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Independent Harmonies
Independent harmonies, homophonic music, intervals, and melody are all part of music theory and practice. Prepare your budding musicians for the big time with these activities focused on playing with accompaniment. This lesson is...
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GCSE Notes 2000: Classical Music
Classical period music is defined by its characteristics and distinctive sound. A set of notes assists upper graders in recalling and analyzing music from the classical period based on musical terminology. An example analysis of Eine...
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Musical Terms
Are you starting a recorder lesson with your elementary students? Use this helpful slide-show, perfect for introducing basic music terms such as tempo, dynamics, pitch, and duration. Each slide provides a definition and example of the...
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Amadeus Quiz
Get out the text-book, and CD player to teach a lesson on Mozart. Afterward, you can administer this quiz which requires learners to complete 20 short-answer questions related to Mozart's life, operas, music, and general music terminology.
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Music Note Cards
Help young musicians stay on beat with this series of classroom displays. Showing the name and symbol for different musical notes, these tools are a handy resource for any elementary or middle school music teacher.
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Music Knowledge: pre/post test
While this is not a lesson plan, it could potentially take as long as one. This is a 73-question test to administer to those studying music. They'll need to answer questions regarding general music terminology, theory, and composition.
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Learning Refrain and Verse
Instruct your young musicians on the terms verse and refrain. They listen to two songs, and point out the verse and refrain as they occur. Students then play drums when they hear the verse and the refrain. Note: Song lyrics, sheet music,...
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Indonesian Music
Explore the wonderful world of Indonesian music. The purpose, instruments, and terminology that help define Javanese music is outlined in this simple slide show. Tip: Adding musical examples would greatly enhance this resource.
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Renaissance Music 1450 -1600
Hand it out and let them read all about the music of the Renaissance. The class will discscover basic terminology that developed during the time period, musical style, and how music was linked to the church and everyday life.
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Say It Loud!: A Celebration Of Black Music In America - Lesson 2
High schoolers identify general business terms such as entrepreneur, corporation, marketing, demographic, promotion and distribution. They identify many Black music industry leaders and their contributions.
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Roots And Styles Of Black Music - Lesson 1
Students identify many genres of Black music. They identify Black music as a reflection of the culture. They study many historically influential Black music artists, producers, and other contributors.
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Say It Loud!: A Celebration Of Black Music in America - Louis Armstrong
Students listen to selections of New Orleans street band music. They explore the culture of New Orleans in the 1920's, and perform a closer examination of Armstrong's music.
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Musical Instruments
For this word scramble worksheet, students choose a letter from each box to create a word about musical instruments. Students complete 8 examples.
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Sounds Interesting
Play a music game with your budding musicians! They pick various sound cards out of a bag and make those sounds in different ways.
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Music Terms
Young scholars review and define music terms. In this musical vocabulary lesson, students are given a list of terms, asked to unscramble them, then write the meaning of each term.
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Slang Quiz: Music
In this slang quiz learning exercise, students analyze the music slang examples in the sentences and select the best meaning to complete 10 exercises.
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Beginning Spelling - "Music"
In this spelling worksheet, 2nd graders spell 12 words correctly using the definition listed to the right of the jumbled music word.
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Musical Elements Chart
In this Louisiana musical landscape worksheet, students study 6 terms and their meanings as they pertain to music instruction to be used for further classroom activities.
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Singing II
In this music worksheet, 4th graders study terminology associated with vocal music. Students are then asked to complete five multiple choice questions and provided with one extra credit option.
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Music
In this musical worksheet, students pair up to give each other definitions from their half of the crossword puzzle so their partners can add the word to their versions of the puzzle.
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Music Terms
In this music instructional activity, students find the words that are used for general vocabulary. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Musical Terms and Instruments
In this music worksheet, students find the vocabulary terms related to the different types of instruments. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Simple Music Terms
In this music worksheet, students find the words that are associated with music education and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Learning Musical Terms
Students observe and discuss the following musical terms and their symbols: staff, measure, bar line, double bar line, treble clef, bass clef, time signature, common time, cut time, quarter note, half note, dotted half note, whole note,...