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Music composition unit plan pdfs
Music Technology Curriculum: 12 Project Ideas | Year-long Bundle | Saves HOURS!
** Perfect for Distance Learning!** These projects were designed for the busy music teacher who needs help with starting or organizing a Music Technology course, or who simply wants to add some music tech or songwriting into the classes they already teach. The best part is, you do NOT have to be a professional sound engineer to teach these lessons! Enough project ideas/ material to use for a year-long course. JUST ADDED! Example videos of completed projects in the teacher resources section! In t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Music Unit Treble Staff Practice for Piano and Xylophone BUNDLE
I created this treble staff reading, writing, playing, and composing unit as a way to teach note reading skills to my elementary piano lab students as well as to my general elementary music students on barred instruments.This unit focuses on note reading and writing skills for all notes on the treble staff as well as playing in C position (right hand) on the piano or xylophone.After students are comfortable reading, writing, and playing in C position, they will then complete one of two compositi
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2nd - 4th
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GarageBand Song Writing Unit
In this unit, students will gain a basic understanding of chordal song structure, and use that knowledge to create music using the GarageBand app. Students will need access to iPads for this unit, but can easily work in groups of 4-5 students per one iPad.
As this is also an "Introduction" to GarageBand, students will primarily work with Smart Instruments during this unit. It could work with students who have limited musical knowledge. I personally teach this with my 8th grade general musi
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6th - 12th
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The Cup Song: Teaching Rhythm, Composition & Performance using Bloom's Taxonomy
This is a unit that is guaranteed to catch your music student's attention! Students (especially middle school) LOVE the Cup Game! So why not use it to teach them so much more?
This is a 19 page PDF download that includes:
1. Table of contents.
2. Five day (or more) suggested lesson guide with direct progression through Bloom's Taxonomy.
3. Reproducible handouts at 2 music reading levels so your students can analyze and dictate the rhythms they are using (Music reading Level 1 avoids the use
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3rd - 9th
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Piano Method Book | Piano Lessons For Beginner Pianists
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PDF File - 90 Page Beginner Piano Method BookThis Piano Method Book is everything you need for individual or group piano lessons for your students! This Method Book has a heavy focus on musical literacy, and all traditional approaches to reading standard music notation. This curriculum does NOT focus heavily on studies of any genre or style of music in particular, but rather the fundamental skills needed to peruse any style/genre of their choice in the future!A complete list of
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1st - 12th
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Also included in:Â Piano Curriculum | PRO | Career-Long Piano Curriculum For Piano Teachers
Music Rhythm Composition Student Worksheets- Unit 1 Bundle
This is Unit 1 in a series. To view Unit 2, CLICK HERE. This collection of 11 different worksheets are PERFECT for walking beginners sequentially through the process of composing rhythm by having them complete partially completed measures. Instead of free-hand composing which inevitably leads to a complete page of whole and half notes (the too-easy road), partially completed measures encourage higher-level thinking by forcing students to use all of the different rhythm types every day. Every new
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4th - 12th
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Ukulele Interactive Notebook - Growing Resource - Unit 1
This growing interactive activity notebook will guide you and your students through the learning process of playing ukulele!
Lock In This Price! You will receive future units free of charge when you buy the current version (the price of this resource will increase to reflect the added units). E-mail notifications will be sent to buyers when this resource is updated.
I have designed this interactive notebook with new musicians in mind. Most of the people who enter my classroom or watch my You
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Not Grade Specific
GarageBand Music Tech Project 2: Get in the Loop
PROJECT #2 FROM MY BUNDLE**Download my freebie to see EXACTLY how I format my projects.**This is a music technology project using GarageBand. Your students will learn about musical form and instrumentation of songs. They will compose their own song using the prerecorded loops that come with the GarageBand program. If you like this, check out my 12 Project Bundle which includes a comprehensive section listing all the resources (links, videos, articles, etc.) I use to teach the projects. I also ha
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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*MUSIC* Body Percussion Unit *12 Lessons*
Are you not musically trained? This is a perfect unit for YOU - you can incorporate rhythm, reading and songs with confidence using this Body Percussion Unit. This package provides you with printables, lesson plans, learning goals and and instruction. There are notes on how to assess students and how to engage students in a primary music classroom. Say goodbye to your fears of teaching music and learn how to teach Body Percussion! -11 lessons + Unit/Assessment Review -Music Suggestions, Book Sug
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K - 3rd
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Jingle Music Unit Plans | Lesson Plans, Printables & Distance Learning Friendly
Jingle Music Unit Plans | Lesson Plans, Printables & Distance Learning FriendlyI N F OThis product comes with:5 Lesson plans and unit overviewPrintables and samples that correspond with lessons2 Digital Products included Create A Jingle Project with rubricI created this unit guide as a way to help teachers deliver a fun and engaging unit on jingles. Students can make some great connections between your own curriculum music expectations in this fun unit! This unit is a hit with my students an
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4th - 8th
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Music Technology Curriculum Map
Thanks for taking a look at my product! I have spent countless hours developing the curriculum for my Music Technology courses and I found that creating the curriculum map was one of the most time-intensive parts. I sincerely hope that this resource will be a huge time-saver for you. As you browse through it you will notice that it is aligned with the NAFME National Music Standards for Music Technology and is divided into four quarters (for a full year- or can be separated into two semesters). T
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6th - 12th
I Can Read Music! Foundational Music Theory Book for Band, Orchestra & Choir
This 35 page music theory book is perfect for beginning band, orchestra or choir in middle school. Students will learn treble, bass, and viola clef lines and spaces as well as note reading skills, and an understanding of basic rhythms and time signatures, 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4. Unit assessment and teacher key is included.This book can be used for anyone who is learning the basics of music reading. However, I wrote this for the specific purpose of getting all of my beginning 6th grade students on the
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4th - 8th
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STOMP Composition Project
General music teachers, have you ever had your students watch "STOMP" and thought about incorporating it into your curriculum?
Here is a composition project that teaches form (call & response), the creative process (composition & revision), and has students perform their own creative work. You can use standard notation or just write out the words to represent what you are doing, and students will learn rhythm without even realizing it.
In this project, students watch STOMP's "Just Cl
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4th - 7th
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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
Sheet Music For Bucket Drums
As a percussion teacher, professional drummer, and elementary music teacher; I was astounded to find a lack of actual sheet music for bucket drums. I created this resource to support my grade 2-6 students through the challenges of learning beat and rhythm. My goal was to guide them through ACTUAL MUSIC in preparation for Concert Band in grade 7/8/9.There are 18 unique pieces from extreme beginner, all the way up to 'mildly difficult'. There are three 2 part songs included, as well as composition
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2nd - 9th
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Middle School General Music Curriculum Guide
Middle School General Music is a class I have such a passion for. The possibilities of lesson plans are ENDLESS! This resource provides you with multiple unit ideas to include in your class. Each unit has vocabulary suggestions, project ideas, recording suggestions, topics for discussion and more! Before each unit, a preface is provided giving you tips on implementing each unit. Units include:Composers - includes composers to use, suggested listening, commercials that use classical music, vocab
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5th - 8th
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Recorder Method Book | Beginner to Advanced Recorder Lessons
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PDF File - Recorder Method Book - 60 PagesThis Recorder Method book takes your students through all the components of recorder, and all essential skills when it comes to reading music! This extensive method book is a thorough curriculum that covers all the notes on the recorder, all essential rhythms, treble clef notation, musical symbols, and more! There are in total 16 songs, included various rhythm exercises, fingering exercises, games, activities & more. All content lear
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1st - 6th
Also included in:Â Recorder Curriculum | MEGA Bundle | Complete Life-Long Recorder Program
Stand Up Comedy Unit
This unit gives you a step by step guide on how to create a stand up comedy routine. The students write original jokes and are assigned to groups who help revise the jokes for the performance. Every worksheet, guideline and even suggestions for comedian examples is included in this unit.
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6th - 12th
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The Ultimate Recorder Hero: Classics to Pops (Dynamite, Lego Movie, Sam Smith)
This amazing package includes a pdf for print and projection on "Recorder Hero Classics to Pops."
Includes 10 songs from beginner to advanced playing ability. Most songs include a version with the notes written and another copy is without the note letters.
*Use the recorder finger scale on the front page to guide students through fingering, you may require a different scale depending on your recorders.
**Advanced Jamming is fun to do with a C backing track, easily found on youtube. Feel free
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3rd - 6th
Form Unit -- Elementary General Music Curriculum
This curriculum introduces students to different types of musical forms. The lessons cover AABA form, ABAB form, pop song form, and Raga form through movement, listening, songwriting, and improvisation. This bundle includes everything you need to make this unit a success!
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4th - 5th
Absolute Essential Guitar Resource | Chord Diagrams | Unit Plan | Activities
At over 200 pages, the Absolute Essential Guitar Resource has got you covered. Use the unit plan to introduce learners to guitar using the informal learning approach. The unit includes learning Em, C, D, G, F, Am, and simplified Bm chords. Aside from the 60+ page unit portion of this resources, this ultimate resource has everything you need to teach beginner guitarists with lesson activities, diagrams, posters, chord charts, scale degree charts, Nashville Numbers, tablature, and much much more.T
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6th - 12th
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Composing Melody - Unit 1 - BUNDLE (Melodic Composition)
Welcome to "Composing Melody - Unit 1"!This is the IDEAL beginning melodic composition guide for starting any basic composition course with your students. It also can be used before or after Basic Rhythm Composition Unit 1 or Writing Music Notation Unit 1.About 'Composing Melody - Unit 1':This 2 week long, 13-worksheet unit guides your students through the basics of learning notes on the piano keyboard to understanding how to form basic melodic musical phrases that are playable and singable.Walk
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6th - 12th
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LET'S BEATBOX! 7 lesson plans, task cards & worksheets for elementary music
Here are 7 lesson plans to explore the world of beatboxing with your students!All the materials are ready to be projected or printed and are easy to use!It can be left for a substitute teacher as detailed instructions are included, along with interactive resources.The documents are provided in colour and black and white, with different levels of difficulty, allowing for flexibility and differentiation.They can be used collectively on the board or in collaborative centers.Your students will have
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4th - 8th
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AnimaRhythm Book 1
AnimaRhythm is an Elementary Music curriculum which uses animal characters and colours to teach the fundamentals of music. It has everything you need for you and your children to access a comprehensive and fun Elementary Music curriculum.For Teachers: AnimaRhythm gives you the tools to produce consistently outstanding music lessons. Each of the 3 volumes contains up to 50 lessons plans, which are laid out in a clear and easy to follow format. In addition, the programme includes printable pupil r
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PreK - 5th
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