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Science Museum of Minnesota: Wild Music: Sound Activities: Making Vocal Chords

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions for making a simple model of vocal chords. All you need is a plastic cup, a rubber band, and a straw.
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The Abc's of Chord Voicings

For Students 9th - 10th
The concept of chord voicings for keyboard instruments is illustrated by this site. Material could also relate to pianists who would like to learn voicing. MIDI files are included for added demonstration
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Naming Triads

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the various types of triads. This lesson focuses on the chords in root position. Included in this site are a few self checking tests.
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The Tonal Center/diatonic Scales

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive summary of basic music theory. Commentary is thorough yet practical. Information on tonality, chords, scales, cadences, etc. This pages is on diatonic scales.
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Chord House

For Students 3rd - 6th
Create playable piano and guitar scales.
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Circular Pipes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A realistic world problem using the knowledge of chords and the parts of a circle to solve. Test your knowledge on this brain teaser!
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Circles

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Explore everything about circles. Learn various parts of a circle like a diameter, radius, circumference, circles chord, tangent circles, major arc, segment, sector, and discover other interesting aspects of it. Try your hand at solving...
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Music Theory First Aid for Struggling Students

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides music theory information on such topics as rhythm, intervals, scales, chords, etc. Also, there is a fine section which describes the basic concepts of form and structure.
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Alien Travel Guide: Elements of Music the Basics

For Students 3rd - 8th
Fine site created for Canadian schools devoted to basic elements of music, including pitch, acoustics, time signatures, keys, and rhythm.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Perpendicular Segments in a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about chords of a circle. They draw a line perpendicular to the chord and passing through the center of the circle. They explore the lengths of the two segments of the chord. They investigate with a different chord and...
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San Diego State University

Ritardondo

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Played in the style of "UNO," this music card game is suitable for students in their second year of music theory for piano. The game's purpose is to identify musical key signatures and their respective primary chords and will be able to...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Parts of Circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will explore how the length of a chord in a circle changes by moving the points of the chord. Click learn more to watch a video and click challenge me to answer a practice question.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Cabri Jr. Perpendicular Bisector of a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity uses Cabri Jr. to discover that the perpendicular of a chord passes through the centre of a circle. Microsoft Word documents are attached to support the lesson.
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Analyze Math

Analyze Math: Applications of Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners examine applications of functions. Topics explored are length of a chord, volume, area, and perimeter. The activity includes examples with detailed solutions.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Simple Chordal Harmony

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This is an activity that teaches students how to add simple chords to a melody. Included are several activies and procedures to help with implementation.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Angles on and Inside a Circle Intermediate

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to find angles on and inside a circle created by chords and tangent lines.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Talking in Circles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The students will identify parts of the circle including center, radius, diameter, chord, and arc. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Real Life Real World Avalanche Rescue

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When hikers and skiers go into terrain with a risk of avalanches, they take safety equipment including avalanche rescue beacons. An avalanche rescue beacon sends and receives electromagnetic field signals that travel in circular...
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The Tonal Centre: Tonality

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the aspects of music tonality with this site. Chords, scales and cadences are all explained as they relate to tonality.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Triads

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about triads in this well explained lesson. This site explains the root, first inversion and second inversion of the chords. Test your knowledge with several self checking problems.
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Online Music Theory Reference

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is essentially an online music theory dictionary or encyclopedia.It teaches about intervals, chords and scales. Online sound clips really enhance site.
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Ear Training Institute: Ear Power

For Students 9th - 10th
Download this software and set up drills on your own level for melodic and harmonic intervals. Learn to recognize and build chords. There is a small cost for the full version (click on "Complete Package") and with a microphone, the...
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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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Tone Savvy: E Music Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides good online learning games and exercises for music theory. It also has a lot of options for teachers if they choose to subscribe.

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