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Instructional Video4:29
Pentatonix

Evolution of Music - Pentatonix

For Students 4th - 12th
Explore music through the decades with an engaging video brought to you by the 5-part harmony acapella group, Pentatonix. Genuine musical talents sing through a variety of popular music from the 11th century to the 2010's. Artists...
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Instructional Video3:18
Be Smart

Making Music From Space!

For Students 6th - 12th
We know that sound cannot be heard in space, but can space make sound? Artists use various techniques to turn radiation waves, the earth's magnetic field, and other scientific data into music. This is the 20th video in a series of 22.
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Instructional Video4:20
TED-Ed

Music and Math: The Genius of Beethoven

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Math will resonate with your young artists and musicians when they learn that a mathematical formula describes a musical sound that is pleasing to our ears. Beethoven uses the certainty of mathematics to convey emotion and creativity. In...
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Instructional Video4:02
PBS

Math with Jake: Music Transposition

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
What's that sound? Transpose music proportionally using a ukulele. A ukulele artist explains how math is beneficial in transposing songs written in one key to another. The video demonstrates that transposing keeps the ratio between the...
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Lesson Plan5:53
TED-Ed

A-rhythm-etic. The Math Behind the Beats

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Your learners will dance in their seats as this talented drummer connects math to music in a short video clip. Clayton Cameron shows how math puts the "cool" in various genres of music, including jazz, hip-hop, pop, R&B, and others,...
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Instructional Video3:42
American Chemical Society

This Is Your Brain on Music

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Why does music affect people so deeply? Explore how music impacts the human brain through a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions series. The narrator discusses the anticipatory elements in different styles of music and...
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Crash Course

Broadway Book Musicals: Crash Course Theater #50

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Viewers of a short video learn about the development of the Broadway Book Musical in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Scholars explore the Golden Age of Broadway, which produced classics like Annie Get Your Gun and...
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Curated OER

Healthy Music

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Can music enhance your academic achievements? This is the question posed in this video about healthy music. Teacher quotes and student pictures are presented, along with inspiring music in the background. Tip: Introduce your music lesson...
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Instructional Video1:34
Curated OER

What Is a Music Staff?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
A music staff is key to learning how to read and write music. Watch this great video that clearly defines a music staff.
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Instructional Video4:32
TED-Ed

Why We Love Repetition in Music

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Why does music rely so heavily on repetition? This is an interesting video from which to explore not only the psychological answers to this question, but also the ways in which humans perceive and rate different types of music.
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Instructional Video4:46
TED-Ed

Music and Creativity in Ancient Greece

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Take a fascinating look into the many ways in which music played an absolutely integral role in the culture of ancient Greece. Rooted in ancient Greek mythology and the common medium through which all core disciplines were taught and...
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HISTORY Channel

Women of Music

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
There were a lot of firsts for women in music. From being the first to sing and write about birth control to speaking out about issues of their time, female singers represent a voice that had not been heard by many before. Young viewers...
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Instructional Video
Common Sense Media

What Is Musical.ly?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Scholars with a song in their hearts love the Musical.ly app! How do they use it safely? Discover best practices for budding song artists using a short digital citizenship video from an extensive playlist. The narrator explains the...
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Instructional Video5:15
PBS

Scale City — Proportions and Music in the Real World

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Masterfully mix math and music. Pupils first watch a video about the music instrument calliope on the riverboat Belle of Louisville. They then conduct an activity where they investigate how the length of the strings on a string...
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Instructional Video3:52
Lesson Planet

EdTech Tuesday: Exploring Music in the Classroom with Michael Medvinsky

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Young musicians, using acoustic and digital instruments, hook up with young poets to produce their songs through a program imagined by Michael Medvinsky.
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Instructional Video14:50
Joy 2 Learn

Jazz Musicians

For Students 6th - 12th
Ten informative videos make up a series hosted by Wynton Marsalis designed to share the musical triumphs of jazz musicians Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and more! 
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Curated OER

Find The Number 11

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Several little boys rap about the number 11. The boy is lost until he find the number 11 on a street sign and an office building.
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Instructional Video6:28
Numberphile

Pi Prog Rock

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Make music using math. Young mathematicians listen to a musical score in a video from the Numberphile Pi series. It turns out that the music in the video has all sorts of connections to pi and tau.
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Instructional Video2:59
PBS

Math with Jake: Inverse Relationships

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use math to become pitch perfect. Music incorporates various aspects of mathematics. A musician/composer demonstrates the inverse relationship between the length of string and the ratio of the notes in a delightful video. The musician...
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Instructional Video3:33
Curated OER

5 Importing Music in Audacity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Importing music to accompany your podcast is the topic of part five of this nine-part series. Jill explains how and where to get music, how to use it, and how it works in the Audacity software. Your class podcast will be really great now!
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Instructional Video5:33
Curated OER

Editing Music in Audacity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Make your podcast perfect by editing the music you choose. Part seven focuses on music editing.
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Instructional Video4:00
PBS

Math with Jake: Transposition Using Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The star of the show is ratios. The informative resource explains how to transpose music using ratios. Individuals transpose the song "Twinkle, Twinkle" in the activity by applying their ratio skills. The activity challenges class...
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Instructional Video1:21
Curated OER

M is for Mouth Music

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Focusing on music made with your mouth, this video explores the letter M. The music and songs in the video are terrific. All your students will be singing their M words.
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Instructional Video4:19
Curated OER

Survivor: Musical Chairs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
An episode of Survivor involving a game of musical chairs can help preschoolers or kindergarteners practice basic counting skills. Three monsters and two chairs, then two monsters and one chair, lead to a sense of excitement. You could...

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