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Middle school music composition study guides for parents
OPERA MUSIC UNIT BOOKLET
OPERA MUSICDesigned for middle school - high school students, this product contains a student workbook complete with listening examples.The student workbook explores the types of opera music, types of opera singers, components and characteristics of opera and includes orchestral instrument/vocalist reviews, stories of famous composers listening games, listening analysis, listening comparison analysis charts, theme arrangement task, listening glyphs, short story task, scaffolded music composition
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
UIL Music Memory (2023-2024), Virtual Music Themed Game
PREVIEW- Music Memory MEGA Escape Room - 64 Questions- Tech FriendlyMusic Memory MEGA Escape Room - 64 Questions- Tech FriendlyDescription:Includes: all 16 UIL Music Memory Tunes (2023-2024)This UIL Music Memory Game is a great way to review and practice identifying the different music memory excerpts, while keeping students highly engaged. These games help your students to not only review the tunes, but to also practice taking a test in the form of a game to see how much they learned. By allowi
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1st - 6th
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Band Postcards
Improve parent/teacher communication while encouraging your band students! Pass them out directly to your students at school or surprise them by mailing it via USPS! This postcard collection contains 5 ready-to-print postcards and 1 editable post card (in Microsoft Word) for personalization. ⭐These postcards are included in our money saving End-of-Year Bundle for Band Directors⭐Your band parents are your biggest supporters and advocates. Let them know when their child is doing something RIGHT
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: End of Year Bundle for Band Directors
Music Choice Board for Independent Learning (Band, Choir, Orchestra)
Struggling with music ideas that your students can do at home with limited access to sheet music or instruments? This choice board gives students creative options with a variety of materials they are likely to have at home. Some of the topics covered on the choice board:music listening/appreciationmusic compositionlyric writingmusic terminologymusical theatresoundtracks and playlistsinstrument creationmusic in a foreign languagevirtual field tripsClick "View Preview" to view the product before p
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4th - 12th
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Interactive Music Folder / My Music Lapbook
Using a folder or piece of construction paper, students can make their own lapbook or interactive music folder (depending on the age of the student)! Featuring 9 pages of music information with all cuts indicated by dotted lines and straightforward directions (and pictures!), this is a straightforward and easy to use lapbook that I have used with second through sixth grade in my own classroom.
For beginning band students, it works well as a review and band folder resource, allowing students to
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2nd - 6th
Composer Profiles - Composers in the Romantic Era (1825-1900)
This supplemental text to Music in the Romantic Era: 1825-1900 can be used in addition to the main text or as an independent biographical resource. Contained is a series of brief accessible biographies of prominent composers in the Romantic Era. Composers include Antonin Dvorak, Camille Saint-Saens, Edvard Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Frederic Chopin, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustav Mahler, Hector Berlioz, Johannes Brahms, Modest Mussorsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Kors
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Music Theory Cheat Sheet
Basic Music Theory References all compiled onto one page (front and back). Includes chord chart, circle of fifths, notation, dynamics, etc.
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6th - 12th
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Composer Profiles - Twentieth Century Composer Biographies
This supplemental text to Music in the Twentieth Century: 1900-2000 can be used in addition to the main text or as an independent biographical resource. Contained is a series of brief accessible biographies of prominent composers in the Modern Era. Composers include Aaron Copland, Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, Bela Bartok, Charles Ives, Dmitri Shostakovich, George Gershwin, Giacomo Puccini, Gustav Holst, John Philip Sousa, Leonard Bernstein, Paul Hindemith, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Strau
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Music Theory Test Prep Bundle: Key Signatures, Intervals, Triads, Seventh Chords
This bundle is an excellent resource for students who are diving into music theory for the first time, preparing for an AP exam, or any student who wants a more complete understanding of the music they are performing. This bundle includes "cheat sheet" reference guides as well as worksheets/assessments for:Key SignaturesIntervals Triads & Seventh Chords
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8th - 12th
Teaching Music History - Music in the Twentieth Century
This text serves to assist the Middle, High, or early collegiate music teacher to instruct a course on Music History, focusing on music in the Twentieth Century, from 1900 until 2000. Subjects covered include world history, philosophy, religion, musical theoretical practices, and major composers to the present day. A list of suggested listening is offered, which can be found online on YouTube.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Teaching Music History - Chant in the Middle Ages - 1000-1400 A.D.
This text serves to assist the Middle, High, or early collegiate music teacher to instruct a course on Music History, focusing on music and chant in the late Middle Ages, approximately 1000 - 1400 A.D. Subjects covered include world history, philosophy, religion, musical theoretical practices, major figures in Medieval history, and a brief history of Gregorian Chant in the latter part of the Middle Ages. A list of suggested listening is offered, which can be found online on YouTube. Discussion q
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6th - 12th
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Composer Profiles - The Baroque Era
This supplemental text to Music in the Baroque Era: 1600-1750 can be used in addition to the main text or as an independent biographical resource. Contained is a series of single page accessible biographies of prominent composers in the Baroque Era. Composers include Antonio Vivaldi, Archangelo Corelli, Claudio Monteverdi, George Frideric Handel, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Heinrich Schutz, Jean-Baptiste Lully, and Johann Sebastian Bach. A list of suggested listening of musical examples from each comp
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hidden Harmonies - The Untold Stories of Women in Music.
"Hidden Harmonies: The Untold Stories of Women in Music"! Perfect in the lead up to International Women's Day in March, this study guide of over 100 pages, delves into the lives and legacies of 20 groundbreaking women in music history, from medieval times to the modern era. Perfect for music educators looking to enrich their curriculum with stories of resilience, creativity, and innovation. Discover the contributions of Hildegard von Bingen, Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, and many more. Empo
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Mr. Everybody's Musical Apartment Book Two
Mr. Everybody's Musical Apartment Book Two introduces Good Guy, Always Awfuland Bad Boy as characters and notes. Each note is used in a new song which also review the characters from book 1. Concepts such as 1st and 2nd ending, repeat signs, sharp signs and quarter rests are introduced in the new songs. The concept of the 3 new characters being used together as the word Gab helps the student with rapid recognition of notes. You will be amazed at fast paced increase of notation reading.
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1st - 7th
UIL Music Memory Coloring Pages, Composer/Piece Practice, Fun, Engaging
PREVIEW- Music Memory MEGA Escape Room - 64 Questions- Tech FriendlyMusic Memory MEGA Escape Room - 64 Questions- Tech FriendlyThis resource is great for students to have another way to practice memorizing the composer names with their composition. This can be used in class, for students to color while they listen, or as a resource to be sent home for students to color and practice independently.These coloring pages are mindfully put together, so that students spend more time with each page. Wit
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2nd - 6th
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Composer Profiles - Music in the Classical Period
This supplemental text to Music in the Classical Period: 1700-1825 can be used in addition to the main text or as an independent biographical resource. Contained is a series of single page accessible biographies of prominent composers in the Classica Period. Composers include C.P.E. Bach, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Franz Joseph Haydn, J.C. Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven. A list of suggested listening of musical examples from each composer is included with their biographi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Halloween High Low Listening Exercises
This is a Halloween-themed High and Low Notes worksheet and their consecutive mp3 audio tracks.These audio tracks contain Halloween sounds for students to get a spooky yet fun experience.Practicing to find out what sounds are high and what sounds are low is crucial when doing music. And it is hard to do it in a fun way.So here are some fun interactive activities for music teachers.Includes 10 listening activities per sheet and there are 2 worksheets. And the answers are in the QR codes.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
CLASSICAL MUSIC - UNIT ACTIVTIES BOOKLET
CLASSICAL MUSIC - A WALK THROUGH TIME is a complete unit booklet exploring music of the Classical period. The unit comes with listening guides, activities, listening glyphs, composition tasks, performance tasks and links to video guides as well as listening examples.
Topics featured in the unit include:
- Activities exploring period arts, clothing and life of the streets in Europe
- A timeline of important events occurring in the world (Europe and America)
- Letter writing task
- Fast and frie
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Finding "Do" Teaching Slideshow for Middle School Choir
Here is a bright and fun resource for teaching key signatures in choir! Everything you need to teach the concept of finding "do" for sharp and flat key signatures, as well as practice slides, is included.
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Choir Music Theory Mega Bundle
15 Major Scales for Band
Thanks for checking out my arrangement of 15 Major Scales for Band! Included are:All 15 major scales organized in the most logical order, from zero to all seven sharps and flatsAppropriate ranged scales for each band instrument, as well as the TEST YOUR MIGHT section for venturing into extended high and low rangesA standard keyboard scale pattern to apply to each keyVisual Aid for KeyboardsSuggestions and tips for rethinking the way we teach scales to our band ensemblesWarning to Band Directors!
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
MOZART - BULLETIN BOARD & STUDENT BOOKLET
Looking for a COMPOSER OF THE MONTH or a unit on MOZART? Try this bulletin board and accompanying student booklet exploring the life of MOZART. For inclusions see the lists below.
BULLETIN BOARD INCLUDES:
Mozart Title Page
Dates of birth and death
Photo of Mozart (both illustration and real photograph)
Map of where Mozart was born
Famous Mozart quotes
List of Mozart's most famous works
STUDENT BOOKLET INCLUDES:
- Mozart biography
- Mozart biography video task for kids
- Facts about Mozart's
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1st - 8th
Teaching Music History - Renaissance Composer Profiles
This supplemental text to Music in the Renaissance: 1400-1600 can be used with the main text or as an independent biographical resource. Contained is a series of six single page brief biographies of prominent composers in the Renaissance Period. Composers include Adrian Willaert, Giovanni Palestrina, Johannes Ockeghem, Josquin Desprez, Johannes Ciconia, and John Dowland.A list of suggested listening of musical examples from each composer is included with their biographies.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Composer Profiles - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This handout is a short two-page biography of the Classical Era composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It include a brief history of his life and works, and a selected listening section is included to illustrate his most famous works. Perfect for a general music or music history class for middle or high school students.
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5th - 12th
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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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