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Music a la Abbott Amy Abbott Kodály Inspired Blog and Elementary Teachers Music Education Resource

This blog is written by a Kodaly elementary school teacher who shares everything from resources she's used, to resources she's created herself and sharing through Teachers Pay Teachers. She also blogs about her experiences with taking interests of her students and turning them into an activity to do with learning music literacy. And if your teaching style represents the Kodaly teaching style, she has many tips and tricks for this to make our students successful and life-long music lovers.

A Kodaly-inspired blog that includes usable resources for teachers including lesson planning ideas, advice for classroom management, assessment ideas, and links to purchase lesson plans, unit plans, assessments, and other tools.

This is an online music theory and aural site that has lessons and exercises to help students learn basic theory information.

This site has a lot of great ear training exercises. It inlcudes scale and mode identification, interval identification, and dictation exercises. There are non-flash versions of everything.

This site has a lot of great ear training exercises. It inlcudes scale and mode identification, interval identification, and dictation exercises. There are non-flash versions of everything.

This site includes music theory, ear training, musical terms glossary, articles of form and analysis and information about musical instruments.  I plan to reference this site with my students after reading about it in chapter 5 this week.

An online site for learning Music Theory. It can also be used on mobil devices.

This site is a deep resource for students and instructors looking for knowledge in music theory. It also has cross-platform access to mobile phone devices and tablets through the use of games and exercises to help with ear training, chord identification, interval identification and dictation, and more.

This site is a deep resource for students and instructors looking for knowledge in music theory. It also has cross-platform access to mobile phone devices and tablets through the use of games and exercises to help with ear training, chord identification, interval identification and dictation, and more.

This is a free site($20 fee to access offline) that contains tutorials and exercises that focus on intermediate music theory concepts. The site is available in English and Spanish dialect.

This website contains tutorials and online exercises for basic music theory concepts including harmonic function, form, intervals, chords, and note identification. Also includes a music dictionary and section of scholarly music articles.

This website contains tutorials and online exercises for basic music theory concepts including harmonic function, form, intervals, chords, and note identification. Also includes a music dictionary and section of scholarly music articles.

Teoria provides tutorials, theory and ear training exercises, articles, and theory references to fortify knowledge on the above skills. It also highlights events which took place historically with renowned composers, compositions, and artists.

This website provides tutorials and exercises in music theory.  There are also articles and other references for student and teacher use.  This is perfect for students continuing and practicing their theory at home.

This website is great for music theory. It has theory videos and customizable exercises. The website has a bonus reference section and articles of analysis.

Use this site to practice music theory skills. Ear training and notation tutorials are available. Access the articles for music research.

Music theory website which offers resources on: tutorials, references, exercises, and articles. Divided into ear training and music theory. Multiple levels are provided for each type of exercise. Great for group learning, or for students who want to discover more about music theory on their own.

Useful and mostly free teaching materials and other resources for: school orchestra directors, private studio teachers, future string teachers and college methods classes, string players of all ages for self-study.

The finger patterns have really helped my students play in tune in a variety of keys.

Gabriel Villasurda offers a number of free resources for string education. His finger patterns are invaluable for improving intonation in a variety of keys.

StringSkills.com is a place for teachers to be able to look up different finger patterns for all four instruments. There are sheets for shifting to help the student to become fluent and relaxed while shifting and playing in different positions. There are also rhythm, one to two octave scales and sight reading. Each of these have a free download of work sheets that teacher and students can access online to work on in class or practice at home.

StringSkills.com is a place for teachers to be able to look up different finger patterns for all four instruments. There are sheets for shifting to help the student to become fluent and relaxed while shifting and playing in different positions. There are also rhythm, one to two octave scales and sight reading. Each of these have a free download of work sheets that teacher and students can access online to work on in class or practice at home.

This site provides several pieces that focus on certain musical performance skills. The resources are in the form of downloadable sheetmusic. This is a great site for honing in on one specific skill being taght at a time. Most teachers use method books in lesson, which are of course very beneficial but may not put enough emphasis on a specific musical concept. This site has music in several categoires including finger patterns, shifting, and rhythm to name a few. Some of the categories have downloadable curricula as well, making it a great guide for novice teacher or even experienced teachers looking for new materials to work with.

StringSkills.com is an excellent free resource for string teaching materials. Compiled by Gabriel Villasurda, this site contains fingering charts/suggestions, rhythmic practices (and crazy tunes to help reinforce the learning) as well as bowing techniques, scales and shifting. There are even challenge pieces to be played on one string. Definitely worthwhile for string teachers.

This website has free, downloadable exercises that address many string techniques. There are exercises for bowings, finger patterns, scales of varying difficulties, shifting, rhythm, and key signatures. This could be a great resource to push students from a beginner/intermediate level to being able to play advanced repertoire that involve complex rhythms, articulations and key areas. I would like to use this for upper middle school students to prepare them for high school instrumental programs. 

This site contains a variety of teaching materials for violin, viola, cello, and bass. Topics include finger patterns, scales, shifting, bowings, and rhythm.

This website is a resource full of exercises and sheet music for string instruments. There are scales, shifting exercise, and simple songs for students to download and play. There are also piano accompaniments for students to play along with for many of the pieces.

This website is a resource full of exercises and sheet music for string instruments. There are scales, shifting exercise, and simple songs for students to download and play. There are also piano accompaniments for students to play along with for many of the pieces.

Great resource for string teachers! Includes free sheet music to teach specific skills.

The purpose of this site is to provide teacher with professional development and resources on the latest advances in music pedagogy. It also has great resources for students. A wide variety of content is covered by this site such as copyright laws, standards, Music in Our Schools activities, jazz band and much more.

Provides educational information for both teachers and students; including access to InTune monthly magazine.

This is the official website for the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). The website contains various information pertaining to music education, such as links to publications and articles about music education, links for honor ensembles for students, as well as links to the national standards for music education. It also contains information about upcoming events, conferences, and new and emerging ideas in the field of music education.

NAfME (National Association for Music Eduation) is the leading music teaching professional organization. Their website has great resources for advocacy and professional development opportunities.

The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) website contains many resources for music educators, including membership information,

This is the site for the National Association for Music Education. There are valuable articles, lesson plans, and ideas for the classroom.

(In my opinion) all music educators should be members of NAfME. They offer great publications, resources, and events that can be very valuable.

NAfME provides resources and information for teachers and students. Resources include legal information such as copyright compliance, professional development opportunities, and much more. NAfME is a hub for all music educations and leads the music education field in terms of providing the best possible opportunities for students.

This website contains the current 2014 standards for music. All grades and content areas (general music, band, etc.) can be easily accessed.

This website offers many links to professional development opportunities, articles, and helpful links to be used in a music teacher's classroom. It also has all the National Music Standards posted that can be accessed easily for classroom use, Educator Effectiveness, or other needs.

This is a great resource for all music educators. The national music standards can be found here as well as information on scholarships, upcoming NAfME events, and articles for teachers. This can help teachers help students in all aspects of their music education.

This is the website of a music teacher in Alabama. She has free music theory lessons and TONS of theory games and quizzes. This teacher made them all herself and shares how she did it. The site is directed toward elementary age students, though you could get away with middle school students too. High school teachers might want to create their own games.

This page gives a great example of how a music technology program can work. It also includes lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes, and links to completed student projects.

This website has useful information on using technology to teach music. There lessons and quizzes to use.

This is one of my favorite websites and I use it frequently at school. There are over 140 elementary music quizzes, puzzles and games. There are lessons, a piano practice interface, and worksheets all about music notes, rhythms, instruments, composers, and more. This site also incorporates the use of NoteFlight and showcases student work. There are also links and resources for music technology available on the site.

This website contains various lessons, worksheets and interactive elements for students and instructors in a general music to high school theory classroom.  It contains a large library of music worksheets for lesson plan strategies!

This website contains various lessons, worksheets and interactive elements for students and instructors in a general music to high school theory classroom.  It contains a large library of music worksheets for lesson plan strategies!

Ms. Karen Garrett has provided a website that is comprehensive, interactive and impressive for a classroom teacher.  Her lessons, worksheets and quizzes/games are excellent resources to use for beginner piano, note reading, rhythms, basic music history and music theory.  

Music Tech Teacher offers cloud based music theory lessons and quizzes for learners of all ages.

This website is chock full of activities, quizzes, worksheets, and more. A good number of the quizzes are interactive, which would be great for technology centered music classrooms. Though a good number of documents revolve around piano, there is plenty of material on the site that would be great to use with your students.

This website is chock full of activities, quizzes, worksheets, and more. A good number of the quizzes are interactive, which would be great for technology centered music classrooms. Though a good number of documents revolve around piano, there is plenty of material on the site that would be great to use with your students.

The purpose of this resource is to provide free instructional content for music teachers. The site is also used to provide music technology links, quizzes, resources and information to all music teachers interested in using technology to enhance music instruction.

Music Tech Teacher offers music based quizzes and games along with information about lessons, and band.

The Music Tech Teacher website is interested and contains several menus including class lessons, quizzes, and examples of student work. The music tech lessons look great and seem pretty comprehensive on my quick review.

These resources are categorized by grade level and include activities involved rhythm, song, patterns, expression, form, creativity and active listening. This is a well-developed hub of resources and ideas.

Separated by grade level*

A great resource for lesson plans, games and songs for the elementary general music classroom. Songs are listed and categorized by musical elements. The blog includes updated lesson plan ideas.

A great resource for lesson plans, games and songs for the elementary general music classroom. Songs are listed and categorized by musical elements. The blog includes updated lesson plan ideas.