Digital Musicking

This site has many lessons to help students better understand how to play saxophone. This site would be good for students who begin playing saxophone late and don't have the chance for the one on one instruction.

This is a great resource for everything saxophone related. There are many articles related to basics of saxophone as well as listening recommendations and suggestions on finding a qualified teacher

A podcast interview with Jennifer Eklund, who has created her own beginner piano method for teenage beginners.

This website teaches many music concepts. There is a free trial and then you can decide if you want to purchase it or not.

The MusicLearningCommunity provides teachers, parents, and students with resources that allow them to learn more about music. The site features games and a blog for extra information and learning.

The purpose of this website it to support and test students' music theory learning. This resource is very useful for testing a range of music theory skills such as identify notes, chords, and scales. The site also had tests that support ear training, piano skills guitar skill. The tests are customizable on the website and allow an educator to choose the level of difficulty, range being tested, and how the notes will be identified (letters, solfege, etc). The resources on this website can be used with beginning or advanced theory students.

Music Graphics Galore contains a plethora of free musical visuals, in various formats. Some icons also have animations in GIF format. These resources allow, especially for elementary, music teachers to add exciting musical visuals (borders, notes, instruments etc.) to anything they need. Icons which accompany musical content are useful in performance and responding music activities.

Database of music graphics for use in posters, worksheets, and non commercial websites. Searchable by instrument and musical element.

A blog from the Harmony Road site which provides several tips for teaching a group piano course.

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 site contains a rubric builder. This is a valuable resource to help educators create an organized rubric for their classes.

A blog post which discusses a change in philosophy and perception as they pertain to playing high notes on the trumpet by a trumpet professor from IU.

Blog by middle school band teachers. Topics often include using technology within the classroom, mainly google classroom and a recording sharing area for teachers programing the same music.

This website was created by Jon F. Mueller, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at North Central College in Illinois. Mueller discusses the differences between traditional assessment and authentic assessment - two different concepts that have different long-term goals and outcomes for students. Mueller, a strong advocate for authentic assessment, provides various examples to illustrate the pros and cons of both methods of assessment at different levels and fields of education, while providing data and research to support his stance. Mueller also provides information and structured examples on how educators can incorporate authentic assessment (in many forms) in their classrooms.

A website to help create and utilize musical assessments. A teacher can learn about new assessments, compare state and national music standards, and learn about the most up-to-date musical research.

This site provides several useful resources for educators. It is an authentic assessment toolbox filled with tips to help teachers create rubrics, include standards in their assignments, and examples of assessments to use.

Percussive Arts Society provides countless files, resources and recordings for your aspiring percussionists as well as percussion classes to provide quality instruction. The Percussive Arts Society is also a membership and subscription service as well as providing a annual conference across the country. 

The Percussive Arts Society is the largest organization for percussionists and drummers from all over the world. Becoming a member grants access to an extensive archive of videos, publications, and articles related to percussion pedagogy, performance, etc. PASIC, the international convention hosted by PAS, is a multi-day event featuring percussionists and lecturers as well as networking opportunities.

The Percussive Arts Society website provides several resources for music educators. There are magazine subscriptions available as well. This site can help not only percussionists, but non-percussionist educator who are looking to find help in teaching percussion.

Website with resources, videos, and games for kids to learn about classical music. Includes a create your own Hansel and Gretel opera game, interactive lessons with Brahms and chamber music, a student focused podcast on broadcasting, and more. Also includes a resource for teachers explaining their lessons and offerings. Made available by KUSC radio.

This website provides free blank sheet music for any ensemble you could ever need.  This is perfect for your beginning composers.  You never have to buy sheet music again! 

This is a quick way of printing out sheet music for students. If students want to print out sheet music at home, they can use this website. This helps encourage students to work on compositional skills. It has different pre-sets for different instruments.

All the information you need to know about Modern Band. Excellent resources for those who teach guitar, piano, bass, drums, ukulele and voice.

A website with resources for teaching and learning in a modern band ensemble. There are resources for teachers including lessons, professional development, videos, and songs. There are also resources for students including songs, practice videos, and lessons. Popular music is the main focus as well as song writing.

This website has many resources to learn and practice theory. there are tutorials and exercises to practice/learn as well as references and articles to read about analysis.

Teoria is a Music Theory website (similar to musictheory.com) that offers step-by-step instructions on a wide variety of music theory concepts. The quizzes are helpful in assessing students in their understanding of theory concepts and allow the teacher to edit the types of questions on the quiz, the time limits, and the opportunity to correct the answers.

This website is a great tool for students to work on their music theory and ear training skills. Students can work individually on this website to complete different exercises and review music theory concepts.

Simple tool to help my students hear the steady beat when we are working with rhythms!  It could also be a great tool to help them see the different tempi.

This is a great, free metronome tool to use with students in the classroom or for them to use in their own practice at home. It allows students to work on rhythm, tempo, beat, and time signature.

This an online metronome that teachers and students can use to help reinforce good timing and tempo skills. The content is a musical tool.

Beth's Music Notes is another great blog to follow that includes tons of songs and most free if you join. I like to follow her blog to find new songs to bring to the classroom.

This blog incorporates a multitude of songs and lessons to go with different every day musical concepts. There are lessons and posts regarding rhythmic concepts, melodic concepts, Orff arrangements, and recorder songs. Songs on the website are organized into different categories so they are easy to look through and extra resources are linked to help with sub plans, lesson plans, assessments, and even behavior.

A blog, shop, and resource for music teaching. Primarily offers songs, resources, and games in the Kodaly methodology. Posts and songs are searchable by date, grade, and other criteria. Songs and resources are available for purchase.

This website provides FREE sheet music for use in the classroom, private lessons, or ceremonial events. Students can sing or play with the built in playback features or print the music. Tempo and accompaniment can be adjusted and added. It would be perfect for sight-reading exercises or event use.

This is a great resource for free sheet music for students. It offers a variety of instrumental music of all kinds of genres. Students can also use this website to explore music on their own and develop sight-reading skills.

This website offers free sheet music for a variety of different instruments. Students can search for music based on instrument or song. The content for this website is sheet music.

This robust website offers exciting educational resources for students of all ages, but especially in elementary school. Use this website to introduce instruments of the orchestra and composers. Some lesson plans and other resources are provided for teachers.

This website is great for when students are learning the instruments of the orchestra- there are games, activities, and printable worksheets. This website is great for older elementary students (3-5).

Website from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra with games, information, lessons, and more for students to learn about the orchestra and music. Resources for teachers are available. A good website for students to explore.

This website is very helpful when teaching students to play guitar chords. Students are able to search for the song they would like to play and see what chords are needed to play. When the mouse moves over the chords, a chart pops up to show the student how to play the chord.