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Free high school music composition study guides
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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Labeling Solfège (Major Key Signatures)
Donations are WelcomeCashapp: @DillonWalters25Venmo: @Dillon_WaltersBuy Me a cup of TeaWebsite: Restingtone.com____________________________________________-MAJOR TONALITY: A, Ab, B, Bb, C, Cb, C#, D, Db, E, Eb, F, F#, G, GbMOVEABLE DO: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, DoRemoving rhythm and just focusing on the "Tonal" side of music allows students to focus one smaller and more mentally digestible aspects of music literacy. Just look at the dots! ...What tonal solfège is that dot?
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
ELL Preposition Tipsheet
It's difficult for our ELL or ALC students to comprehend nebulous concepts such as grammatical constructs indicating spatial relationships. This tip sheet helps students sort out how prepositions function in sentences. It includes a list of common prepositions at the end to be used (or memorized) to complete future grammar exercises you might use in class.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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3 Ledger Lines Color Coded.
Color Coded with 3 Ledger Lines. 2nd page can be printed normal or can also be printed with transparency paper so you can see through the notes when teaching.
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K - 12th
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Easy n Fun: Summary of Music Time Periods
This is a concise summary of the 4 main time periods used to identify Classical Music. It contains the dates of each time period, stylistic qualities and main composers for each country.
Easy n Fun: Musical Time Periods by Isabelle Taye is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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7th - 9th
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Teaching Music Intervals
Teaching music intervals can be hard, especially when facing students with limited musical backgrounds. Not only must students know their key signatures, but they must remember the differences between minor, major, diminished, and augmented tonalities, all the while using flats, sharps, double flats, and double sharps... But don't despair, because here is a theory crib sheet that will help you towards teaching this topic very efficiently. I first came up with this poster during a theory class. M
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9th - 12th
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Diatonic Chords Cheat Sheet
I created this worksheet for my IB Music Class. This is a quick cheat sheet for all of the diatonic chords in Sharp and Flat Keys, one version with key signatures, and one with sharps and flats.
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8th - 12th
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Military Music - March Form Overview EDITABLE
A brief overview/recap of how march form is organized in military music. Can be given out to students to use as they analyze pieces of music in march form. Document is fully editable for you to add or remove any content that you would like.
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9th - 12th
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Notes on the Guitar
Learn the notes on the guitar with this helpful diagram. This is a great first step to learning the notes on the first 4 frets of the guitar. This diagram only contains natural notes. Works for all types of guitars(classical, electric, acoustic).
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Blank Paper Keyboard
Have your students use this blank keyboard on any Music Theory tests, quiz's and to help them study. They're great for learning placements of notes on the keyboard, helping with identifying types of scales, and chords because it helps the student visualize the relationships of half and whole steps within tertiary chords, and scalar patterns.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Soprano Recorder Instrument Fingering Chart (F-Do and D-La) MLT inspired
Donations are Welcome(1) Cashapp: @DillonWalters25 (2) Venmo: @Dillon_Walters(3) Buy Me a cup of TeaWebsite: Restingtone.comThese recorder finger charts are inspired by the "Jump Right In" recorder books. (MLT)NOTE: D - Minor is referred to as "Minor" instead of "harmonic minor" because this is MLT inspired. The "natural minor" would be "Aeolian." With my students I teach them all tonalities (i.e. Major, Minor, Aeolian, Lydian, Phrygian, Mixolydian, Locrian) and teach with a Music Learning Theor
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The "what" and "why" of Keys and Key Signatures Infographic
An Infographic in .png form to help students quickly know and understand what a key signature, key and a scale is, and the difference between them, as well as why they matter. This is best used in conjunction with the Keys and Key Signatures Flowchart.
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9th - 12th
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Clarinet Pinky Exercises
This file contains three short warm-up exercises for beginner to intermediate clarinet players who are trying to wrap their heads around the different pinky fingerings. Each example lists the fingerings and explains WHY it should be done that way. Each example is given both in the lower register and the upper register (same fingering patterns, but on different notes). It can also be a good reference if you are arranging or composing clarinet parts and need to know whether a passage will be prac
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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LA Phil: Film Music with Michael Giacchino
Film Music with Michael Giacchino (Grades 6-12; 2018/19 Season)Here in Los Angeles, movies are all around us—billboards, posters, full page ads in newspapers, and screenings. In this study guide you will explore many aspects of creating music for film from 1939 to today. You will see the process of composing, recording, and performing a film score unfold before your eyes—and ears.LA PHIL LEARNING RESOURCESSymphony for Schools offers free in-person concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, suppor
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6th - 12th
Keys & Chords Help Sheet
Chord diagrams for major and minor keys up to two sharps and flats.Great to help students with learning the most common keys or as a quick reference to help with composing, listening and analysis tasks.Laminate them back to back for easy wipe annotations.
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9th - 12th
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Roman Numeral Analysis Chart, Triads in C Major
This is a PDF document that contains all triads in the key of C major and how to analyze such triads with Roman numerals, including diatonic, secondary, Neapolitan, and augmented sixth chords, as well as modal mixtures and chromatic mediants.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Cadence Handout
Guide for Music Theory students to introduce cadences.
Students should already be familiar with: tonic, dominant, subdominant, submediant, leading tone, phrase, inversions, Roman numerals, and figured bass.
Includes: Introduction to and explanation of 5 significant cadences (authentic, deceptive, plagal, half, and phrygian).
Does not include: Explanation of perfect vs. imperfect authentic cadences.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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LA Phil: The Art of the Piano
The Art of the Piano (Grades 3-6; 2016/17 Season)Let the LA Phil take you on an in-depth exploration of the piano, from the artisan who builds it to the virtuoso who plays it. Students will discover how sounds are made, understand the elements of music that these great composers used, and compose their own concerto!LA PHIL LEARNING RESOURCESSymphony for Schools offers free in-person concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, supported by The Walt Disney Company. Online, we invite you to utilize o
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3rd - 12th
Music Essentials and Things You Shoudl Know
I use this "Thing You Should Know" sheet for all of my scholars here at LEARN. It woks for scholars/students grades 1st-12th. Some of my Kindergarten scholars also find this helpful. This resource helps scholars learn the bare essentials of music.
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1st - 12th
ABRSM Grade 5 Theory Short Revision Notes (DEMO 1 page only)
I made a very short quick revision note, focusing on all main topics of the ABRSM Grade 5 theory.
This is a ONE page demo only. COMPLETE PAID one included the following topics
Key Signatures
Scales \ Intervals
Clefs
SATB open \ close score
Harmony \ Chords
Ornaments
Instruments of the Orchestra
Time Signatures \ Notes & Rests Value
Transposing
This guide is intended for a quick revision. Detailed methods of completing the paper should be done prior to studying this guide.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Soprano Recorder Instrument Fingering Chart (G-Do & E-La) MLT inspired
Donations are Welcome(1) Cashapp: @DillonWalters25 (2) Venmo: @Dillon_Walters(3) Buy Me a cup of TeaWebsite: Restingtone.comThese recorder finger charts are inspired by the "Jump Right In" recorder books. (MLT)NOTE: E - Minor is referred to as "Minor" instead of "harmonic minor" because this is MLT inspired. The "natural minor" would be "Aeolian." With my students I teach them all tonalities (i.e. Major, Minor, Aeolian, Lydian, Phrygian, Mixolydian, Locrian) and teach with a Music Learning Theor
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Parts of the Staff Notes
Note taking page for beginning the Parts of the Staff.
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9th - 12th
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Key Signature Study Guide
Students create their own study guide of the basic knowledge to identify key signatures. This guide uses solfege for identification.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Melodic Organization 1
Reference sheet for some basic melodic devices.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Melodic Organization Bundle
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