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Software for Music Teaching and Learning | teachMusicTech.com - 0 views
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Website for music teaching applications in the music classroom. Reviewed by other music educators.
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This is a website that provides reviews/recommendations for ways of incorporating tech into music education.
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This is a website that provides reviews/recommendations for ways of incorporating tech into music education.
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Jazz in America - 0 views
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A website created by the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and designed for instructors. It offers lesson plans at no charge for 5th - 8th - 11th grade. Lessons examine jazz styles, performers, and composers. The website provides instructors with video and audio media, handouts and quizzes for students, and assessments.
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Developed by The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, Jazz in America provides jazz educators with many great resources, including lesson plans, curriculum ideas, and audio samples.
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The purpose of Jazz in America is to educate middle and high school students on the history of Jazz, help students think creatively, and to develop an appreciation of jazz music. The musical content includes lesson plans, a timeline, glossary, important musicians, style sheets, and audio recordings to use in instruction.
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Free sheet music on 8notes.com - 0 views
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This website offers free sheet music categorized by music styles, instruments, and artists. Orchestra scores are available (single parts also) as well as 46 music theory lessons including ear training. Subscription is $20 per year, a forum is accessible for open discussions and requests, and members may also post their original compositions.
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This site has a lot of free sheet music and allows students to print it off and practice sight reading. This site also has a tuner, scales, and a metronome to allow students to practice properly. The purpose of this resource is to allow students to stay engaged and practice music of their choice when they get bored with the music for concerts. This helps them stay engaged and not get burned out.
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8notes.com is full of music resources such as free sheet music and supplemental material for lessons. The sheet music includes categories such as classical, pop, jazz, film/TV, and traditional. Any music teacher knows how frequently students ask for specific tunes from television or movies. Even though they may not be played in class, students can greatly benefit from private practice on tunes they enjoy. 8notes.com also includes over forty theory lessons. These lessons begin with learning about lines and spaces on the staff and continue through many concepts all the way to the introduction of modes. In addition to the lessons, this website provides ear training exercises to accompany the theory lessons. 8notes.com is a great resource for all music teachers, not just instrumental or vocal. This site includes music and lessons for all instruments including banjo and ukulele, making it great for a general music classroom as well.
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Wonderful website for students and teachers to use for free sheet music. Music is available for a plethora of instruments, including non-band instruments. Great for students to use for solo or small ensemble performances. Free and easy are always a plus!
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This site provides free sheet music for all instruments. It is an excellent resource for new material for students as well as sight reading material for any instruments in most classrooms.
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ChoralWiki - 0 views
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This website hosts over 9,000 choral/vocal scores, texts, translations and other useful information. This is a fantastic resource for choral directors to browse and select music from.
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This is a website for the University of Florida Masters of music in Music Education. UFMUE
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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.
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Purpose of this resource: This webpage contains downloadable choral music that is in the public domain. Musical Content: The Choral Public Domain Library contains digital downloads (sheet music, midi files, and notation files) for choral works that are in the public domain. There is a large selection, and CPDL offers useful search features such as listing all musical settings of a text, searching by language, type of piece, and by musical era. Other information: This is a good resource for directors who do not have large music budgets, are looking to find different settings of specific texts, or are looking for music from a specific time period.
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Access to FREE choral works in the public domain. Also, you can find scores, texts, translations, and information about composers.
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The Aria Database - Home - 0 views
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This website provides a collection of operatic midi files and/or scores on Aria collections of Berlioz, Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, and Wagner, as well as partial collections of over 50 other composers, for a total of 1,288 Arias.
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Search the database to find specific information on each available song including translation.
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The Aria Database has: 1288 Arias ,177 Operas , 65 Composers, 389 Translations,1027 Aria Texts and 223 MIDIs. The search features on this site are impressive. You can search using the name of the aria, opera, or the role. You can also search by voice part or vocal range. While the website is not adding new material, most vocalists will be able to find what they are looking for with the depth of material already entered.
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The Aria Database is a free website to find useful material for music educators, students, and performers. It has a huge library of Aria and Opera roles that are easy to search. It comes with very useful information such as range, translations, setting, synopsis, and recordings. Searching is easy and can vary in degree simple search, Aria search, Opera search, Role search, or browse the many selections. People can contact or contribute to this website. I do not see any scores, but there are links that do provide them.
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Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom-DOWNLOADS - 1 views
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This website offers Bullentin Boards for download at a small cost. There are also free to use powerpoint files and classroom resources.
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This website has bulletin board ideas, worksheets, certificates and much more you can download for your music classroom. It is a great place to begin looking for materials for your K-8 classroom. All downloads have a fee.
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Great site for bulletin board ideas that time into music education, some are even student interactive.
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This site will cure all boredom in bulletin boards. There is a board for every occasion. There are other resources as well. I need it for the board ideas.
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This site will cure all boredom in bulletin boards. There is a board for every occasion. There are other resources as well. I need it for the board ideas.
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Great classical composers in a nutshell - 0 views
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This website has profiles for several baroque, classical, romantic and 20th century composers. Each page seems easy to ready, and has video links as well as links to sources.
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This site contains a list of classical composers from many different countries. The composers are also listed according to the historical period in which they wrote music. Each week there is a featured composer and a featured video of a classical artist's music being performed.
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This website offers profiles of some of the best known classical music composers. You can search by name, country, or period.
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This website has profiles of 52 classical composers. Each composer has a page discussing famous compositions, family, a timeline, videos of professional recordings, and links to other resources. This is a great place to begin researching classical composers.
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Website with information on the great classical composers. This is a great resource for having more information on composers when teaching music history.
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This has a list of important classical composers and a few important facts about them. This could be a great tool for printing out a quick "composer of the week" type of activity where students learn a little bit about specific composers. This works on their music history skills.
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This website works as a database for many famous composers. Students can use this website to complete music history projects as well as composer projects. Composers are organized by country or by period.
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The purpose of this website is to portray the artwork of the creator. With the posted artwork are description of the composers available the site. This website would be a useful resource for history facts about composers form multiple musical periods. The website also offers information about prominent and lesser known composers from several countries. YouTube inks are often provided for a listening example of each composer's work.
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Alexander Technique: The Insiders' Guide - 0 views
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U.S. Army Music - 0 views
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The Army Band Program's website offers free recordings of traditional music that is performed by the many army bands throughout the world. This can be utilized for listening exercises in music classrooms.
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The Army Band Program's website offers free recordings of traditional music that is performed by the many army bands throughout the world. This can be utilized for listening exercises in music classrooms.
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Free Music Games - 1 views
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For teachers with a SmartBoard, this website gives free music games for use in the classroom. Most of these games are appropriate for K-5 and cover a variety of music topics. Intervals, pitch discrimination, listening, and basic music theory are the topics covered in these games.
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For teachers with a SmartBoard, this website gives free music games for use in the classroom. Most of these games are appropriate for K-5 and cover a variety of music topics. Intervals, pitch discrimination, listening, and basic music theory are the topics covered in these games.
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Free music games that can be used on a Smartboard in an elementary music classroom.
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This is a website that teaches many musical concepts. It can be used on computers and through Smartboards.
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Smart board music games that are useful for students of all levels. These are fun, interactive ways to check for understanding and even present new ideas.
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I'll definitely have to explore these games on my own before taking them into the classroom. So far, some of them seem pretty advanced for my students. I also am not sure about how to play many of the games because of lack of directions.
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A collection of SmartBoard apps for use in a general music classroom setting. Focus is on beginner music theory with such topics as pitch discrimination, basic scales and song structure. Files are Flash-based and can be used on a SmartBoard seamlessly.
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Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - 2 views
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This website is a game designed to introduce instruments to students (K-5) in a fun and interactive way. Benjamin Britten's composition "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" is used as the basis for this adventure.
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This website is a game designed to introduce instruments to students (K-5) in a fun and interactive way. Benjamin Britten's composition "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" is used as the basis for this adventure.
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Interactive program for my students to learn about the set up and instruments of the orchestra!
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Interactive program for my students to learn about the set up and instruments of the orchestra!
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This site is a great way to introduce the instruments of the orchestra. It can be used individually to play the games or with the whole class to introduce instruments.
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This is a great website to pair with the piece, "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" by Benjamin Britten. This interactive game describes all of the instruments in detail, offering relative outside information about each instrument. Students can play along either in a group setting or at home.
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A great resource for general music classes. Great guide to the orchestra for kids.
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This website is fantastic for students as individuals or as a full class activity! Step by step it takes them on a safari to learn about each instrument of the orchestra using Benjamin Britten's "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra". It is kid-friendly and would be great for students in 2nd and 3rd grade. It tests their listening skills using games deciphering things like notes in a sequence, or high and low.
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Incredible multimedia, interactive version of Benjamin Britten's famous work. Produced by The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. Students log in or free play a safari adventure to save an orchestra. Instrument families are explored in detail with listening examples in a leveled gaming experience. Interdisciplinary connections to safari excursion, story telling, sound properties, animals and travel. Teachers can create an account to track student progress and/or assessment. Works well with an IWB.
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I found this site while discovering music technology for Module 5. This is a great interactive game for elementary age children who are or have studied instruments, instrument families, and the orchestra. It teaches the player new information, assesses their understanding of that information, and has opportunities for further study.
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This is an interactive way to explore and discover instruments of the orchestra. Students will locate and learn about instruments on a "safari type" adventure. This is great for younger students.
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I use this composition to discuss instruments and instrument families with 3rd grade. Unfortunately, I haven't found something to really engage the students. I think this website might actually intrigue students into learning about the instrument.s
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I use this composition to discuss instruments and instrument families with 3rd grade. Unfortunately, I haven't found something to really engage the students. I think this website might actually intrigue students into learning about the instrument.s
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The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra allows students to learn all about the different instruments in the orchestra, as well as listening examples of classical pieces of music. The games provide a brief lesson, and then students can participate through interactive games. I find this site very informative and the kids love the story line that goes along with the game sequence. Great resource in preparation for our annual Young People's Concert at the Bob Carr in Orlando.
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Great site for teaching and learning about the instruments of the orchestra. It also has games students can interact with as a group or by themselves.
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This is a fun, interactive website that helps students get to know the instruments, the set up of a professional ensemble, different genres, and musical roles.
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This website is a game developed by Carnegie Hall that helps younger students learn the instruments of the orchestra. The game uses Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. This interactive game helps students understand the layout of an orchestra, the ranges of the individual instruments, and how they sound individually and together in an ensemble. This is an excellent tool for elementary music!
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Smithsonian Jazz Home Page - 0 views
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This website from Smithsonian Jazz gives teachers resources for teaching jazz education to students. There are free lesson plans and recordings for teachers to utilize. In some instances, lesson plans are organized by age groups.
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This website from Smithsonian Jazz gives teachers resources for teaching jazz education to students. There are free lesson plans and recordings for teachers to utilize. In some instances, lesson plans are organized by age groups.
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This site is created to provide an American historical view of jazz. It offers exhibits and collections as well as items for jazz appreciation.
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This site is a resource for jazz composers, Composition, Media examples, and Jazz events.
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Music Games | PBS KIDS - 1 views
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This website from PBS gives students (K-5) an opportunity to play games associated with different types of music. Art and music are combined in some instances to appeal to this age group. Non-traditional composition is also covered in these games in particular genres of music.
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This website from PBS gives students (K-5) an opportunity to play games associated with different types of music. Art and music are combined in some instances to appeal to this age group. Non-traditional composition is also covered in these games in particular genres of music.
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Find fun music games for elementary students to try on a computer or an e-pad.
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PBS has great resources, especially their stuff on Jazz musicians. This page is fun, too. Kids can explore sound as it relates to up and down visually.
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For anyone looking for musical games targeted towards the younger elementary grades, this is a great source to look to. It has all of your favorite PBS characters engaged in interesting musical activities such as painting, recording, and genre guessing. I'd recommend this site to all general music elementary teachers!
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This website provides many musical games for children ages 3-6. There are games which include opportunities for children to create music, identify instrument sounds, and explore rhythms.
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Some of these music games don't seem very educational to me, but I think that they offer a variety of musical style games which could be interested for my 5th graders. I think that the zen musical composition games aren't too "babyish" (as my students would say) for the 5th grade students. However, it's something I would need to explore more.
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This is a great resource of early childhood music students. There are numerous games that will introduce children to different sounds, different genres and even how to create music and be expressive with music.
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This is a great resource of early childhood music students. There are numerous games that will introduce children to different sounds, different genres and even how to create music and be expressive with music.
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This site's purpose is to allow younger children opportunity to interact with music through games and listening. I explored Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, which I think would be perfect for my three year old. She can click using the arrows or mouse to create different sounds, and even explore different moods of music (happy, sad etc). The site also features other genres of music which is great to expose students to from an early age.
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Simple music game website geared towards younger children. This would help allow young children to learn more about different instruments, especially ones they've seen on the TV show Daniel Tiger.
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This is a fun and interactive way for pre-school or lower elementary aged kids to learn about music. They can explore many timbres of sound with familiar characters. I use this with my own children and it's a hit!
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This website has a wide selection of music games for the young musician. Games are flash-based and are in a variety of musical genres. Many games require the user to compose in a specific style. Would work well on Chromebooks or computer lab.
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Classics For Kids - 2 views
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This website is a great resource for K-5 music. There are jokes, games, and information regarding famous composers, including recordings of famous pieces of music. This can be used by a classroom of kids in a computer lab, or by a teacher for lesson planning.
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This website is a great resource for K-5 music. There are jokes, games, and information regarding famous composers, including recordings of famous pieces of music. This can be used by a classroom of kids in a computer lab, or by a teacher for lesson planning.
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This website is useful to teachers and students. It has podcasts, composer biographies, activity pages, and even lesson plan ideas. Also useful are the games for kids, which cover note names, composers, and also let students compose, too!
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This website introduces children to classical composers, their music, and musical timelines. There are also composition games included at this site as well as practice in identifying notes and rhythms.
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Good website for stories about classical composers told in story form where kids will listen and learn. The websites covers the majority of the known composers and often creates a series from the well known composers.
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Good website for stories about classical composers told in story form where kids will listen and learn. The websites covers the majority of the known composers and often creates a series from the well known composers.
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Classics for kids is a great website where you can read and learn about different composers and classical music. There are links to podcasts and listening maps for the students to actively engage in. There are also composer biographies and other great resources.
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Elementary students can explore instruments, composers, and various elements of music as well as play games.
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This site is fantastic for Elementary Aged students! There are tons of games that my students love (especially when we're reading notes), and so much information and recordings. It's a great supplement to any lesson!
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Classics for Kids is designed for children to be able to navigate and explore. It features a "Composer of the Month" with sound clips of the work of that composer along with biographies, and other interesting information. The website also includes musical games for children, a music dictionary, timelines, and information about musical instruments.The "For Grownups" section includes lesson plans along with other valuable resources.
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Classics for Kids is designed for children to be able to navigate and explore. It features a "Composer of the Month" with sound clips of the work of that composer along with biographies, and other interesting information. The website also includes musical games for children, a music dictionary, timelines, and information about musical instruments.The "For Grownups" section includes lesson plans along with other valuable resources.
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A website that offers various worksheets and games for the music classroom. There is also a section on composers. However, some of the text may be too advanced for K-5.
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A website that offers various worksheets and games for the music classroom. There is also a section on composers. However, some of the text may be too advanced for K-5.
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This provides easy and practical shows and lessons for students and teachers. Masters of classical music: Bach, Mozart and Kodaly to name of a few are easily accessible for young age groups.
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This is an excellent website for listening to classical music, as well as, activities to accompany the music. Composer and piece information is written in kid friendly terminology.
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This music resource page is a great way to have students learn about classical composers and not take up too much precious rehearsal time. Students can go on the page and select a podcast of the history of the composers being studied during a particular season. Then they can submit a short write up based on the podcast and have short discussions before rehearsal.
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Something I have often struggled with is getting students to connect with classical music and composers. Classics for Kids breaks the material down to a kid-friendly level, offering games and activities to help students learn and retain the content. It also puts various pieces from classical composers in one place, making for easy access for classroom use.
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Something I have often struggled with is getting students to connect with classical music and composers. Classics for Kids breaks the material down to a kid-friendly level, offering games and activities to help students learn and retain the content. It also puts various pieces from classical composers in one place, making for easy access for classroom use.
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Such a great website with tons of resources for music education. There are interactive games for development of rhythm, composition, and note naming skills, as well as loads of information on composers, music professions, and music time periods.You can also access some prominent compositions for students to listen to, as well as activity sheets for your students to complete based on a composer, or genre of music.
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Site is a great resource for students for composer info and musical examples. Also has a section of kids music games, as well as music dictionary and list of instruments with sound clip examples. There is also a "grownups" section that includes lesson plans, tips, and advice.
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Classics for Kids is a resources for teachers, parents, and children. It provides lesson plans, music games and interactive links, a podcast, tips for parents, and information about composers, instruments, and music history. The lesson plans (written by my former music education professor, Dr. Kay Edwards) are standards-based and incorporate elements of Orff, Kodaly, and Dalcroze.
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This website is for elementary/general music education. It is a resources for lesson plans on composers, music theory, and music listening.
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The United States Army Field Band - YouTube - 0 views
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This is the US Army Field Band's youtube channel. It contains a series of educational videos that are beneficial to students and teachers. Topics include performance strategies, instrument repair, and performance videos.
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This is the US Army Field Band's youtube channel. It contains a series of educational videos that are beneficial to students and teachers. Topics include performance strategies, instrument repair, and performance videos.
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Vic Firth Education Resource Center - 0 views
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Vic Firth's education resources include videos on all things percussion related. There are video and audio clips regarding beginning snare drum/mallets, drum set, rudiments, concert percussion, and marching/world percussion. This is a great resource for teachers and students.
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Vic Firth's education resources include videos on all things percussion related. There are video and audio clips regarding beginning snare drum/mallets, drum set, rudiments, concert percussion, and marching/world percussion. This is a great resource for teachers and students.
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This website offers a large assortment of tutorial videos and exercises to help develop percussion fundamentals. There are instrument specific instructional videos, rudiment break downs, play-along tracks, a mallet note reading game, and links to additional resources.
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This website offers a large assortment of tutorial videos and exercises to help develop percussion fundamentals. There are instrument specific instructional videos, rudiment break downs, play-along tracks, a mallet note reading game, and links to additional resources.
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Purpose of this resource: This website contains many educational videos, articles, and resources for educators and students about percussion playing technique and history. Musical Content: The Vic Firth Educator page contains fundamental playing technique for snare drum, keyboard percussion and drum set as well as demonstration videos, articles, and sequential playing exercises. There are also videos about instrument set up and maintenance. Other information: The resources on this page are geared toward both educator and student. Many of the music reading articles and exercises are also applicable to non-percussionists and can be readily adapted for classroom use.
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Aside from quality percussion equipment, Vic Firth provides a wealth of information on percussion education. The site includes videos, articles, and pdf's of exercises as well if needed.
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Music Racer - 0 views
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This website is a great resource for band students to better understand note names, fingerings, and musical terms. It is structured as a flash card game. Students are racing to get all answers correct and into the Top 50. If students answer incorrectly, the correct answer is shown to help students learn the correct answer. Students must answer all questions correctly in a certain time to move on to the next level.
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This website is a great resource for band students to better understand note names, fingerings, and musical terms. It is structured as a flash card game. Students are racing to get all answers correct and into the Top 50. If students answer incorrectly, the correct answer is shown to help students learn the correct answer. Students must answer all questions correctly in a certain time to move on to the next level.
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This website is speed game for reinforcing terms, note names, or fingerings for students. It can be specialized to different instruments and has an option for teachers to keep track of scores by school.
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Music racer is a tool to help users practice their note names and/or fingerings. Users select which instrument they would like to practice, and are given eight questions per round. Scoring is based on both speed and accuracy.
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