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This website provides articles with creative ideas about how to teach band better. Its purpose is for band directors to share ideas that work for them with other band directors.

A wonderful resource for band directors to share experiences and resources!

Band Directors Talk Shop is an excellent resource for new and experienced band directors and music educators. This website contains many articles on various topics within instrumental music. Excellent posts include topics such as teaching improvisation as well as facilitating leadership within your band program.

A blog and resources for teaching band instruments. Contains ideas for improving specific technique, rehearsal strategies, and exercises.

A web-based sight-reading tool that general exercises that can be customized to meet the needs of your band program. You can create opportunities for individual sight-reading as well full ensemble. The assessment tool can track the progress and report the practice sessions. Teacher subscription is $34.99 per year and students can receive access for as low as $2 per year.

The Sight Reading Factory link is one of the best sight-reading websites I have come across to date.  Within the free demo, I was able to access sight reading exercises for a number of band, instrumental, and vocal practice lessons.  In my personal exploration of the demo, I first looked into locating sight reading exercises for piano.  I was able to edit the time signature and key signature before seeing the practice exercises.  This feature is GREAT for people who are learning to play/count in different meters or using accidentals in their piano playing.  The same can be said for people learning to utilize solfedge in their singing, utilize new fingerings in their instrumental playing, or simply challenge themselves.  The website offers multiple difficulty levels, making the use of this website in a secondary music school setting ideal.  Sight reading exercises and study are some of the major contributors to my development as a musician and educator.  Since the exercises are generated on command, the site provides unlimited sight reading exercises to its users, making its longevity a strong selling-point.  

Sight Reading Factory is a cloud-based program allowing students daily practice with newly generated exercises each time. Check out the demo; free trials are available for up to 20 exercises generated.

Sight Reading Factory provides unlimited number of exercises for sight reading/singing to students. This program provides exercises based on instrumentation and other needs/skill levels to accommodate all levels. It also works as a great assessment tool by tracking what and how the student sight reads in real time.

SightReadingFactory.com makes practicing the important skill of sight reading quick, easy, effective and fun! This cloud-based service allows you to customize and generate unlimited sight reading examples instantly, on-demand for students of all ages and abilities.

Sight Reading Factory is a great resource for all musicians looking to better their sigh treading ability. It develops a random sight reading exercise for all instruments and is something that can be worked on at an individual level or through a school subscription. Quick set-up and easy to use!

This site offers customize-able sight-reading examples that are composed in real time in a variety of combinations. It may be used by the music teacher in whole group setting in the classroom, or student accounts may be purchased for use with at-home practice and assessment. The annual fee is reasonable.

This is the best sightreading website I have encountered. A student is able to customize the exercises to his/her level of ability and it will create random sightreading excerpts. It is certainly a tool I always suggest to my students to invest in.

This is the best sightreading website I have encountered. A student is able to customize the exercises to his/her level of ability and it will create random sightreading excerpts. It is certainly a tool I always suggest to my students to invest in.

Sight Reading Factory offers teachers and students opportunities to practice sight reading using complete customization of exercises: time signatures, key signatures, difficulty level and more.

Sight Reading Factory is a comprehensive online sight reading tool which provides on-demand computer-generated music examples which are customizable by instrument, playing level, length, key, and time signature. The service provides pre-programmed levels or can be fully customized by the user. Sight Reading Factory covers all major instruments (including voices and piano) and ensembles. Rhythm-only examples are also available. Once configured, the service provides unlimited, computer-generated sight reading examples based on the settings. Although randomly generated, the algorithm delivers rather authentic, musical selections. The user has two choices for participation: timed review period or free play. Settings can also be adjusted to toggle metronome click and cursor, as well as making measures disappear before or after playing.

Unlimited sight reading exercises for every instrument and ensemble. Music teachers can customize exercises for the skill level of their students and print each exercise if needed.

Sight Reading Factory is a great technology music-education tool. The site offers a short free trial, but the annual fee is very inexpensive. The technical support is great, and can problem solve quickly. Build sight-reading skills with the entire class, or create individual sight-reading assignments for students. Educators can generate custom sight-reading examples by easy selection of criteria. This site is worth the money and can be beneficial for student achievement in learning to read and sing musical notation.

Sight Reading Factory is an excellent application and website that generates customizable sight reading exercise for a variety of instruments or using solfege. You can customize the exact rhythms or pitches you would like and the program generates unlimited, yet musical, sight reading examples.

This is a free website that has music theory lessons as well as exercises. It covers the basics of music and more. Teachers are able to customize exercises and have students print out a progress report

This is a free website that has music theory lessons as well as exercises. It covers the basics of music and more. Teachers are able to customize exercises and have students print out a progress report

This site provides lessons and exercises in music theory for students. The lessons are not interactive, but the exercises are with quizes.

This site provides lessons and exercises in music theory for students. The lessons are not interactive, but the exercises are with quizes.

This is a great website to further music theory knowledge. This site helps students with ear training and music reading. There are many games, lessons, and activities to improve one's musical knowledge.

Musicthory.net is a free resource for music theory students. You can select from lessons, notation and aural exercises, and much more.

The purpose of this site is to provide a program that teaches music theory. This program has lessons and exercises to facilitate the learning of music theory and ear training.

The purpose of this site is to provide a program that teaches music theory. This program has lessons and exercises to facilitate the learning of music theory and ear training.

Musictheory.net contains free online music content. Students and teachers can explore the fundamentals of music through animated lessons. You can also create custom exercises to improve your musical recognition and use interactive tools to calculate notes, intervals, and chords for specific keys.

This website has numerous music theory resources and lessons.

A great site to direct any music student to!  I used it a lot when I was struggling in Aural Skills in college, so great for any age.

This is a fantastic resource that I have been using for many years. There are many options for lessons among the music elements, which are customizable for different levels of difficulty. My favorite to use this site for is identifying pitches. I can customize the lesson to only include specific pitches and ranges, and even with sharps and flats.

This is one of the most useful music education resources I have ever found. I use it with all of my students, from beginners all the way to AP Music Theory. The webpage is completely downloadable and can be accessed offline.

Learn Music theory online or on your mobile device. 

This website assists all musicians of levels from middle school and beyond with understanding basic to advanced music theory. There are lessons, tutorials, and exercises for ear training, intervals, and chords.

This website assists all musicians of levels from middle school and beyond with understanding basic to advanced music theory. There are lessons, tutorials, and exercises for ear training, intervals, and chords.

A free website with music theory lessons and exercises. From the very basic (note identification) to more advanced topics (chord structure, modes, 7th chords), this would work well for students in grades 5 and up.

This is a music theory site that emphasizes beginning music fundamentals. This site is available for download in a free offline edition.

This music theory website contains both exercises and lessons that are very useful to teachers and students. The website includes a wide variety of categories including but not limited to key signatures, scales, note identification, and rhythms. This would be very useful if ever teaching a high school theory course or even for an instructor to brush up on their own music theory skills.

Teachers can assign ready made lessons in music theory.  Easy to use and comprehensive covering note identification to ear training. 

This interactive site offers lessons in different musical concepts and exercises to build knowledge. All exercises are customizable to fit different skill levels and work with interactive white boards. A list of tools features handy applications like an interval finder and a metronome. Users who enjoy the site can purchase the app, Tenuto, for their smart phones and tables.

Purpose of this resource: MusicTheory.net is a website that contains many lessons on music theory as well as drills for practicing each concept. Musical Content: This website covers basic music notation elements (staff, bar lines, ledger lines etc.), key signatures, major/minor scales, intervals, note identification and interval identification (with note names, moveable do solfege, fixed do solfege, or piano keyboard), Chord building, and chord progressions. Other information: This website is great as a supplement to basic music theory lessons. It also has great possibility for reinforcing and practicing concepts. Each exercise is graded and can be submitted to instructors electronically. Teachers can also make custom exercises. There is a paid app available for iOS devices

This is a great resource to learn and practice ear training. You can easily practice various aspects of ear training and adjust the difficulty or the specific things you are working on. It is also fairly easy to track your progress and see what still needs work.

A fantastic free online interactive software that offers lessons, exercises and ear training. It is a great tool for assessment as it offers immediate feedback in every exercise with a built-in timer.

This website offers lessons and exercises on numerous topics such as keyboard notes, reading the music staff, and even ear training exercises intervals and chords. Each exercise is also customizable to make it as easy or difficult as you see fit.

This website offers lessons and exercises on numerous topics such as keyboard notes, reading the music staff, and even ear training exercises intervals and chords. Each exercise is also customizable to make it as easy or difficult as you see fit.

The best site for free Music Theory training exercises. Note reading and aural skills.

This is a website that offers free lessons, exercises, and tools for music theory. This could be used by any music student to reinforce theory concepts taught in the classroom or the private studio. 

Musictheory.net is an amazing resource for providing teachers and students with lessons, quizzes as well as assessments in all aspects of music theory. The program online allows teachers to set up practice sessions, tutorials, as well as assessment on basic and advanced theory concepts. Students are able to access the online program from home or through tablet/laptop at school. 

musictheory.net offers a wonderful music theory training exercises. It offers free lessons, exercises, and tools for learners of any age to partake of. The site also offers two mobile (paid) apps that allow users to take their learning with them. Great for anyone, especially those involved with music theory or aural skills training.

musictheory.net offers a wonderful music theory training exercises. It offers free lessons, exercises, and tools for learners of any age to partake of. The site also offers two mobile (paid) apps that allow users to take their learning with them. Great for anyone, especially those involved with music theory or aural skills training.

Musictheory.net is a great resource, not just specifically for music theory students, but for all students of music. The "lessons" section is great for introducing new concepts of theory, and the "exercises" section is a fun way to quiz and practice these concepts.

This is a free online interactive resource that is an alternative to traditional paper and pencil of learning music theory. I recommend for late elementary on up.

The apps that coincide with this website are fantastic. Give them a look!

This a wonderful resource for all types of music classes!

The Musictheory.net website is a comprehensive platform focused on teaching music theory. The purpose of the website is to teach or reinforce music theory concepts at all levels of experience. There are numerous free lessons available that cover many aspects of music theory. There are also numerous customizable exercises to help reinforce the concepts learned in the lessons. Teachers can utilize this website at all levels of performing arts. I have found success with using the note name identification exercise as I can choose exactly what notes the students are practicing.

An excellent app for any musician wanting to sharpen their theory skills. Users have a wide range of theoretical topics to study, with lessons and assessment built in.

Interactive music theory website with virtual lessons and activities. Lessons include: reading notes on various staffs, the musical alphabet, chords, and more. There is a free mobile app available, and lessons are well sequenced.

Offers Music Theory Lessons over a wide variety of Topics and Exercises for Students. Lessons may be completed individually by students or as a class at an IWB (Interactive WhiteBoard). Additional tools are provided, as well as the ability to complete exercises online or offline.

This website is a great resource for a high amount of theory information. A great feature is the separation of lessons (learning) then exercises to quiz you. The customization for exercises is perfect to test something specific or a wider range.

This is a free website that offers lessons, exercises, and tools for music theory. The site is geared towards an older student and can be self pace

This website has good music theory exercises and videos. Students uses the lessons and practice on the exercises. Has other products available for a price.

This website provides numerous resources for learning, studying, and practicing music theory. Users can explore the lessons section to learn about various topics in music theory. Users can also practice various elements of both written and aural theory. This website focuses specifically on music theory.

This is a wonderful, free music theory website for a general music, band, choral, or music theory class. This website gives sample lessons and has exercises that students can take. There are also available apps to make it easy on-the-go.

The purpose of this site is to provide free online content and resources for music theory lessons. Students can access theory lessons with assessment in every aspect of music theory for the beginner to advanced student.

This website is an interactive resource for students to use to learn basic note reading, theory, and ear training. This could be used in a music technology class or general music class with access to devices. In a performance ensemble setting, this could be used as a warm up for the whole class with the aid of an interactive whiteboard or projector. 

Free music theory lessons

This resource is focused on teaching elements of music theory through slideshow presentations and exercises. This could be used to supplement instruction, be used in stations in a music classroom, or as an enrichment tool for gifted music students.

Online music theory site that helps to learn and practice various theory topics from beginner to advanced levels. Downloadable app for mobile devices is also available for a small nominal fee.

This is a great website that provides theory lessons and exercises for all levels and abilities. It also allows students to print and submit progress reports to track progress.

This website is really great for students who need to get practice mastering their notes names and familiarizing themselves with the music staff. There is a variety of different levels and concepts to help differentiate learning.

Various exercises in aural and written theory. Help train students to perfect harmonic and melodic theory and ear training.

Great free additional resource when working on note value, rhythm and meter, scales, key signatures, intervals, chords, ear training, and more.

This website is an incredible resource for all things music theory. With a wide range of lessons, exercises, and tools, this website is a must for any music teacher. The resources available on this website are perfect for music lessons in and outside of the classroom.

Musictheory.net is a free online music theory resource. There are lessons on: The basics, rhythm and meter, scales and key signatures, intervals, chords and chord progressions. These same lessons, as well as fretboard and ear training exercises, can be translated into exercises and also assignments that can be turned in and verified by a code checker. Beyond that there is also a set of tools that includes note, interval, scale and chord analysis calculators as well as a staff paper template and tempo tapper. More extensive options can be purchased.

MusicTheory.net is one of the best site for music theory lessons and exercises. This is very helpful for not only students of all ages, but also for the teacher to brush up on their theory.

This resource is a useful tool for teaching music theory. Interactive lessons on Music Basics, Rhythm and Meter, Scales and Key Signatures, Intervals, Chords, and More. Interactive Exercises to help with Staff Identification, Staff Construction, Keyboard Identification, Fretboard Identification, Ear Training. Website is free, apps cost money.

MusicTheory.net offers students opportunities to practice and hone music theory skills from anywhere. Includes basic and advanced concepts.

This website provides theory lessons ranging from beginner to advance. The lessons cover a wide range of material including: note names, note/rest values, accidentals, intervals, scale patterns and other music terminology. There are also exercises that can be completed by students. The exercises consist of various note name and ear training problems. Every exercise can be customized by the user to be at the beginner level or more advanced level. The website also keeps record of the user's score within as each exercise is completed.

Musictheory.net is a great resource, not just specifically for music theory students, but for all students of music. The "lessons" section is great for introducing new concepts of theory, and the "exercises" section is a fun way to quiz and practice these concepts. The site contains lessons and exercises regarding notes, intervals, triads and 7th chords, scales, key signatures, guitar tablature, and other subjects. I have found it to be very useful for extra practice for my AP Music Theory students.

This website can be a great resource for teaching and studying music theory. There are lessons on rhythm, meter, chords, and notes, among others. There are also exercises and tools to apply what you have learned through the lessons. The lessons, exercises, and tools from the website are free, and there are also a couple of premium apps, which can be used offline.

Like many similar resources, this site offers both free and paid-for options. It functions in the could, so there is no need to download anything to a computer, though these is an mobile app available too. The site offers both lessons and exercises. The lessons take students through basic music theory concepts while the exercises practice these concepts. The exercises are completely customizable as can be sent to students as customized.

This website is a fantastic tool for teaching basic or advanced music theory - it offers interactive and visually-engaging lessons that are simple for students of many levels to understand. There are also a number of exercises and tools that can be used to develop students understanding as well as assess students in a simple way. It can be used to help teach concepts and provide examples that solidify the concepts taught.

This free resource has a variety of self-paced music theory lessons with coordinating graphics, exercises that are customizable, and tools including a keyboard and matrix calculator. The site also has paid apps that can be used on any iOS device.

This website is full of helpful music theory exercises to help students identify chords, scales, intervals, and more. There is also an aural section. This is a great tool to use with theory students or student working on ear training.

I plan on using this resource with my middle school concert band students.

A fantastic website that offers basic and advanced music theory lessons. This site is a great resource for both secondary and college students.

Musictheory.net is a great resource to use if you have a student who is taking private instrumental lessons with you. I use it with my students who are beginning piano to practice reading notes on the staff. I can set the range of the staff on their iPad or computer in advance and ask them to practice reading notes on the treble or bass clef. This resource is great for creating independent musicians.

The purpose of this website is to deliver direct instruction regarding music theory and ear training concepts.  Music theory concepts range from basic (staff, note values) to advanced (undergraduate level analysis).  

This site contains a bunch of music theory lessons, tools, and exercises all for free!

Musictheory.net is an excellent free resource available for music teachers to use in their classes. Students can practice simple to advanced theory on the site. There are lessons that teach the basics of music theory with exercises students can complete for practice. It features many tools that teachers and students can use for extra help as well.

This website provides music theory training for students and teachers. The website has lessons, Exercises, and tools to build music theory skills

The site has several basic music theory lessons available and exercises for extra practice. There are several tools available that can be used in class. There are two apps that associate with the website available for download on a mobile device.

MusicThoery.net is an amazing tool to use for various Music Theory related concepts. Students can practice everything from scales, key signatures, and more. Educators can also create custom quizzes for their students to practice. It is an excellent free activity and study tool for your students!

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

This resource provides users with access to free customizable music staff paper.  Users can select different clefs, change orientation, add measures, and manage bar lines.  Students can utilize this resource for music theory, personal composition, and jazz transcribing while teachers can use this website to print sheet music to construct exercises, arrange/transpose parts, assign music theory problems, and for other uses.

This is a great tool to get manuscript paper. Easy to use and customizable.

This may seem like a small thing, but the ability to print sheet music on demand is vital to music educators and students alike. This is an invaluable resource for your students!

Print blank sheet music for free, supports guitar and bass tabs too, ready-to-print sheets in a few seconds, no software to download and install, no watermarks on prints, requires Flash plugin

This is a website for the University of Florida Masters of music in Music Education. UFMUE

a) The purpose of the resource is to have provide a database of music for use in and outside of the music classroom.(b) This resource covers music repertoire.  National Music Standard #1 (c) I would use this site for instructional use in the classroom and assignments outside of the classroom.

IMSLP is on online library of music that is now held in the public domain. It is a resource that can be freely used to print copies of music for use in your classroom for free! This resource is especially useful for string orchestras, as entire catalogs of music from such great composers as Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven can be found in the archive.

Public domain music is free for downloading here. For many compositions, there are several editions from which you can choose. An essential for every musician.

This is a wonderful site for free music and recordings of all kinds.

IMSLP is a valuable resource for classical sheet music. It allows teachers and conductors to download scores and parts for free.

Sharing the world's public domain music.

The International Music Score Library Project (or IMSLP), also known as the Petrucci Music Library, offers a wealth of free music scores for download. The site allows listeners to listen to many of the compositions (via midi or recording) and the public domain scores can be downloaded as PDF and printed for professional or personal use simply by accepting a disclaimer.

This is my favorite go to wiki site for public domain sheet music. There thousands of works from thousands of composers. You can find almost anything that is in the public domain. This is great for personal use, or to direct students looking for music. Another great use for this sight is for score study.

A "must have" resource for any music educator. This is a free-access extensive music library with hundred of thousand scores published in 26 different languages. Musicians can browse scores by composers, nationality, time-periods, instrumentation/genres, by melody, etc.

This is the go-to place for public domain music. "Happy Birthday" is here, but I am sure many more arrangements to come soon. 

IMSLP is a great resource for finding music to study, or doing research about composers, orchestras, compositions, etc. My students have to do a research paper each semester, and this is their primary reference for the assignment. A great, educational tool.

This website is a tool I often use when I need to find a specific part I am missing from a score set. It has thousands of composers and pieces that are used by music teachers and available in free domain. In addition, this website also offers a score breakdown by composer, nationality, instrumentation, time period, as well as recordings by well known musicians or performing groups from all over the world. Not only are you able to have access to music, but you can access the Naxos Music Library if you have a subscription. You are able to share your thoughts and our questions by the use of the forums and discussions. This website has various ways you can participate whether it is in a forum, contribution to submitting a score or recording, or a community project

One can find public domain music on this site, available for download. The library is constantly being updated with new pieces and recordings available for free. Some popular pieces even have copies of original manuscripts and updated versions.

This website has a large collection of public domain sheet music. Students can access this site and find a private study piece or something to work on for class.

This website is a hub for public domain sheet music including full scores, parts, and even recordings of pieces. It's free to use and incredible if you're on a budget for ensembles. quartets and solo work.

This is a database for scores and parts that are public domain and new compositions from unknown composers. This would be a good place to look for repertoire for performing ensembles. Students could also be directed here to look for music to work on their own for solos and chamber groups. This database also includes method books for individual instruments. All downloads are free. 

Where you can share the world's public domain music.

International Music Score Library Project hosts scores and parts to public domain compositions. Scores can be found to many greats throughout history, and this would make a good resource for a music history course.

This software is shareware and a great alternative to using the pricer competition. It can allow the student to create music at home on their personal computers. It also has great value as a teaching tool and teaching student how to compose or arrange.

This is a free, web-based, cloud-based notation software program. Users can create, view, print, hear and share scores. This program is similar to Sibelius and Finale, but has the advantage of being web-based. It is MIDI and iOS compatible. Users can participate in a community of sharing scores. Noteflight is free, but Premium features require a monthly subscription. Educators can purchase a "Learn" subscription which allows students to have their own accounts that are managed by one (or several) teachers.

Great resource to have notation software accessible for free. Limited in the amount of scores you can create, but you are able to print and hear a MIDI playback.

This program is a good tool for notating music. Students can create original works or copy something for an assignment. Has many of the features as the expensive programs.