ClassFlow
Class Flow: Music Terms & Symbols
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is for music teachers who want to review terms and symbols used for reading music.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Musical Notation
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an introduction to the music staff and notation. It describes the notes on both the treble and bass clefs. Sound files for each pitch of a C scale and some Activote questions are...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Musical Notation Dots and Ties
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart demonstrates how dots and ties work in music.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Musical Notation Rests
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses musical rests and includes sound files to identify the notated measure.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Musical Notation Notes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an introductory lesson on the five types of notes - whole, half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth. It gives a visual representation of the note values compared with other note values and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Time Signature
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains time signatures and has links to website on creating time signatures. Students create their own music scores using the correct note counts for each time signature. Student...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Articulation
In music, notes often times must be articulated in certain ways. This site explains the various common articulations found in most music.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Enharmonics
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to introduce enharmonics to students. It uses the keyboard from musictheory.net (thanks Ricci!).
Music Theory
Music theory.net
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.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam Webster: Dictionary: Illustration of Rest (Music Notation)
Illustration of the rest music notation.
Other
Tomas Howie Drumming Web: Reading Music
This site is provided for by Tomas Howie and Drumming Web. Although originally written for the drummer, any aspiring musician could benefit from the explanation of how to read music and the examples it contains. Drummers will want to...
Music Education
Learning to Read Music: Symbols in Music
This introductory tutorial teaches students basic musical notation for compressed rests and sharps and flats. Further lessons are linked to this page.
Music Education
Learning to Read Music: Shaping and Volume of Music
This introductory tutorial introduces students to basic symbols and notation in music.