This website provides the materials and step-by-step instructions required to create several simple homemade musical instruments using household materials.
This site includes several music resources for teachers. It is mainly for general music teachers and can provide example lesson plans, resources for lessons, and ideas for activities. Teachers can use this source to find resources to use in class.
This website provides a wealth of information and resources for the elementary music teacher. These resources include: games, stories, songs (lyrics and chords provided), games to be played in music class, etc.
I love this page! Any time I need a last minute plan or have a friend who needs a class activity, I come here! It is nice to help other teachers out too!
Music Blog by Dale Duncan, a middle school choral director. Dale shares tips and resources on his blog regarding middle school choral pedagogy and also sells a sight singing method called S-Cubed that he has developed with his choral programs and has seen great success.
Rubric builder designs a rubric for teachers using parameters that can be set. This is a great tool for busy teachers that need a quick rubric. Rubrics are necessary for students to understand what they are getting graded on and Rubric Builder makes the rubric making process easier.
This set of music books is completely free and in PDF format. In addition to that, there are videos that you can show in class or have your students view on their own at home. This is a great resource for a beginning band program that does not have a large budget. All resources are free to use, and it is based in solfege so it is easier to teach a whole room of beginners on different instruments.
This site has a lot of great material for brass and percussion. I have used them in the past for a few items (range builders, breathing exercises, drum heads). Affordable items and a very good resource for music teachers.
Xtreme Brass and Percussion is a online retailer focusing on brass and percussion instruments. They sell a wide variety of goods including instruments and instrument accessories, sheet music, marching band music, and playing technique books and much more.
Georgia Music Educators Association provides important information for educators regarding Georgia standards, state-wide events, and additional resources
I have used animations from this website to show my students a visualization of the duration and pitch of notes. Kindergartners were fascinated by these videos, and really enjoyed each one.
Music history and elements of theory, as approached from rock music. Useful for the older students, who would appreciate seeing a connection between classical music and what they (or their peers) listen to.
This website is a fantastic resource for teaching backgrounds about Rock n Roll. I've used this as a web quest assignment for students, but could easily be adapted to full-class instruction. Offers engaging videos with great examples and connections.
There was a big shift in the music education standards in 2014. Sometimes it's difficult to remember what standards we are supposed to teach as we try to plan our curriculum around performances. Here's a quick reminder!
Looking for additional loops to add to GarageBand, Logic Pro X, or Pro Tools? Looperman is a fantastic place to find additional material for your DAW based projects. Music technology classes will greatly benefit from new material (loops) in addition to those already included in their DAW. All of the audio loops, samples, wav files, sounds and other related files are completely FREE!
Earl MacDonald, professor of jazz at the Univ. of Connecticut, has create this treasure trove of resources for teaching jazz improvisation, jazz theory, and jazz piano. It contains what is essentially a complete curriculum for teaching jazz improvisation that can used with singers as well as instrumentalists.
This website is run by Katie Wardrobe, and she has great tips on how to integrate technology into teaching music. She even has a few freebies, like a free iPad course!
how software can be categorized according to its purpose and function, and how to examine software in terms of the attributes it might bring to student learning.
This website provides browsers with strategies, thoughts, ideas, etc. on incorporating the Dalcroze Eurythmics method into their instructions. Suggested additional resources (books) and professional development opportunities are also listed.