Curated OER
Draw the Bar Lines
In this draw the bar lines learning exercise, students draw the bars lines needed to create measures of music in the 5 lines of sheet music provided.
Other
Basic Music Theory: Bar or Measure
This website is extremely valuable in that it describes topics in easy-to-understand language. Relatively easy to follow. Just use the hypertext links.
Music Theory
Music thoery.net: Measures and Time Signatures
A fabulous resource for beginners! Gives examples and explanations of measures and time signatures. Simple illustrations and explanations make this animated site easy to follow.
Quia
Quia: Rhythm
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.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: The Staff
The staff and all of its parts are explained in this very easy to understand tutorial. This lesson can also be downloaded as a pdf file.
Other
Music Concepts Online: Meter
This website covers information taken from a lecture on meter. Also includes FAQs that you can view by clicking on the provided links. You can learn about the different types of meter, how it is counted, and view examples.