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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.

This nifty Facebook group asks its members to post a video of improvisation over any given tune. Many use backing tracks while others use rhythm sections or improv by themselves. The content usually ranges between jazz standards to contemporary pop artists. Comments and critiques are welcomed, but sometimes not requested.

This site is amazing!!! The purpose of this resource is to provide not only teachers, but parents, students, and kids the tools necessary to enhance musical learning. The musical content on this site includes but is not limited to history lessons, composer biographies and activities, instrument identification lessons, orchestral breakdown, a vast musical library, and tons of supporting pdf documents and sheet music for classroom/non-classroom instruction. It is a performing arts site, so you should also check out or pass along knowledge for french and dance educators as well!

Arts Alive provides teacher, parent, and student resources including lessons of composers, activities and games, instrument lab, recordings, and videos.

The Carnegie Hall Corporation provides free resources to music educators. This website has lesson plans, student guides and worksheets, assessments, teaching videos and audio recordings, games and sheet music for the general music classroom. This website is a great resource for music teachers and provides various ways to search and find specific resources to various concepts.

This website provides thorough reviews of music apps, complete with screen shots, videos, pricing, product descriptions, tutorials, and more. It is a great resource for teachers who want to learn about music apps before purchasing them. Having so many comprehensive reviews in one location makes it very easy for teachers to search and discover apps that fit their needs.

This YouTube video gives excellent but brief instruction on the topic of tone color or timbre. What is tone color? The presentation uses several instruments to illustrate what timbre is and how composers might use this musical element to evoke a mood or paint a musical picture.

Children all around the world engage in musical play. This website contains authentic video performances of singing games from around the world. Jules Oosterwegel was inspired to capture and gather these musical performances during his travels, believing in the importance of sharing these songs and games with others.

This website is a compilation of world music that is appropriate for children to learn about and perform. The library is vast, and is easily searchable by continent, country, and language. There are audio clips and linked videos, as well as several English translations. It's a great resource to explore world music and culture.

A list of useful links for teachers about instruments of the orchestra. This website includes video links, online resources and more for various grade levels and ability levels.

A comprehensive list of Peter and the Wolf resources for teaching about all aspects of this work. This list includes videos, worksheets, teacher lesson plans, and interactive whiteboard resources to keep students engaged and interested while learning about Peter and the Wolf.

The Music Educators Toolbox was created by music teachers and musicians through Carnegie Hall. It has lesson plans, videos, activities, and other resources that are categorized by grade level and also by concept. You can view the lesson plans and also watch videos of the lessons being taught. This is a great resource for lesson plans that meet the national standards.

While primarily geared towards elementary level students, some of the activities found on this website would also be helpful for beginning band classes. These can be used during those first couple of weeks when students are still trying to decide what to play and how they are going to acquire an instrument. Any of the activities can be adjusted to the experience level of your students.

This website provides resources for music educators. There are educational resources to address the topics of rhythm, meter, form, design, expression, pitch, and performance. The offerings on this website would work best in a general music classroom for younger students.

The purpose of this site is to provide loyalty free music samples to use in a variety of applications. It includes free samples of a wide variety of genres, moods and even premium tracks that can be purchased. It is a great resource for student projects where students can avoid copyright infringement. It is great for podcasts, videos, commercials, etc.

This is a fun song to introduce genres to students! Two guys sing a song in 26 different styles and demonstrate how different genres have different musical elements and non-musical elements.

This is a video sharing site. The user can access quality music examples and create playlists for easy access. The user can also create their own channel and upload videos that they created themselves. Music educators can locate examples, tutorials, or other information for use with music lessons.

This is the link to the Piano Guys YouTube page. This provides a great resource for students to watch new arrangements of some of their favorite songs.

This site, compiled of professional educators, aims to enhance creative music and movement by emphasizing the Orff approach to instruction, providing professional development to its members, and supporting the creative potential of learners. You must subscribe to the association in order to benefit from its classroom resources, scholarships, and publication. But it seems to be a great source of support for classroom music educators!

The AOSA website is a resource for music educators. It provides information about the Orff-Schulwerk approach, advocacy, professional development, and teaching resources (lesson plans covering a variety of music content, videos, literature integration, and technology). Some links are only accessible by AOSA members.

The American Orff-Schulwerk Association provides a variety of resources for teachers and students to enhance their musical education. Here, students work together to create musical experiences through dance, movement, playing instruments, singing, and acting. Workshops and clinics can be attended to enhance knowledge and understanding in this area of music education.

The purpose of this TED talk is to explain creativity as it pertains to the human characteristics. McManus (2015) explained that we were created to create, our imagination should be explored, and we should celebrate this creativity. This video is inspiring for creative teaching and learner in music and other disciplines.

Founded by Alan Lomax, the ACE website includes sound, photograph, and video collections as well as discussions/interviews and radio shows. There are also resources for teachers included as well as information on Alan Lomax and his work. Many primary source recordings of children's songs and games can be found in this collection.

This site provides a history of jazz music and its function. It provides sound clips, video clips of jazz musicians, and helpful tips and information relating to jazz music in America.

Online library resource to scholarly articles, journals, periodicals about musical topics for research projects. Audio and video libraries are also available for a variety of topics.

This is a kids Jazz website. Learn a little bit about the history of jazz, where it comes from and the basic form that goes with it. Play games and watch videos to help internalize the jazz form.