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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Music and Fine Arts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 24 vocabulary words pertaining to Music and Fine Arts. It also offers an extensive vocabulary word list for music, a list of musical instruments, and lesson questions.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Musical Dictionary

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This online music dictionary offers more than just definitions. Most terms have vocalized pronunciations and audio examples, as well.
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Quia

Quia: World Music: Rags to Riches

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of music from around the world with this who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-style game. Click on the correct answer to each multiple-choice question, and move closer to "winning" a million dollars!
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a course on the art history of Asia.
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Music Theory

Music theory.com: Introduction to Chords

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of augmented and diminished triads/ chords. Provides illustrated examples with highlighted vocabulary words,a printable chart, and audio clips to supplement the lesson.
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Music Theory

Music theory.net: Generic Intervals

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough description of generic intervals with a printable chart at the end of the lesson. MusicTheory.net provides illustrated examples, and highlighted vocabulary terms. (You may need to download Flash Player to view this site.)
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Quia

Quia: Musical Elements

For Students 3rd - 5th
A great matching game to reinforce music vocabulary and an understanding of the elements of music.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: My Sound Is the Best! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, students will use music as an impetus for stating and supporting opinions. They will compose an opinion poster based on a narrative about a train using percussion instruments. This will involve group work...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a course on African art found in regions and in individual countries.
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Read Works

Read Works: When Music Is a Steal

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the topic of illegal downloading of music. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Vocabulary.com

Vocabulary From "Hamilton" Lyrics, Act 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site contains a list of 50 words from Act I lyrics from the Broadway production of Hamilton, a Grammy Award-winning and the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Carnival of the Animals [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will expand knowledge about music vocabulary through exploration of The Carnival of the Animals, composed by Camille Saint-Sains. Students will be able to use key music terms in discussions with their peers and in persuasive...
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English Club

English Club: History of Soul Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the history of soul music from its origins in gospel music, through Motown and Memphis Soul, to contemporary rhythm and blues. The site includes three videos: Sam Cooke singing "A Change is Gonna Come," from 1964, with images from...
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Other

Tonalsoft: Encyclopedia of Microtonal Music Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Find an online encyclopedia specializing in microtonal music theory.
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Other

Musical English Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn English vocabulary and grammar through songs from a wide range of famous pop artists from the Beatles and Elvis to contemporary standouts like Avil Lavigne, Good Charlotte, and James Blunt. Find an exercise by grammar or vocabulary...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Greek Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart lesson contains several activities. History - students understand the chronology of Greek history and can organize events and people into major categories to explain historical...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Sounds of Storms [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
In this lesson, 5th graders learn about the sounds of weather. They create an instrument that mimics rain, wind, or thunder, then use them for sound effects during an interactive story called Gracey Goose.
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Leaf Group

E How: How to Learn About Classical Music?

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains how to learn about classical music, and covers the evolution, styles, and vocabulary of this important musical genre.
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Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly

Many Things for Esl Japanese Version

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Japanese version of the well-known Interesting Things for ESL site (the authors are professors teaching in Japan). The Japanese site has many of the same features as the English Only version in fact, it usually goes to the...
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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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Vocabulary.com

Merle Haggard (1937 2016) Tribute List

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a list of 12 words from the songs of country musician, Merle Haggard (1937-2016). Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Artopia: Music Word Bank [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A word bank of thirteen musical terms.
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English Club

English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Topic Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Links to lists of vocabulary words with sixteen different topics. Topics include sports, music, movies, TV, time, festivals, holidays, and more.
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Vance Holmes's Fantastic Tap Dance Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th
Searchable glossary of terminology common in tap dance, compiled by Vance Holmes, M.F.A., choreographer, and dance educator. Links to other dance and music dictionaries.

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