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Music in Words
Your class can build strong, well-represented opinions about the music they hear. They listen to, and share thoughts about, a piece of classical music. Then they write a piece of music or a poem, and analyze their peers' work and their...
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Compose Your Own Music
Channel the masters with an interactive music composition activity! Learners use the online tool to create their own masterpieces one measure at a time.
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Musical Mystery Words
Students study the letter names for the treble clef and create words using the letters that represent the lines and spaces on the staff.
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Outline: Notes of the Treble Clef Staff
Score one for test prep. Young musicians are encouraged to create their own mnemonic devices to prepare themselves for a test on the treble clef staff. Using the provided instructional activity, individuals record, in order, the names of...
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The Summer Fun Summer Learning Music Unit
Take note. Soul music. Gospel music. Country music. Summer comes alive with the sounds of music as program participants learn about various genres of music, create instruments, and write and perform songs about the facts and traditions...
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Music Review Test
Wow this is a really thorough music quiz. There are a total of seven tasks for the class to complete. They must, write the C major scale, identify notes on the staff, write four major keys based on the information provided, identify...
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Music Composition
Are your learners ready to compose their own music? If so, this instructional activity will help them do it. The sheet is broken into several staffs where they write the tune, riff, and chords. They can put them together to create a...
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Composing Music
Young scholars compose music with musical instruments, and write the proper notation for the songs they have created.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Musical Families
Planning a trip to the symphony? Prepare first-time attendees for the experience with overheads that identify the roles played by the concertmaster, conductor, musicians, and even the audience. The musical families are introduced and...
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Using Harmonic Vision’s Music Ace Software to Reinforce Basic Music Skills
If you have access to Harmonic Vision’s Music Ace Software, then this activity could work for you. Kindergarteners use the video music software to place, identify, and read musical notes. They listen in and identify both high and low...
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Easter Egg Musical Notes
Pastel Easter Eggs are all over this staff, and it's up to your young musicians to analyze each one. They write the name of the note in each egg to practice identifying notes while reading music.
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Music: The ABC's
In this music reading worksheet, students study a diagram of the notes on a music staff and draw the 3 groups of notes on a blank staff included at the bottom of the worksheet.
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Musical Notes on a Score
In this music notes instructional activity, students cut out 9 music notes and paste them correctly on the lines and spaces of a music staff. There are hints for where to place each note.
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Outline: Notes of the Bass Clef Staff
Young musicians demonstrate their knowledge of the bass clef staff and prepare for an assessment by completing a fill-in-the-blanks worksheet
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Alicia Keys, Songs in A Minor
Need a musical lesson for your drama or performing arts class? VH1 has put together a really neat lesson, in which learners use biographical information about Alicia Keys to write and perform a one-act musical related to her life. This...
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Music Box Identification
Fourth graders draw and label music notes and rests. In this music box lesson students use staff paper to draw the notes required. The students give the value of each note or rest.
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Melody: A Very Important Element of Music
Notes, lines, and spaces are the theme of this presentation. This is a basic lesson on music elements. As a first foray into music, this would be adequate, but it could be enhanced with additional information if so desired.
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Putting Pitch In Its Place
Students focus on reading musical notations. They see, hear, practice and write notations in the lessons to become more independent readers of music. They complete a Rubric for Pitch Worksheet.
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Melody: A Very Important Element of Music
As part of an exploration of music, this clear and simple presentation could be a useful tool. It could be used in a music class or in a regular classroom as part of a discussion of the topic. Some of the topics defined include notes and...
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Melodies and Math: Creating Music with Non-Traditional Instruments
Review the 4/4 and 2/4 time signatures in music with a helpful music theory lesson plan. Young musicians experiment with electronic sounds and create their own musical performance using instruments made from materials found in the...
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Rhythm, Triads, Intervals
Let the class show what they know about rhythm, triads, and intervals with this quiz. They complete the rhythm on staff one and two, identify the intervals on staff three, and identify the triads on staff four. This is a well-thought-out...
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Student Composers with Music Ace
Students compose short compositions using Doodle Pad. In this Musical composition lesson plan, students a clef and note lines to prior knowledge of the treble clef and note lines to write short songs on the computer. Students use Music...
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Notes in the Fast Lane: Quiz
Here are four quizzes that cover note identification on the staff. Each page contains four sections, where the timed learners must identify and fill in the name of each note. These are titled as level 5, 6, 7, and 8, which implies that...
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Fearless Flats
This handout gives budding musicians an opportunity to practice placing and identifying notes and flats. A mnemonic is used to help them remember the names of each note as it appears on the staff.