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Notation in Musicator
Site includes music composition software: percussion marking, fret marking, notes, rests, and more.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Music for Kids: What Is a Musical Note?
What makes up a musical note? Kids can learn about pitch and music notation on this site.
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.
Toby Rush
Music Theory: Pitch [Pdf]
A music theory worksheet regarding pitch and its relationship to time. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
Music Education
Learning to Read Music: Shaping and Volume of Music
This introductory tutorial introduces students to basic symbols and notation in music.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Duration: Note Lengths in Written Music
To define and understand the duration of notes
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Dynamics and Accents in Music
To define and provide an overview of dynamics and accents
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Meters in Music
To learn about meters and how to recognize and classify different meters
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Repeats and Other Musical Road Map Signs
To learn about repeats and common methods of expression repetition of previous measures
Other
Proposed Extensions of Clef Notations for Abc
This site details "proposed extensions of clef notations for abc." The author has suggested a method of "extending the abc syntax to accommodate clefs other than the treble clef." The author makes it very clear in the opening two...
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Music Concepts Online: Notation: Basic Rhythm and Pitch
This site looks at rhythm, terms and concepts, which include rhythm, score, note (parts of and kinds), rests, tie. Great information.
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Blokfluitkids
Colorful, interactive Dutch language website that introduces students to recorders and wooden flutes. It shows how the flutes are made and the different sounds they make. Site also activities that let students play along (practice...
Other
Mml: Notation Module: Clef
Although very simple in its design, this short piece gives a nice overview of musical terms, one of which is the treble clef. The author briefly discusses the attribute of "key" in conjunction with the clef.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Line Notes and Space Notes
This lesson will help students determine whether the notes on a staff appear on a line or on a space. Students also will recognize how many lines and spaces are on a staff.
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)
Educaplus: Ritmos (Medio) [In Spanish]
In this activity you must identify the rhythm you hear and relate it to their representation in musical notation. This is a intermediate level.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Clef
To understand how the clef symbol on a music staff works and its importance
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: The Staff
To understand and learn about the staff and how it is used in writing music
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Time Signatures
To explain and understand the role of the time signature on a musical staff
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Duration: Rest Length
Explains the different types of rests and their effect on the music.
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: 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...
San Diego State University
Chords, Chords, Chords!
The goal of this musical card game is to recognize one chord for guitar in two seperate notation styles.