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Boombox Classroom: Ensembles

For Students 4th - 5th
In this music worksheet, students list as many different ensembles as they can. They define ensemble. Students complete a word search, looking for names of ten ensembles. Students are introduced to the bass clef symbol.
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Boombox Classroom: Ensembles

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this music instructional activity, students identify types of ensembles. They order duet, quartet, solo, and trio by the number of performers in each. Students complete a word search, looking for ensemble related words.
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Indian Music Test

For Students 6th - 7th
In this music activity, learners answer 15 questions about Indian music. For example, "Which religion is important to Indian music?"
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Indian Music Test

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Indian music test worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer questions in part a and 5 short answer questions in part b as they demonstrate their knowledge of Indian music.
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Twelve-Bar Blues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine blues music. In this music genres lesson, students discover details about the history of the musical genre and compositional techniques. High schoolers then compose melodies of their own with 12-bar blues chord...
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Music Activity at Family Math Night

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars work with a family member in placing all of the music notes on a staff board. They try to match the rhythm on the rhythm board and show their completed song to the teacher.
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Meter Readers Turned Composers

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners compose eight measures of music after they practice interpreting time/signature meter.
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Using Numbers to Teach The Major Scale

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the numbers to the diatonic major scale using C note as a basis in this standards-based 45 minute lesson. Emphasis is placed on singing correct pitch, rhythmic accuracy, and proper breath control.
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Music

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders sing the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts" while identifying eighth, quarter, and half notes. They listen to Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring and recall other ballet music.
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Bravo!!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study and experiment with rhythm and sound. In pairs, they practice reading and performing simple melodies from sheet music. Individually, they choose one piece to perform for the class.
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Melody Words

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compose a melody by placing words on the music staff. They play their melody words for the class.
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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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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.