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.

Read everything there is to know about the basics of notes. From their durations, their shapes and their stems, you will learn how notes are used in music.

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.

An essay and lesson plan on traditional American shape-note choral singing.

This fun interactive counting activity is great for students to create their own rhythms. Students can use 4/4, 3/4 or 2/4 meters to input and listen to their own rhythms instantly.