Great website for band programs with limited instrumentation or for small chamber groups with nontraditional instrumentation. Each band piece can be played as a solo or the full work. The sheet music provides every instrument with the melody and the part for the band version. New titles are added frequently!
This provides a large collection of folk songs that you can use in your classroom. It provides sheet music and audio recordings of all songs as well as a detailed analysis. It allows you to search for songs by title, origin, region, age group, etc.
This provides a large collection of folk songs that you can use in your classroom. It provides sheet music and audio recordings of all songs as well as a detailed analysis. It allows you to search for songs by title, origin, region, age group, etc.
This website has a wide variety of resources such as sheet music, lesson plans, composer biographies written with elementary level vocabulary, music theory worksheets, and much more. This website is geared toward elementary music but could also be useful in some middle school applications.
Making Music Fun is a great website for resources for music educators. There are tons of theory worksheets (some more appropriate for elementary school students), lessons, composer biographies and worksheets, and activities for the music classroom. There is also a library of piano music that is well-written for beginners and available in a variety of levels. Some features over the years now require purchase, but there are still tons of resources available for free.
This website offers various music resources for download, such as sheet music, theory worksheets, composer biographies, and music award certificates. It is mainly for younger aged children, but can also be used for middle schoolers.
A fabulous resource for eye-catching, student-engaging music worksheets that ask students to think critically about music concepts. A variety of topics are covered.
This wiki page categorizes sacred music into holidays and holy days. It not only shows the piano and choral sheet music in a pdf format but also gives a description to each piece and why it is appropriate for a specific holy day.
This is a great website to use for free printable piano, vocal, guitar, fiddle and violin music. There are varied levels for the piano music, which also has a wide range of repertoire. Each song for piano also comes in different versions, either right hand only, chords added with the right hand, fingerings written in or the entire song.
This website has a large database of public domain sheet music that is on a beginner student level. This website is a great resource for pulling repertoire for beginner students.
This website provides valuable resources for piano teachers. It can be used as a group class or private teaching. It contains worksheets, games, sheet music (easy and intermediate level). It is suitable for early childhood and elementary students.
This website provides resources especially suitable for the elementary music teacher. Downloadable music resources for purchase include graphics for music bulletin boards, awards and brag tags, music coloring sheets, exit tickets, games and activities and music decor bundles. Numerous and varied music education products featuring a full range of musical concepts are available. Products seem reasonably priced and may be a valuable resource for music educators.
Similar to text messages, push notifications are great for sending parents and students timely and relevant information, whether their app is running in the background or inactive. Push notifications are free for both student and teacher.
This is a great blog that supplies tips and resources for all forms of music education. It also supplies a category list to filter the blogs based on what you are looking for. This will be a great blog to check back and see what new ideas and resources have been posted.
This website provides a fast, easy template to create manuscript paper for treble, bass, alto, and tenor clefs. The manuscript can them be downloaded or printed.
This program allows the user to record the screen and use a microphone to the recording. In music classes, students could present composer or instrument projects using this recorder. Teachers could use this to explain the minor scales while recording the music from a scale sheet.
The purpose of this blog is to provide examples of teaching ideas and lesson plans for k-5 general music classes with worksheets and/or sheet music. The content focuses on rhythmic and melodic structure as well as accompanying lyrics. Historical content associated with the music is included as well as some video and audio recordings.
This is another great resource for purchasing sheet music and seeing what the latest arrangements for popular music and classics. This site is one of the most up to date that I have encountered.
This website lists several resources for songs and sheet music, music history, Orff resources, music theory, and music projects for students in the general music classroom.
A wonderful site to get students into jazz. This site has a load of jazz resources from ear training to lead sheets to history. Amazing site. Fun to explore and read into.
8notes.com provides an incredible variety of free and subscription based printable music for instrumentalists and vocalists. The site categorizes the music by instrument, composer, level of difficulty, etc. This is a great resource to share with students who are looking for solo or ensemble repertoire ideas, in addition to rock/pop, jazz, and world music selections for personal enrichment and entertainment purposes.