helps the student with rapid recognition of notes. You will be amazed at fast paced increase of notation reading.
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1st - 7th
Practice Guide for Suzuki Violin Book 1
Ready to become a better Practice Partner? This guide is designed to help you make practice better, and fun! I know it can be tough, and I also know that you CAN do this!My goal with this guide is to help you be the best Practice Partner you can be, without overwhelming you. This guide can help you and your student to better understand everything new in the world of Violin and Suzuki.My hope is that you will come back to this guide over and over as a quick reference to help you make the most of
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Not Grade Specific
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A Brief History of Music for Young Adults - Full Text
This complete version of the original text A Brief History of Music for Young Adults by Dr. Andrew Lesser contains all of the chapters posted on Teachers Pay Teachers in one volume. The text has been updated and revised for greater continuity, along with the addition of discussion questions and classroom activities for each chapter. It also includes all Composer and Artist profiles, along with a comprehensive list of influential theorists, composers, and musicians covered in the text.
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9th - 12th
Sound BINGO! A fun game to learn the sound of musical instruments
Basic Bingo rules apply, except the board is a 5X5 grid of instruments (the center square is a ‘free space’ and considered already filled). Listen to the audio clips and cross off (or cover) each instrument as it plays. First to get five-in-a-row (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) is the winner. Easy!
- Download and unzip the zip file (4 pdf bingo cards and 34 mp3 audio clips)
- Print the cards.
- Either burn the audio to CD or create a playlist on an mp3 player.
- Set to random or shuffle.
- H
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K - 4th
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Halloween High Low Listening Exercises
This is a Halloween-themed High and Low Notes worksheet and their consecutive mp3 audio tracks.These audio tracks contain Halloween sounds for students to get a spooky yet fun experience.Practicing to find out what sounds are high and what sounds are low is crucial when doing music. And it is hard to do it in a fun way.So here are some fun interactive activities for music teachers.Includes 10 listening activities per sheet and there are 2 worksheets. And the answers are in the QR codes.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
10 Editable Piano Binder Covers, 1, 1.5, 2" Spines, A4+Letter, PDF+PPTX
Harmonize your binder organization with our Piano Binder Covers. This set comes complete with covers compatible with 1-inch, 1.5-inch, and 2-inch spines, offering versatility to accommodate your needs perfectly. Available in both A4 and US Letter sizes, these covers fit standard binders effortlessly.What sets these binder covers apart is their exceptional customization options. Using commonly used software like PowerPoint or a PDF reader, you can easily personalize these covers. Add your labels,
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Beginning Band Instrument Purchasing Guide
This editable document is a guide for future band parents to help them purchase the best instrument for their child. it includes how to navigate several options: 1. Local Music Stores2. Music Websites (NOT AMAZON)3. Family Owned Instruments4. facebook Marketplace5. Thrift Stores and Pawn ShopsThere is also an extensive list of quality instrument and reed brands to guide parents in their search.
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5th - 7th
Simple Composer Worksheets BUNDLE
In this bundle, you'll find 36 composer simple info worksheets. The composers in this bundle are: Anderson, Bach, Beethoven, Bernstein, Bizet, Brahms, Britten, Chopin, Copland, Debussy, Dvorak, Elgar, Gershwin, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Joplin, Kodaly, Listz, Mahler, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Orff, Prokofiev, Rossini, Saint-Saens, Schubert, Clara Shumann, Robert Shumann, Sousa, Strauss, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Wagner, & Williams. Additionally, I have created blank templates for female and ma
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Not Grade Specific
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