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Steady Beat and Form with Bluegrass and Fiddle Tunes
Students utilize listening skills, singing, movement and rhythm instruments in various combinations to reinforce lesson concepts. They develop the ability to identify a steady beat and AB patterns found in a variety of traditional...
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Percussion Family Lesson Plan
Students gain an appreciation for percussion instruments. They can identify the instruments by sight and sound and associate them with different musical styles. Using Microsoft Musical Instruments, students hear other percussion...
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Jazz Word Search
In this music worksheet, students find the words that are associated with Jazz music and the answers are found by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
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Song Writing: Recording Your Song
In this music worksheet, students read an excerpt on recording with a company, who the producer is, and what arrangements need to be made. They respond to six short answer questions related to recording their own song in a studio.
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Composing the Chorus
In this composing the chorus worksheet, learners listen to and critique the song 'Fly Away'. Students compare the chorus with the verse and show how the chorus is different from the verse by circling the words that apply to the chorus.
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Wordsearch 3 – Musical Instruments
For this musical instruments worksheet, students locate and circle or highlight twelve words associated with musical instruments in a word search puzzle.
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Migration of Music
In this music worksheet, students identify and define migration. They circle the different types of music created by the African-Americans who were brought to the New World. Students also explain why slavery is a bad thing.
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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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Musical Elements Chart - Page 2
In this music elements worksheet, students listen to several songs listed on the Louisiana Voices Traditional Music Examples Resource Sheet and select some to review using the chart provided.
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Composing the Chorus
In this composing the chorus worksheet, students listen to Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz comparing the chorus to the verse as they identify the words that apply to the chorus. In addition, students respond to 1 short answer question.
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Pitched Instruments of African Music
In this African music worksheet, students read about the kora and the xylophone which are types of pitched instruments. A glossary is included in the 2 page article.
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African Music
In this African music worksheet, students read about how family life, community music, and rhythms are part of the culture and music of Africa.
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African Popular Music
Students explore popular music of West Africa. In this musicians activity, students complete listening tasks that challenge them to analyze the music of Oumou Sangare, Angelique Kidjo, and Baaba Maal.
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Song Writing: Recording Your Song
In this music sales worksheet, students read advice on the how to sell the songs that they write. They read about producers, managers, demos, royalties, and agents. They design a pamphlet based on the information in the reading and as an...
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Caribbean Beats and Blends: A Global Sound Lesson
Students listen and respond to various forms of Caribbean music. In this music and culture lesson, students clap rhythms and respond to a sung call. Lyrics are analyzed for language blends and repetition. Music and culture from Puerto...
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Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain - Kenya
Students accompany music to the story Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain - Kenya to show how sound and music can accompany story description. In this music lesson, students learn how to show sound during a story.
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Global Music: Steve Reich – Ghana, Bali, America and Germany
Students explore the music of Steve Reich. In this global music lesson, students compare the music compositions of Steve Reich to African and Balinese music. Students discuss their personal comparisons.
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"In the Hall of the Mountain King" From Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 by Edvard Grieg
In this music appreciation worksheet, students listen to In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 by Edvard Grieg. Students read about the composer and the piece before answering one question.
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Rhythm in Language - Feel the SWAMP BEAT!
Students explore the rhythm of words. For this reading skills lesson, students read Bedtime at the Swamp and use rhythm instruments to find the cadence in the words of the story. Students listen for rhythm in other written text as they...
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Salad Sisters
Students play on the beats 2 and 4 of a song called Salad Sisters. In this music lesson plan, students learn a new song, learn how to count to 8 in a song, and practice how to play on the beats 2 and 4.
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Beat the Beat!
Students develop a sense of pulse by listening to music with strong beats. In this music beats lesson plan, students listen to marching band music examples. Students then practice showing the beat while listening to the song.
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Kitty Tunes
Learners compare cat calls. In this wildlife lesson, students listen to cat calls and compose their own raps that feature the calls of Florida panthers.
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Instruments In Action
Students read and demonstrate eight measures of four beats. In this music reading lesson, students read and demonstrate through movement their mastery of eight measures of four beats. Students also classify instruments.
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Changing Sounds
Students listen to sound. In this changing sounds activity, students play instruments to help them hear volume and pitch. Students use the interactive whiteboard to experiment how change can make sounds go higher or lower.
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