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Free high school music composition lessons
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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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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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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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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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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Future of Music Technology Project
This is the front side to a two sided worksheet. This front page is to accompany a lesson about the history and transformation of music technology over the years. The back of the worksheet (separate download, also free on my page) is a planning sheet for the students to create the "next thing in music technology". This makes for an easy sub plan.
With this, I have my students write an advertisement for their own music technology that they've come up with. I do remind my students to solve one of
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1st - 12th
MUSIC ACTIVITIES MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL FREE
Welcome to Rainy Night Music Education Resources!I am delighted to offer you this free pack of lesson activities designed for the 11-18 age range. This pack includes 6 x 30-minute to 1-hour-long activities, complete with teaching strategies, context, and future lesson suggestions. Middle School Activities:Peter and the Wolf: An Introduction to the OrchestraThe Arabic Scale: An Introduction to World Music and ComposingThe Mysterious School Letter: Revising Bass and Treble Staff NotationHigh Scho
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6th - 12th
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Freebie Scales and Triad worksheet Major and Minor
A quick worksheet for students to write down both fingerings and scales as well as the triads ( root, 1st and 2nd inversion ). Happy teaching :)
Would appreciate your feedback !!
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2nd - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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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!
Email me if you would like to be able to Edit
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PreK - 12th
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Protest Songs: Music of Social Change - Intro to Protest Music - Virtual/Hybrid
Hi Everyone! Please download the updated version here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Protest-Songs-Music-of-Social-Change-Protest-Music-VirtualHybridIn-Person-6492549I am very proud to be a grantee for Teacher’s Pay Teacher’s 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
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Value of Notes and Rests in 4/4 Time
Frustrated with students not knowing the value of notes and rests and how to count them? This one-pager will stop them flipping through pages in the method book.Use the colored version to post in your digital classroom or display in class as a poster. A black and white version is included to help with text and image clarity for a printer-friendly handout to all of your students.
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3rd - 12th
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FREE Tunes with a Twist Sample Pack (for preview before purchasing) - Band music
Are you wanting to download samples of the Tunes with a Twist collection to study in detail before purchasing? We've got you covered! This Sample Pack has all 2 songs from each collection (for random instruments), 4 Indexes of Tunes & Variations and the full Ideas for Use. This will help you determine which (or if all) collections will be great for your situation. You can always view TONS more songs on TpT by clicking on the green preview button for each collection. The best deal on these co
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4th - 12th
Also included in: Band Music - Tunes with a Twist SUPER BUNDLE
Digital Music Production - Logic Pro X - Loop Project
Elevate your digital music production curriculum with our Loop Project designed exclusively for students in Logic Pro X. This engaging assignment challenges students to create at least 24 measures (bars) of music using only Apple Loops while emulating the layering techniques of iconic tracks like Billie Jean. With clear guidelines and a sample process provided, students are empowered to explore, experiment, and unleash their creativity.Guided by the provided rubric, students are encouraged to de
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9th - 12th
The Elements of Music
This an overview lesson of the elements of music. There is a lesson plan as well as links to a fun video, Kahoot game and quiz that you may use to help your students learn about the elements of music. You will also find additional activities to supplement their learning.
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4th - 12th
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My Girl- Beginner Guitar
Learn this iconic Motown classic performed by The Temptations. This chord chart is ideal for beginning guitarists looking to strum some tunes. This is one of my most popular charts for beginners learning chords in the Key of C. Enjoy this chart of strumming techniques and chord formations, which is also attached to the music sheet.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sample Music Lesson Plan
Sample Music Lesson Plan that uses both the Harvard Outline lesson model and the Workshop model (Teachers College - Reading program template). The objective of the lesson plan is to cover yourself to the extreme that no administrator can say a negative about your lesson plan. This lesson plan has been liked by several NYC DOE administrators.
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K - 12th
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Music and Culture - African, Irish and Japanese
This free resource contains samples from three booklets created by Klerrisa Custom Music - African Music, Taikoz and Contemporary Irish Music. Each resource is a integrated set of activities ranging from listening, literacy, composition, performance and score reading. All resources have been written with Australian Standards in mind, however, they are very adaptable globally. Some do require PPT presentations and specific audio files, however, all are readily available in other countries. For fu
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6th - 10th
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Music Theory Basics Guide and Worksheet Sub Plans No Prep PDF
The music theory basics include information about the essential components of music, descriptions of intervals and tabs in order to learn popular songs online, and other basic information on guitar terminology. A companion worksheet/test is also included.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sound Design and Musical Foley
This lesson covers sound design and the art of musical foley. It covers the origins of musical foley, what makes good and bad foley, common objects used, and ducking of sound. It also reviews/introduces the musical elements of articulation, dynamics, tempo, and register so that students can pick a text or portion of a text and mark it for foley and musical expression elements. Students then record into a DAW and manipulate the register of their speaking voice (Soundtrap is the modeled DAW).
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6th - 12th
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Understanding Music (Sample)
This sample includes activities and curriculum for learning about the basic elements of music, including: note names, pitch, the grand staff, treble clef, bass clef, the piano, rhythm, and more. It comprises the first 25 pages of Understanding Music - Book One, which is also for sale.
The Ben + Chelsea series is designed to engage kids in Reading, Writing, and Math through the fantastic stories of Ben, a supposed super-hero, and his sister, Chelsea. Each story revolves around a theme and consi
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Soundtrap Digital Music Production & Composition - Unit 1: Week 1 Sample
Unit 1: Week 1 Sample Instrumental Pop Music Remix Assignment Templates with Audio Stems A Soundtrap account is required to access the templates Unit 1, Week 1 Remix Templates:“Princess Diana” Ice Spice & Nicki Minaj“Laugh Now Cry Later” Drake & Lil Durk“Tomorrow 2” GloRilla & Cardi B“I’m Different” 2 Chainz“Cooped Up” Post Malone & Roddy Ricch These tracks are used for educational purposes in accordance with section 107 of US Copyright Law.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
General music lesson rubric
Hello all!
I teach some after school courses, but still need to turn in lesson plans. Because it's an after school program, it's a little less rigorous with what I have to include. I only meet with these classes once a week and I found all the rubrics to either be extremely involved or not enough. I currently use this to teach a 45 minute group piano, general music, music theory, and brass ensemble. I will upload another option that includes a "lesson objective". Hopefully this helps out some o
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PreK - 12th
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Medieval Music Transcription Activity
A short worksheet designed to test students' understanding of Medieval neumes.Using the Catholic religious chant Confirma Hoc Deus, students practice transcribing neumes (written on a C clef) to G clef pitches.Challenge ambitious students to work out and notate the timing of the neumes as well - for my class, just working out the pitch was enough.
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8th - 9th
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