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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Meters in Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To learn about meters and how to recognize and classify different meters
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Other

The Basics of Reading Music

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an overview of how to read music. The basics of notation such as note and rest values, the names of lines and spaces of both treble and bass clefs, etc. are covered. Includes downloadable audio files.
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Indiana University

Rhythm and Meter in Tonal Music: Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
The glossary of terms is extensive from accent, to accent metrique, accent of climax, accent of discontinuity, accent of image shift, accent pathetique, accent rhythmique, and accent structure.
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Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University: Sojurn: Anatomy of a Fugue

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful site with detailed descriptions of most of the aspects of a fugue, including some examples. The article gets very technical so a background in music theory would be helpful before exploring this site.
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Read Works

Read Works: Classical Music: What Is Classical Music?

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text explaining what classical music is. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Music Time Signature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a simple introduction to time signature in musical notation. Included are the basic time signatures of 4/4, 3/4 and 6/8.
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BBC

Bbc: Music Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a fun and interactive way to learn all about the elements of music. It offers links to information, definitions, assessments, and examples of melody, harmony and tonality, structure, tempo, metre and rhythm,...
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Music Education

Learning to Read Music: Time Signatures

For Students 3rd - 8th
Beginning music students learn the definition of time signature and examples of time signatures in music.
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Music Theory

Music theory.net

For Students 9th - 10th
An online beginning music theory and ear training site. This site is for students to use at home to reinforce what they learn in class.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: The Sound of Numbers [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this instructional activity, students will explore numbers and their relationships through rhythm and learn how every aspect of music can be described mathematically.
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Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University: Sojurn: How to Analyze a Fugue

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is very helpful in analyzing and understanding fugues. Great site for music theory students and teachers.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 44: Compositional Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young music students rarely see or, better still, hear a connection between the different types of scales, modes, intervals and other compositional techniques such as meter, tonality, and form used in both traditional 'Art' music and...
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Quia

Quia: Rhythm

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try these review activities in your music class! Chose from four games: matching, concentration, flashcards, or a word search. Vocabulary words on the topic of musical rhythm are used in these exercises.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Rhythmic Experiences [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson. students will learn that musical symbols have numerical values as they divide beats and meters, perform and create rhythm patterns, and practice operations with fractions.
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Other

Using Different Time Signatures to Create Interest

For Students 9th - 10th
When composing, it can help to add interest to your music by using time signature changes. This article touches on how to use different time signatures to give the music a little push in a new direction.
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PBS

Pbs: Beating Usain Bolt

For Students 6th - 8th
Use mathematics to determine what is required to beat world champion Usain Bolt in a 200-meter race. This video focuses on systems of equations that are visualized by completing a table of values and looking for a point of intersection...

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