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Keyboard and the Grand Staff

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the treble and bass staffs, naming the lines, spaces, and locating middle C. Individually, students complete a word game and then compare their answers with a partner. They sight-read the grand staff and explore ways...
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Get Reading Right

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this get reading right worksheet, students in teams combine as many letters together as they can to come up with as many English words as they can by only using the letters in the boxes shown.
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Sight Reading Rhythm Patterns

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students demonstrate ability to sight read rhythms containing half, quarter and eighth notes and quarter rests; by clapping and chanting rhythms written on chart 1.
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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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Sound Feelings: Ten Amazing Free Sight Reading Tips

For Students 9th - 10th
Although designed for the pianist, perhaps anyone could benefit from these practical self-reading tips.
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Sight Reading Techniques

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a few short essays about how to sight read more effectively.
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Piano Music Sight Reading Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
Actually this clever site drills pianists on note names and note placement on the keyboard. Kids can access this site at home for practice. Both treble and bass clef are used.
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Tomas Howie Drumming Web: Reading Music

For Students 9th - 10th
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...