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"The Star-Spangled Banner"

For Teachers K - 5th
Students perform a song using correct posture, correct rhythms, and accurate pitches. They read musical notation and lyrics of various patriotic tunes, analyze the purpose and meaning of patriotic songs, discuss the social and cultural...
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Introduction to musical reading for Drumset and Percussion.

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students analyze the functions of musical scores as they relate to percussion instruments. They follow an audio and video presentation as they count and follow beat patterns.
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Music Theory

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students properly notate a short melody within a given framework. They pay much attention to rhythmic notation. Students compose and harmonize their own melodies. They work individually on composing a melody on their preferred...
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Global Music: Steve Reich – Ghana, Bali, America and Germany

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students explore the music of Steve Reich. In this global music instructional activity, students compare the music compositions of Steve Reich to African and Balinese music. Students discuss their personal comparisons.
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Global Music Lesson Plans: Britten and Japan – Japan and the UK

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners explore the links between Japanese and British culture. In this Japanese music lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding Gagaku music and then perform "Te Lucis Ante Terminum" with Japanese...
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American Music Genres

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students research and listen to a variety of American music genres and create a written comparison between three of the styles.
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Color That Note | Free Note Name Worksheet - Treble Clef/C Position (Digital Print)

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this naming musical notes worksheet, students analyze the five-letter names of music notes on a treble clef staff. Kids choose a different color to make each note. Using this color key, students color the notes on four treble clef...
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Music History

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this music worksheet, students answer 7 questions about music history. For example, "Describe the Bach influences upon Mahler in the second section of this extract."
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Pies and Rhythms

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, using popsicle sticks. illustrate rhythms clapped by someone else. They use different types of pies to recognize and notate rhythms in standard notation.
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Music Elements For Second Grade

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are exposed to a variety of attributes of melody in seven lessons of this unit. the notation in treble clef, pitch, and the movements of the melody are presented in these lessons.
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Creating Folk Webs in General Music Class

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders demonstrate the musical and historical context of a given folk song by notating the melody, creating an accompaniment, and displaying it on the web for assessment.
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A Stomping Good Time: Using Found Instruments and Invented Rhythms to Make Beautiful Music

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students work in small groups to use everyday objects to create performances inspired by the work of STOMP. They create a system of notation to document the music and movement of a 2-minute performance.
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Improvising Music

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students watch "The Greatest TV Moments: Sesame Street Music A to Z" and improvise melodic and rhythmic embellishments for the song "O What A Beautiful Morning" or "Rubber Duckie."
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Music

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders incorporate two formal music lessons into the core curriculum. They study whole notes and rests, syllables of the musical scale and practice singing.
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Electronically Composing Music

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils complete a worksheet and discuss components of musical composition. Students familiarize themselves with the program, Finale. Pupils then work cooperatively to compose a musical suite.
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Say It Loud!: A Celebration Of Black Music in America - Lesson 4

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students choose a theme for a song. They compose a poem, and write music to go along with their poem. The instructor plays the musical accompaniment, and the class votes on the most appropriate rhythmic pattern.
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When The Saints Go Marching In: A Lesson for Middle School Keyboard Lab Students

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After listening to a variety of interpretations of "When the Saints Go Marching In," partners compose and then perform their own renditions of this classic before joining a full-class jam session.
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Interactive Timeline

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the development of ragtime music and its relation to jazz. They participate in an online Interactive timeline and read about the history of ragtime music, listen to examples of music, and in small groups create short...
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Music - O Brother, Where Art Thou?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice singing with correct posture. They sight read music and sing in choral harmony. Students identify the characteristics of a melody and examine the style of Southern Baptist hymns.
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Music and Technology

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice reading rhythm patterns with different types of notes and meters. Using a counting system, they perform a sight reading exercise and take notes when needed. They use a form of technology to illustrate the music.
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Homeschooling Chronicles - Music in the Home

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
The sounds of music can produce the melody of learning.
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Twelve-Bar Blues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine blues music. In this music genres lesson, students discover details about the history of the musical genre and compositional techniques. Learners then compose melodies of their own with 12-bar blues chord progression.
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Musical Mountain

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to low, middle, and high pitches of music and identify if they are low, middle, or high. In this musical pitch lesson plan, students visually see low, middle, and high pitches on a mountain.
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Music

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are introduced to the ABA form of music through singing and playing instruments. Using music, they practice reading the notations and improvising melodies. They also sing in duets and trios in various keys to end the...

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