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Free high school instrumental music lessons
Music Sub Plan: Emergency Plan #1 FREEBIE!
Keep this music sub plan on file for an unexpected absence! None of us like to call in sick at the last minute, but emergencies happen. This lesson plan can be used any time of year to help you out in a bind – no prior musical knowledge needed! This is a great band sub plan, orchestra sub plan or general music sub plan.This sub plan is included in our MUSIC SUB PLANS BUNDLE!6 ready-to-print lesson plans for music teachers and band directors ♫ Substitutes must have access to the internet and be
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Music Sub Plans Bundle
Music-Themed Podcast Listening Centre FREEBIE
Music-Themed Podcast Listening Centre FREEBIE for the Music ClassroomGet your music students listening to important discussions within music through this Musical Podcast Listening Centre! Podcasts have grown in popularity and are a perfect way to help students develop their listening comprehension, music appreciation and critical listening skills.This resource includes:Curated list of music-related podcasts suitable for students of all ages2 Podcast Listening Response worksheetsPodcast Listening
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5th - 10th
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Piano Keyboard - Music Theory Worksheet
Ready to print keyboard worksheet to teach your band, choir, orchestra or piano students about the basics of the keyboard. Wonderful introduction to major scales & key signature. Definitions include: Interval, Half step, Whole step, Flat, Sharp, Natural, Natural half step, Enharmonic, Chromatic scale, Tetrachord, Major scale. Key (study guide) and blank copy are included.Looking for a full music theory curriculum for beginning or second year players in 5th-8th grade? ⭐Music Theory Curriculum
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6th - 9th
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Rhythm Reading Google Slides Level One
This is level one of rhythm reading on Google Slides. Level One is great for all beginners no matter what age. I have personally taught with this from age 4 to high school. Each level gets increasingly more challenging. Level One includes a 4 beat pattern of: quarter notes, quarter rests, and a pair of eighth notes.I use these slides as a slide show, but they could be printed and used as flash cards.Includes: 1 title slide3 slides of name of symbol and symbol20 slides of four beat patterns inclu
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PreK - 12th
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Music Note and Rest Values Lesson
Students can learn what note and rest values are and practice this important element in music. Note and rest values include the whole, half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth values which determine how long or short to play a note or how long to hold a rest. When learning how to play an instrument, this is the next lesson learned after notes on the staff.
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1st - 10th
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Music of Africa from Music Cultures a World Music Unit SAMPLE FREEBIE
Expose your students to music around the world by exploring the musical styles and instruments native to the continent of Africa. This is a FREE SAMPLE from our Music Cultures: World Music Unit: "Explore music around the world from inside your music classroom. Introduce your students to authentic instruments and musical styles from all around the world! This is an extremely flexible unit that can be used in many different classrooms and situations. This product comes as a print version (PDFs) AN
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2nd - 12th
Also included in: Music Cultures of the World Unit & Supplemental Materials Mega BUNDLE
John Williams Composers of Western Music History SAMPLE FREEBIE
Learn about the composer John Williams in this presentation and guided note page. Students will LOVE hearing some of the most well known movie themes of all time.⚠️FREEBIE ALERT⚠️This is a FREE SAMPLE from our Composers: A Western Music History Unit "Explore the evolution of western music history from composer to composer. This in depth unit contains 18 presentations that can work as a western music history unit, western music appreciation unit, or composer of the month activity. Each presentat
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K - 12th
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Protest Songs: Music of Social Change - Protest Music - Virtual/Hybrid/In-Person
Hi Everyone! I am very proud to be a grantee for Teachers Pay Teachers Teach for Justice Program. I have spent the last few years researching social justice and culturally relevant teaching in music, and I am excited to bring lessons to the TpT platform. I believe music and arts have the power to inspire people to take action and create a world where justice prevails. This lesson is an Intro to Protest Music and Social Justice Discussion. Included in this lesson are:links to various readings on
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Music Worksheet FREEBIE: John Philip Sousa
This fun cross-curricular worksheet is part of our “Marine Band and John Philip Sousa” substitute lesson plan. Get the COMPLETE 50 min. lesson with engaging videos and audio here! Lesson Plan: The Marine Band and John Philip SousaThis free “John Philip Sousa’s Lifetime” worksheet is a great way to combine learning about music and history while exploring the life of John Philip Sousa. It's great for Veteran's Day, Memorial Day- or any time!Students will learn and discuss what life was about b
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Music Sub Plans Bundle
Music 101 Unit!
This fun, entertaining and engaging unit is the perfect unit to start off your music class. This unit includes a guide to the unit, google slides, videos, group activities, frequent opportunities for student engagement, review jeopardy, an assessment and more! Students will gain a deep understanding of what all music truly is. They will discover the enormous impact that music has had on society. They will also discover all the positive benefits that music has on the body. Lastly, they will learn
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4th - 12th
Also included in: 8 WEEK General Music BUNDLE 6-12th Grade!!! #2
Music-Treble Clef Pitch Flashcards with Polka Dot Border
File includes 8 flashcards for pitch name recognition in the C major scale. Use for recorder students, Solfege recognition, line vs. space, note names, etc. The cards feature a cute polka dot border. Great for all ages!
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K - 12th
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Beat Mapping/Drum Grid Project (Soundtrap)
This activity will teach students how to use the pattern beat maker in Soundtrap to create their own beats. Students will learn how to recreate common drum beats then will be instructed to make their own beat. Includes a video tutorial that you can keep or delete from the slideshow.Great for a distance learning/virtual learning scenario as well as a regular classroom project!
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3rd - 12th
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Complete the Music Box Challenge! (Great for distance learning, sub plan idea!)
This product uses the 4 core national standards of music: Create, Perform, Respond, and Connect! These 4 core standards are used in ways for students to be able to use music in a fun way while social distancing.I will be uploading my new lessons once a week. Please consider following me, and leaving a review if you choose to download this lesson. :)Warmly,Kirsten
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4th - 12th
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FREE Easy Tone Chimes & Bells Arrangement AMERICA
***FREE***This product is a lesson plan and instrumental piece written in a “non-music reading” approach for the song, AMERICA. It is not meant to be an accompaniment for singing but rather the entire melody and accompaniment is written in order to be played so that it may be performed, whether in the classroom or for a program. While music theory is taught and reviewed, this approach gives students a sense of accomplishment in learning to “read and perform” in a short period of time. Students
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Music Theory: Note Values Interactive Slides
Editable, interactive slides to introduce students to note values and music math! Learn how many beats quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, and whole notes have. You can use this slideshow for synchronous or asynchronous learning. This is a companion interactive slide show to the Keith Snell Preparatory Level Piano Theory book. Feel free to contact me if you need help editing your slides!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Piano Crayon Matching Game for Back to School Music Review
Looking for a fun game for music centers? Or just a way to engage your private piano students? This piano matching game is perfect for private piano lessons or elementary music class! My general music class loved this for back to school, but you could use it any time of the year.These are also available in recorder fingerings, rhythm, instruments of the orchestra, bass clef, and treble clef. Or you can get the same thing, but as snowmen, hearts, shamrocks, Easter eggs, bunnies, popsicles, or puz
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Piano Matching Games for Music Centers GROWING BUNDLE
Mini Music Composition Assignment with Staff Paper
Use this FREE mini composition activity to get your students writing music more often! Students fill out simple requirements (number of measures, types of notes to use, etc.), then can create their own composition on the back using the staff paper. The front side also includes a brief "cheat" sheet to help forgetful students!The PDF is set-up to allow 2 assignments to print on a single sheet of paper. Cut them in half and distribute - Saves paper!!⚠️FREEBIE ALERT⚠️This resource is perfect for
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K - 12th
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Fine Arts Connections: Find, Prep and Paint Recycled Guitars as Art
Integrate Fine Arts connections. Creative students are often multi-talented in music and art. This lesson shows step-by-step how to find old, broken or unwanted guitars through community donations and upcycle into transformed 3D sculpture. Secrets to prepping epoxy surfaces, fixing nicks, structural integrity, inspiring quality design, choosing primers and pursuing community exhibits are driven from 15 years as an Art Surface Luthier in my personal studio. #1 Best Art Project my kids love! High
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9th - 12th
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Clarinet Fingerings Beginning Band FREEBIE
Looking for a great handout for your students to simplify choosing the correct clarinet fingering? This is it! Students love having this to refer to as they work on challenging music. You can give this to your beginners when they start using chromatic fingerings or your advanced students to use as they learn all-state music. The basics hold true!You can also run this through your school poster maker and have a large poster to refer to throughout the year. Check out our bundles!Back to School Bun
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6th - 12th
SUB PLAN assignment for orchestra
Need an assignment your students can do with a sub? Something that takes some time...something that will be meaningful and useful to students? This assignment is prefect for those days you need a sub. It gets students studying their concert music and helps them determine what needs practice. You can use this assignment by having students mark their current concert pieces, or you can copy a piece of music and have it handy to use just for this assignment.
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5th - 12th
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MOZART Word Search, Quick Fact Sheet & Questions - Great Composers (FREE)
A ready-to-use wordsearch with quick fact sheet and questions to help students learn more about the magnificent MOZART!Designed for students to work independently if needed - so great for a substitute/ relief/ cover lesson.Page 1: Fact Sheet (colour)Page 2: Word Search (colour)Page 3: Question Sheet (colour)Page 4, 5 & 6: Fact Sheet, Word Search, Questions (black & white)Page 7 & 8 : Teacher Answers (colour) Activity Instructions:Read the factsheet and underline 3 interesting factsH
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: 16 Music PERIODS & Music ELEMENTS Word Search BUNDLE
Haydn's 'Surprise Symphony' Arrangement (Boomwhackers/Handbells/Percussion)
A simple arrangement perfect for small percussion ensembles in 4 parts - perfect for any tuned percussion including boomwhackers, handbells, glockenspiel, xylophone, or marimba. Suitable for younger classes and older beginners!PDF includes:1 Complete Score4 Tuned Percussion/Mallet PartsWritten in C major - requires chromatic extensions to play (F#). Color-coded to boomwhackers or handbells for ease of reading. All parts are A3 in easily readable large print!FOLLOW ORISCUS MUSICDon’t forget to co
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2nd - 12th
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Music Lesson Plan Template
Music Lesson Plan Template!
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PreK - 12th
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Yes, I DID just turn Martin Luther King Jr. Into a lesson in music AND history.
It's hard to figure out how to teach about and honor a political figure like MLK in music class. Let this activity launch your music class into discussions on harmony, melody, history, and Soundtracking.
This unique activity combines Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" as a unique soundtrack to the inspiring "I Have a Dream" speech. Your students will come alive hearing this familiar speech in a new context and you may find yourself...inspired.
Enjoy this lesson and mp3 for free.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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