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Toby Rush

Music Theory: Suspensions [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A music theory worksheet regarding suspensions. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
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Unit Plan
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Articulation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To understand the concept of articulation and common articulations used
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Clef

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To understand how the clef symbol on a music staff works and its importance
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To explain the role of dotted notes, tied notes, and borrowed divisions in getting note lengths other than halves
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Duration: Note Lengths in Written Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To define and understand the duration of notes
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Dynamics and Accents in Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To define and provide an overview of dynamics and accents
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Enharmonic Spelling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide an explanation of notes, chords, keys and scales using enharmonic notes
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Introduction to Reading Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide suggestions for learning music independently and accurately
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Key Signatures

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To identify key signatures on a music staff
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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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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Pickup Notes and Measures

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To learn about pick notes and measures
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Pitch: Sharp, Flat, and Natural Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To understand the definition of a pitch, its effect on notes, and the associated symbols.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Repeats and Other Musical Road Map Signs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To learn about repeats and common methods of expression repetition of previous measures
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Scoring Music: Writing for Specific Instruments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide basic guidelines for writing music for particular instruments
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Syncopation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To understand and provide examples of syncopation
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Tempo

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To introduce the elements of tempo
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: The Staff

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To understand and learn about the staff and how it is used in writing music
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Time Signatures

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To explain and understand the role of the time signature on a musical staff
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Handout
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Duration: Rest Length

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the different types of rests and their effect on the music.
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Other

Flash Cards for Music

For Students 6th - 8th
Basic music flash cards. Examples of all notes and rests with names.
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Other

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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Interactive
Quia

Quia: 2003 Music Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Play musical Jeopardy! Test your knowledge of sound, instruments of the orchestra, music elements, music notation, and rhythm. Play this interactive game by yourself, or with a friend!
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Handout
Music Education

Learning to Read Music: Basic Counting

For Students 3rd - 8th
Apply basic knowledge of reading music by counting beats and reading notes. Here are some simple lines of music which incorporate different types of notes and patterns in common time.
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Handout
Music Education

Learning to Read Music: Basic Counting, Part 2

For Students 3rd - 8th
Beginning musicians can practice reading notes and counting beats using this resource that also provides several lines of music with different types of notes, rests, and time signatures.