Digital Musicking

The graphics on this website are amazing- any child would enjoy browsing through and learning about musical instruments, composition, and composers. Also very neat is the game where you can "play" different musical instruments. The numbers on the computer keypad become notes in a scale!

This is owned and operated by the San Francisco symphony. It requires Adobe flash so desktop computers are suggested for use.

This is a website that i have used with my students, more so free time. Allowing to practice their skill but also have fun doing it as it relates to games. The purpose of this would be for students to explore having fun with music!.

This is a companion website to a series on improvisation for students, ranging from beginner to advanced. Has anyone ever used this series? I'm considering buying it to see what it has to offer.

This site offers streaming of programs about young musicians and their lives. The focus is on the music and the impact it can have in a young person's life. The pieces themselves are also discussed and lesson plans are available to go with them.

From the Top at Carnegie Hall is a production where your musicians share their talents at one of the most prestigious theaters in the United States. Teachers can download the videos and programs to share with students in class. Each episode includes a lesson plan with the objectives, activities and music standards.

This site provides lesson plans to accompany full video clips from the PBS series "From the Top." The videos are essentially master classes that introduce or focus on a specific musical element.

This is a music teacher's blog. It has links to simple animated games for practicing music skills and knowledge.

This site links every computer key to a unique sound and visual effect. It could be used as a lead in for composition, especially relating to digitally created beats.

Noteflight is a free, online software for music composition using standard notation. Teachers can use it to input quick warm-ups or other music for practicing, then they can print it or send a link to their students, all for free!

This program allows students to create musical compositions and practice their theory skills learned. Great resource for allowing the students to be creative.

Free online based notation application

This site gives students the ability to create satisfying compositions that explore texture using loops that are designed to fit in with each other. Perfectly suited for differentiation, students can create works that are simple or complex.

Music Improvisation Arranging Music

Incredibox is a web-based mixing tool, and its purpose is to create mixes with pre-set loops including, beats, effects, voices, and melodies. In each "dude", the user needs to select a "clothing piece" that contains a specific loops. The user begins creating their mixes, and can add and delete them as needed. Musically speaking, it is a teaching tool because the user learns how to mix loops ate certain points. It enhance several concepts such as rhtyhm and meter. It can be used by elementary and secondary-level students.

This webpage provides a great visual and aural example of the harmonic series. Utilizing fractions and sound properties, this is a great tool to connect science, math, and musical concepts. Also on the site are programs that can be used to compose and explore with sound bars, directions for creating homemade instruments, and more.

I've used this site with students playing boomwhackers along with the animation. It's very easy for children to use and provides a great tool for visually representing sound and fractions (both in relation to the tube length and also the beats in the measures).

This site is stocked full of useful features for students in the form of games, quizzes, and a great flash keyboard with music to match. Using the number keys, students can practice even if they don't have a piano keyboard. There are also lessons and resources for teachers, too.

This website is suitable for teachers who give students free time to work on music games. Many different music topics are taught by the music teachers and a better way for students to retain the information would include turning some of their assignments into competition. One thing i have learned, elementary students love to be competitive, so if the students are able to get high scores on music games, then they are retaining and getting the information.

The creator of this site, Karen Garrett, has compiled different games and quizzes to make her music class more interactive. Students can access games about different instruments, note naming, rhythm, and even composers. There are also theory quizzes and worksheets that anyone can access.

There are interactive lessons that would be great for centers work or to engage students in learning more about a specific music theory concept. It could be useful if students are working in with a music notation software, for instance, and forget a concept.

An easy-to-use and simple online music theory instructional website. The site would be best suited for supplemental material for students to review after having been taught the information through a teacher.

Music curriculum and interactive lessons in music theory. Appropriate for ages 6-12. Website is also equipped with music theory games and worksheets.

This music teacher has great ideas. Her blog is a great choice to add fresh ideas to your classroom.

This is a music teacher blog with great teaching strategies, lesson ideas, bulletin board suggestions and general music support. This is a k-5 general music classroom blog with some choral and band mixed in.

This is an excellent music education blog to follow and is updated frequently by a music teacher! I love following Mrs. King's blog because she provides new ways to teach elementary music via games, manipulatives and much more.

Standards of Learning for the state that I teach in.  My county's curriculum content is based on the SOLs.  

Tim Topham's blog includes tips for motivating private piano students, integrating technology into music teaching and general lesson advice.

I use tis online metronome in my rehearsals almost every day. Since it is web-based, students can use this for individual or group practice without any additional apps or hardware.

With almost 65,000 accessible sound files, Stanton's Sheet Music Listening Library is my first resource for finding the publisher's demo recordings of concert band and jazz band music.

This is the website for the Brigham Young University Music Education program. There are many tutorials for music education programs and concepts. This is a great resource to utilize when researching music education.

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 is a wonderful website for music teacher to purchase sheet music. There is sheet music available for all types of ensembles or solo, duets, and small groups. This site stays up to date with the latest popular music and modern arrangements.

This site, compiled of professional educators, aims to enhance creative music and movement by emphasizing the Orff approach to instruction, providing professional development to its members, and supporting the creative potential of learners. You must subscribe to the association in order to benefit from its classroom resources, scholarships, and publication. But it seems to be a great source of support for classroom music educators!

The AOSA website is a resource for music educators. It provides information about the Orff-Schulwerk approach, advocacy, professional development, and teaching resources (lesson plans covering a variety of music content, videos, literature integration, and technology). Some links are only accessible by AOSA members.

The American Orff-Schulwerk Association provides a variety of resources for teachers and students to enhance their musical education. Here, students work together to create musical experiences through dance, movement, playing instruments, singing, and acting. Workshops and clinics can be attended to enhance knowledge and understanding in this area of music education.