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Free high school music composition songs
Poe's The Raven - Using Music to Better Understand Literary Terms
Guiding Question: What do poetry and music have in common?
Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem, “The Raven,” is noted for its lingering rhythms, sonorous rhymes, and Gothic themes. Sounds musical, doesn't it? But these are literary devices that were used in creating the mood in his poem. Note that both writers and composers have similar guidelines to follow and techniques to use.
Poe declared in his essay, "The Poetic Principle": "It is in Music, perhaps, that the soul most nearly attains the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Music Theory - Listening List of 99 Popular Music in Various Meters - FREE!!!
DOWNLOADED OVER 2000 TIMES!This is a list of popular songs (and more) in various time signatures. It can be used in a great follow up activity to a lesson on meter or as a fun end of class guessing game. This is a highly recommended listening activity for AP Music Theory students. All of these tunes should be easy to find via YouTube!UPDATED LIST includes a more diverse list of world music, rock, country, doowap, and more.If you like my resources, please leave me a comment!For Guided Listening,
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9th - 12th
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Name That Tune Solfege Worksheet
Page 1: Treble Clef
Page 2: Bass Clef
Uses movable Do
One "Do" is labeled in each sample. Students can "count their way from Do" to determine the other solfege tones. Once they have labeled all of the solfege tones they can sing them out loud to determine the song.
All songs are public domain.
Answers are:
1. Hot Cross Buns
2. Oh When the Saints Go Marching In
3. Baa Baa Black Sheep
4. God Save the Queen
5. O Canada
6. Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?)
7. Row, Row, Row Your Boat
8. Amazing
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4th - 12th
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Haydn's 'Surprise Symphony' Arrangement (Boomwhackers/Handbells/Percussion)
A simple arrangement perfect for small percussion ensembles in 4 parts - perfect for any tuned percussion including boomwhackers, handbells, glockenspiel, xylophone, or marimba. Suitable for younger classes and older beginners!PDF includes:1 Complete Score4 Tuned Percussion/Mallet PartsWritten in C major - requires chromatic extensions to play (F#). Color-coded to boomwhackers or handbells for ease of reading. All parts are A3 in easily readable large print!FOLLOW ORISCUS MUSICDon’t forget to co
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2nd - 12th
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"Spiderman Theme" (Easy Version - Piano)
Do you want to play your favorite superhero themes? Then this music score, "Spiderman Theme" (easy version for piano), will help you to do so! You can also download this free sheet music here: https://www.freemusickey.com/post/spiderman-theme-easy-version-for-pianoOR watch a youtube tutorial by following the links below:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFJhLfvto78 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SuM7hzZeb4 Enjoy it!
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2nd - 12th, Staff
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Treble Clef STAFF
A *FREE* Treble Clef staff for your classroom! Laminate and use one on your board, or make multiple copies for your students!
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Vuelveme A Querer - Violin B
Vuelveme A Querer - Violin B
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Vuelveme A Querer by Mariachi Vargas
Solfeggio Warm-Ups, Circle of 5ths and Key Signatures
These are "toolbox" warm-ups for middle and high school sight-readers. The second page also helps students identify sharp and flat key signatures.
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8th - 12th
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Color-Coded Labels for Plain or Home-made Boom-pipes, Bells, or Pipe Chimes
Apply these labels to make older, plain, or home-made instruments compatible with color-coded music and activities (Boomwhackers and bells). Print, cut out, and apply with clear tape over the label, extending ¼” to ½” beyond edges (or print on sticky-backed paper).
Please check out my easy-to-use color-coded music materials in my TPT Store, and visit my blog for addtional ideas: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Musical-Magic
Happy music making!
Key words/concepts: Boomwhackers, bells
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education
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15 Christmas/Holiday Carols for Flex Band SAMPLE - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!
Hark the Harold Angels Sing For Young Flex Band.Please find catalogue of fifteen songs for purchase here:Fifteen Christmas/Holiday Carols for Young Flex Band by Francis Raimondi (teacherspayteachers.com)
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4th - 12th
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G Dorian Mode (4 Ways to Play)
This info sheet shows guitarists 4 different ways to play the G Dorian Mode:1. A Standard Root 6 fingering2. A 3-notes-per-string Root 6 fingering3. A Standard Root 5 fingering4. A 3-notes-per-string Root 5 fingeringPlus the diatonic chords for G Dorian Mode.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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guitar tablature notebook 7 blank chord diagrams seven 6-line staves
This Guitar Tablature Notebook is tool for teachers and students for all guitar lesson notes.Perfect for a friend, students, teachers, an aspiring artist or a song writer. Blank guitar tabs notebook for you to compose your music, great tool for everyone playing guitar, learning it or teaching it, with a simple design made in the musicians in mind. Evenly spaced and easy to fill in the cord diagrams.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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I Choose Peace (a Remembrance Day song)
This is a free Remembrance Day song entitled "I Choose Peace" written for solo and choirs of all sizes. This is only the audio for educators and choir masters to use as they teach the song to the students or choirs. If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the instrumental version of "I Choose Peace" to use during your Remembrance Day /Veteran's Day performances, please check out my other product. It includes an audio instrumental concert version to use during rehearsals and concerts, a copy
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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B Blues Scale (4 Ways to Play)
This info sheet shows guitarists 4 different ways to play the B Blues Scale:1. A Standard Root 6 fingering2. A 3-notes-per-string Root 6 fingering3. A Standard Root 5 fingering4. A 3-notes-per-string Root 5 fingeringPlus an original 5-bar composition demonstrating how to craft melodic statements from the notes of the B Blues Scale.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MUSIC HISTORY REPORT
I use this handout when my general music students are studying music from different eras. The purpose of this lesson is not remembering the composer or the piece but rather identifying and distinguishing various music eras.
It is hoped that the student will develop an appreciation of vast genres of music. It is also hoped the student will be able to associate historical events and dates with the music of its time.
Have students listen to a musical selection taken from an era then discuss the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Believer - Imagine Dragons Sheet Music/Lead Sheet with easy chord
The google drive consists of a worksheet and a lead sheet for Believer by Imagine Dragons.Musical terms in the piece include alla breve, triplet, coda, D. S. al Coda, etc.It could be used for group lessons (keyboard/instrumental) and private lessons.Chord inversions and creating different accompaniment patterns could be taught using these materials.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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5-minute guide to writing song lyrics
This resource is useful as a class activity to help students write basic song lyrics. It is based on using the sense to describe a topic that the students enjoy, and includes the structure and an example for students to follow.
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5th - 12th
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Orff-Happy
This is an original Orff arrangement of Happy. I wrote mostly for my ms choir as they love to also play instruments. It's very simple and they loved it!
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5th - 12th
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Soundtrap Patterns Beatmaker Rhythm Guide
This FREE product is a great visual for your students when creating beats on the Soundtrap Patterns Beatmaker. Rhythm syllables and standard notation are included. Rhythms includedta - quarter noteta di - eighth notes ta ka di mi - sixteenth notes ta ka di - two sixteenth one eighthta di mi - one eighth two sixteenth ta mi - dotted eighth one sixteenth
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4th - 12th
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This is the Day
A 4 part round using the scripture statement, "This is the day the Lord hath made"
It is sung by 5th and 6th graders as a round. This song by Clark Bell appears on his childrens album "Special Kind of Songs"
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3rd - 12th
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Music Expectations activity
A simple, fun, insightful way to connect inspirational quotes with classroom expectations and connect to the students. Student will pick a quote from the selection of inspiration quotes from history, relate the quote to themselves in music class, and provide a visual of what that looks like for them! Its simple fun and engaging for the kids to think about SEL and motivational tactics related to classroom expectations. Spanish versions of the assignment and quotes are included!
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1st - 12th
Sightreading practice with 90's tunes
Want to make sightreading more interesting for your music students? Have them try figuring out what tunes these are!
Have students write out solfege and attempt to figure out how to sing four measures from five different tunes from the 1990's. It creates a real-world connection between solfege and sightreading skills. I think that only college students (and up) may recognize these tunes!
Take this one for free and try it. Leave me some feedback about how it goes - whether for the good or
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12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Avanzando" Beginning Guitar Ensemble Trio - In Notation
This is a 3 part beginning guitar ensemble piece of music titled "Avanzando." It is a Spanish inspired piece. Guitar 1 features only 3 notes on the E string. Guitar 2 features notes mostly on the E and B string in first position. Guitar 3 gives the more advanced players in the class some lower notes and harder rhythms to work with.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Joyful Joyful/Ode to Joy for Soprano Recorder
Joyful Joyful/Ode to Joy by Beethoven was arranged for your beginner soprano recorder players. This music contains GABCD, low D in the key of G for your students. This piece is also a popular church hymn titled "Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee."Enjoy this free music and visit my other offerings at my teacherspayteachers store.Sincerely,Elysia Larson Studio
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3rd - 12th
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