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Music Theory

Music theory.net: Note Duration

For Students 9th - 10th
A fabulous resource for beginners in music theory! Gives examples and explanations of the sixteenth note, eighth note, quarter note, half note, and whole note. The last page on this site provides a chart showing the relationship of each...
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Music Education

Learning to Read Music: Types of Notes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the different types of notes in music--the whole note, half note, quarter notes, eighth note, and sixteenth note--and listen to midi files of music samples.
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Music Education

Learning to Read Music: Types of Rests

For Students 3rd - 8th
This tutorial teaches students the different kinds and values of rests in music notation.
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Music Education

Learning to Read Music: Basic Counting

For Students 3rd - 8th
Apply basic knowledge of reading music by counting beats and reading notes. Here are some simple lines of music which incorporate different types of notes and patterns in common time.
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Music Education

Learning to Read Music: Basic Counting, Part 2

For Students 3rd - 8th
Beginning musicians can practice reading notes and counting beats using this resource that also provides several lines of music with different types of notes, rests, and time signatures.
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Music Education

Learning to Read Music: Symbols in Music

For Students 3rd - 8th
This introductory tutorial teaches students basic musical notation for compressed rests and sharps and flats. Further lessons are linked to this page.
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Music Education

Learning to Read Music: Shaping and Volume of Music

For Students 3rd - 8th
This introductory tutorial introduces students to basic symbols and notation in music.
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Other

Mml: Notation Module: Clef

For Students 9th - 10th
Although very simple in its design, this short piece gives a nice overview of musical terms, one of which is the treble clef. The author briefly discusses the attribute of "key" in conjunction with the clef.
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Ohio State University

Huron's Review of C. Krumhansl's Cognitive Foundations

For Students 9th - 10th
This book review clearly states in the first paragraph what is not included as part of the text. The book centers its content around the "perception of key." The author is known for her "probe-tone" method, which is defined. For a book...