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Yousician is a great resource for learning the guitar, bass, ukelele, or piano. Students can watch video tutorials and move up when they pass levels while playing songs with fun background music. The program/app provides instant feedback on pitch and rhythm. Teachers can use Yousician with a class on a Smart Board. In a group setting, Yousician cannot provide feedback, but it does provide lesson plans and even has a SongCreator. It is free to use with time limits on feedback, or can be upgraded to premium for $9.99/person with unlimited feedback. Students can sign up for their own account and teachers can track their progress through a Teacher account. It is fun, engaging, and provides a well rounded education in these instruments. There are knowledge tracks for each instrument which cover music theory and ear training.

Thoughtco.com/music has many articles pertaining to many different genres and styles of music. It has anything from, pop, country, and hip hop, to world music, classical, Latin, and punk. It also has a music education section that has lesson plans, articles on music history, theory, instrument care, and instruction. This would be a great resource for students to research topics in music.

A collection of iPad apps that would be useful in a music classroom, divided into categories that include theory, performance, rehearsal tools etc. Each app is linked to the App Store for easy access.

This website offers a free template for printing staff paper. Several customizable options including staff size, clef, indentation, and guitar tab are also included.

Create your own blank sheet music. Tons of customization including TAB.

A Flash-based website that allows the user to print free manuscript paper for personal use. Choose from a variety of clefs, with options of brackets, barlines and more.

Through this site, students can engage in a variety of music theory or aural skills activities. Using the program's interface, one can engage with activities such as melodic, harmonic, two-part, and rhythmic dictation as well as chord analysis. It uses a click-drag method to assign notes and/or pitches to an exercise.

This page provides links to the All Star Orchestra education pages on Kahn Academy. Topics include masterworks, theory, instruments, and even conducting. This is a great resource to be used in the classroom.

This website is a great resource for K-5 music.  There are jokes, games, and information regarding famous composers, including recordings of famous pieces of music.  This can be used by a classroom of kids in a computer lab, or by a teacher for lesson planning.

Classics for Kids is a resources for teachers, parents, and children. It provides lesson plans, music games and interactive links, a podcast, tips for parents, and information about composers, instruments, and music history. The lesson plans (written by my former music education professor, Dr. Kay Edwards) are standards-based and incorporate elements of Orff, Kodaly, and Dalcroze.

This website is for elementary/general music education. It is a resources for lesson plans on composers, music theory, and music listening.

This website describes a curriculum for teaching rhythm to instrumental music students. It includes playing exercises, assessments, theory information, games, and formal articles.

This is an excellent Podcast series explaining what is Music Composition, how to compose, and tricks of the trade. Jon Brantingham covers the theory of composing/orchestration and talks about the creative aspects of it as well as interviews notable author/composers.

Rhythm and pitch theory games online. Useful for recommending as summer reading activity.

A wide selection of card (or otherwise physical) theory games to teach pitch, rhythm, intervals, etc. Easily adaptable for private or group classes.

Concise list of free apps for music educators, broken down into categories (Tuners, Metronomes, Theory, etc.).

This blog provides information specifically related to the use of iPad's and other apple products to enhance the music education experience. The blog author reviews apps in great detail, and often showcase screenshots and step by step instructions/demonstrations for how to use the app and its relation to educational outcomes.

This blog provides information specifically related to the use of iPad's and other apple products to enhance the music education experience. The blog author reviews apps in great detail, and often showcase screenshots and step by step instructions/demonstrations for how to use the app and its relation to educational outcomes.

This site contains lots of worksheets and games for younger students. Again you cannot beat the price tag!

Noteflight is a free, online software for music composition using standard notation. Teachers can use it to input quick warm-ups or other music for practicing, then they can print it or send a link to their students, all for free!

This program allows students to create musical compositions and practice their theory skills learned. Great resource for allowing the students to be creative.

Free online based notation application

This is a search engine database of commonly used "licks" in jazz that can be used for specific functions. For instance, you may type in ii V I and bopland will search for all licks in its database that can satisfy a ii V I progression. It is very helpful for jazz classes and for students stuck on improvisation creativity.

This is a search engine database of commonly used "licks" in jazz that can be used for specific functions. For instance, you may type in ii V I and bopland will search for all licks in its database that can satisfy a ii V I progression. It is very helpful for jazz classes and for students stuck on improvisation creativity.

This is an amazing resource for saxophonists and directors looking for help with their instrument. This site contains over 10,000 users who help and assist with finding "the lick," alternate altissimo fingerings, forward coning, and more.

This is an amazing resource for saxophonists and directors looking for help with their instrument. This site contains over 10,000 users who help and assist with finding "the lick," alternate altissimo fingerings, forward coning, and more.

A simple website with great drills to practice that are free. From the beginner to the advanced these drills make learning possible and fun. 

This basic website provides a portal for ear training. It includes listening assessment for basic intervals, scale recognition, and other important ear training areas for those interested in developing their musicianship.

This basic website provides a portal for ear training. It includes listening assessment for basic intervals, scale recognition, and other important ear training areas for those interested in developing their musicianship.

This website provides teachers with resources that include sample lesson plans, example student work, pre-made work sheets and interactive activities that students can use individually, in a group, or with the whole class.