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Free 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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In the Hall of the Mountain King - Tempo & Dynamics Listening Activity
This is a short pdf file that I created to accompany my lesson on Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King!
This file focuses on tempo and dynamics. It includes ideas for movement and composition to accompany the topics!
My favorite part of this is the little sayings that can be sung along with the song using different descriptions of movement!
Also includes a printable listening map of the main theme as well as a colorful map in the pdf file.
Please download and enjoy! If you do d
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1st - 3rd
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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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Chance Music with Boomwhackers Activity Worksheet
Use this FREE product to introduce students to chance music in a simple and fun way!Students need: Six Boomwhackers (if you don't have Boomwhackers - any instrument/sound/pitch will do), a crayon to match the color of the Boomwhackers, and 1-2 dice. Fill out the top of the sheet by assigning the Boomwhackers a number on the die. Then - roll the dice! Record the results by coloring in the boxes at the bottom with the color of Boomwhacker the die result shows. There is enough room for 10 "song
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2nd - 5th
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Jan Brett's "The Mitten" Book-based music lesson FREEBIE
Using picture books in elementary music education is a fantastic way to bring stories to life while practicing music skills that adhere to the National Standards of Music Education. "THE MITTEN" by Jan Brett despicts a child's mitten that grows and grows to meet the needs of the winter animals. These editable Google Slides include:Book introduction slide for a live read aloud8 character melodies & rhythms for xylophones, boomwhackers, or piano using quarters, eighths, & sixteenth notes
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K - 4th
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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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Google Slides Music Lesson: Staff, Treble Clef, Music Alphabet, & Note Names
This Google Slides presentation will introduce your students to the staff, treble clef, music alphabet, and note names in treble clef. It can be used to teach either in person or virtually. Beyond the step by step explanation and introduction to each concept, there are fill in the blank practice exercises as well. All that you need for a great lesson! And, if you're looking to bundle: check out the and tack onto the similar bass clef slideshow (FREE) and then follow up for understanding with the
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1st - 5th
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Musically Montessori: Loud & Quiet, "The Forte & Piano Game"
These cards from Magical Movement Company can be used in the musical game: "The Conductor." Children will enjoy making music with the dynamics of loud (Forte) and quiet (Piano). Preschool Music Lesson ideas for Montessori style activities with singing, movement, focused listening, and rhythm instruments.
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PreK - 1st
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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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Dinosaur Discovery
Your little dinosaur Paleontologists will love digging and learning about fossils. There are fine motor skills activities for math, science and literacy center fun: This set includes multiple learning centers, crafts, and activities about dinosaurs that all include fine motor skills.
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PreK - K
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The Ultimate Valentines Day Resource for Elementary Music Teachers
Looking for fun, engaging, and unique Valentines Day activities for your elementary music classroom? Look no further! This packet includes Valentines Day activities that you can reference and use for years to come.This resource includes:-10 Valentines Day Songs (My Valentines, Love Somebody, Bump Up Tomato, Big Bunch of Roses, Ida Red, Love Bugs, When You Send a Valentine, I Hope I Get a Letter!, I Got a Letter, and Roses are Red)-9 Orff Arrangements (One for each song except Bump Up Tomato)-30+
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PreK - 6th
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Frosty Weather: Teaching Ta/Ti-ti and High/Low
This is my first TPT file! It is for the song Frosty Weather and uses visuals and movement to learn/review steady beat, rhythm, contour, and pitch.
**EDIT** 01/19/14
Song rhythm/solfege added to file for those unfamiliar with the song! Thanks for pointing it out!
Any/all feedback is greatly appreciated!
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K - 2nd
PowerPoint: Turkey Rhythms for the Kodaly or Orff Music Classroom
Thanks for your download! All items in this store are moving to free resources as of 11/30/2023. I am no longer monitoring this store. If you have any issues, please direct them to TpT's Help Section. **Newly Updated 11/09/14** Includes original file and updated version for the same price!This PowerPoint presentation will allow the students to actively review the rhythms of your choice using quarter note and rest, half note and rest, and eighth notes using traditional or stem notation.Students w
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K - 3rd
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Candy Rapper Halloween Rhythm Composition
Students sort candy names into the rhythms that match how they sound. Then, they choose combinations of candy rhythms to arrange in their very own candy rap.
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1st - 8th
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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
Autumn Rhythm Worksheet
This worksheet is to help younger students become more familiar with ta and ti ti. I am excited to use the adorable clip art from melonheadzillustrating.com
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K - 2nd
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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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Grouping Beats (Bar Lines and Double Bar Lines)
This is a music theory mini-book on grouping beats (using quarter notes, half notes and whole notes only). It introduces bar lines and double bar lines. This is the fourth mini-book in a series. The first three (the quarter note, half note and whole note) mini-books can be found on Teacherspayteachers as well. Together, the four round out an entire unit on beginning theory designed for younger elementary.
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PreK - 4th
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Music Lesson Plan Template
Music Lesson Plan Template!
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PreK - 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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Meet the Instruments
This is an elementary general music class lesson to introduce common percussion and orff instrument groups to your students. The lesson goes over: Non-Pitched Percussion (metals, woods, skins), Metalophones, Xylophones, and Glockenspiels. It also reviews the terms "Improvisation" and "Timbre" and provides an opportunity for students to play these instruments as a group.
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PreK - 6th
Music Lesson Plan Template - Elementary Music - Secondary Music
This freebie is what I use to create my lesson plans. Add your own state standards and unit content in this easy-to-follow lesson plan template. Arkansas teachers, I have made available my lesson plan templates with Arkansas standards already categorized into specific units. You can buy them individually or in the bundle listed below. This will save you hours of work. I used Microsoft Word for this document.
Use these lesson plans to turn into your principal.
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