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Musician Activity Booklet, Evolution of Music; printable for kids, learn about music, making music, Activity printable Active teaching resource preview

Instruments & rhythm

Musician Activity Booklet, Evolution of Music; printable for kids, learn about music, making music, Activity printable Active

Play/complete a series of group games and worksheets: an 'I Have Who Has' instrument card game; a dance-and-movement activity matching music genres (orchestra, opera, pop, choir, marching band) to recordings; a 'Guess That Instrument' listening worksheet (10 sounds, match instrument to sound, with answer key); a decade music-style…

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File: PDF
Level: 4–5

Musical Vocabulary and Instrument Activities: Reproducible Worksheets for the Music Classroom teaching resource preview

Instruments & rhythm

Musical Vocabulary and Instrument Activities: Reproducible Worksheets for the Music Classroom

Solve a letter-scramble word puzzle to build music vocabulary; find hidden music terms and other words in a letter-grid word search; unscramble instrument names and locate them in a word search; color pictured instruments by family (brass, percussion, string, woodwind); and complete a maze that alternates wind and percussion instruments…

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–6

Beginner Music Theory: Musical Directions - UK Version teaching resource preview

Notes & music theory

Beginner Music Theory: Musical Directions - UK Version

A two-page product landing/index page (section 16 of 17) for a Grade 1 music theory e-learning pack (ABRSM syllabus), covering musical directions: dynamics, tempo, music navigation, articulation and instrumental signs, with a help section on each slide and a quiz section testing all components. The page links out to the section's…

File: PDF
Level: 1

Color by Notes – Music Theory Worksheets teaching resource preview

Notes & music theory

Color by Notes – Music Theory Worksheets

Students identify musical notes, rests, and scale pitches shown in a legend and color the corresponding fields/shapes in a picture with the matching color to reveal an image.

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File: PDF

Automotive Rhythms (Printable Worksheet) teaching resource preview

Instruments & rhythm

Automotive Rhythms (Printable Worksheet)

Identify which automotive term (car brand, part, or accessory) matches a given rhythm pattern (quarter/eighth note variations) and write it down.

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 2–5

Music Symbol Worksheets: Notes, Dynamics, and More teaching resource preview

Notes & music theory

Music Symbol Worksheets: Notes, Dynamics, and More

Complete note-value activities such as sorting/coloring notes by beat value and connecting them to matching categories (e.g., a 'Rake the Leaves' activity where students color and route quarter/half/dotted-half/whole notes by their beat value).

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–6

Write the Notes Music Worksheet teaching resource preview

Notes & music theory

Write the Notes Music Worksheet

Identify the note shown in each fingering diagram and write its letter name in the blank circle.

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File: PDF
Level: 1–4

Rhythm Worksheets: Whole, Half & Quarter Notes | Music Note Values for teaching resource preview

Notes & music theory

Rhythm Worksheets: Whole, Half & Quarter Notes | Music Note Values for

Students learn to identify whole, half, and quarter notes and their beat values; clap and count along with guided call-outs for each note type; fill in 'note math' (beat totals); identify which note fills a partially-counted measure; and read/clap 20 rhythm exercises (organized in increasing difficulty: guided counting hints, then no…

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File: PDF
Length: 14 pages

Chrome Music Lab 1-3: Chord Progressions #2 teaching resource preview

Listening & music analysis

Chrome Music Lab 1-3: Chord Progressions #2

Students follow step-by-step settings instructions in Chrome Music Lab Song Maker, select or combine given chord-progression patterns to create an original 8-bar chord progression with rhythm and a percussion part, then save their work and paste the resulting song link into the worksheet.

File: Microsoft Word
Level: 6–8

Composers and Musicians: Reproducible Worksheets for the Music Classroom teaching resource preview

Composers & music history

Composers and Musicians: Reproducible Worksheets for the Music Classroom

Complete reproducible activities about composers, including at least one connect-the-dots puzzle that reveals a composer's portrait while answering biographical clues.

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–6

Beginner Music Theory: Musical Directions - US Version teaching resource preview

Notes & music theory

Beginner Music Theory: Musical Directions - US Version

A two-page product landing/index page (section 16 of 17) for a Grade 1 music theory e-learning pack (ABRSM syllabus), covering musical directions: dynamics, tempo, music navigation, articulation and instrumental signs, with a help section on each slide and a quiz section testing all components. The page links out to the section's…

File: PDF
Level: 1

Beginner Music Theory: Dotted Notes and Rests - US Version teaching resource preview

Notes & music theory

Beginner Music Theory: Dotted Notes and Rests - US Version

A two-page product landing/index page (section 9 of 17) for a Grade 1 music theory e-learning pack (ABRSM syllabus), covering dotted notes and rests: what dotted notes are worth, completing the bar, and adding the bar lines, with a help section on each slide and a quiz section testing all components. The page links out to the section's…

File: PDF
Level: 1

The Great Canadian Recorder Songbook teaching resource preview

Instruments & rhythm

The Great Canadian Recorder Songbook

Play recorder parts (Soprano Recorder 1, Soprano Recorder 2, Alto Recorder) and/or guitar accompaniment; sing or read the lyrics; complete music-theory Black Line Master activity worksheets.

File: PDF

Peter & the Wolf | Storytelling through Sound & Silence teaching resource preview

Instruments & rhythm

Peter & the Wolf | Storytelling through Sound & Silence

Learn each character's instrument and orchestra family (e.g. Peter=violin/strings, Bird=flute/woodwind, Wolf=French horn/brass, Hunters=timpani/percussion), then complete a listening activity (circle the character matching the melody heard), a melody-matching worksheet (match instrument to character), a word-bank worksheet naming the…

File: Microsoft PowerPoint
Level: 4–8

Similarities and Differences Music Worksheets teaching resource preview

Instruments & rhythm

Similarities and Differences Music Worksheets

Look at three instruments shown per page, answer questions such as naming the instruments, identifying what they have in common, spotting the odd one out and explaining why, and naming differences; clues are provided (e.g. 'think about how the instruments are played'). An answer key with completed answers (e.g. 'They are all String…

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File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–3

Where Does the Piano Belong? Music Worksheet teaching resource preview

Instruments & rhythm

Where Does the Piano Belong? Music Worksheet

Name each instrument family in the provided boxes, state which family the piano belongs to, and list as many example instruments as possible for each family.

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File: PDF
Level: 1–4

Elements of Music | Music Activity and Presentation teaching resource preview

Listening & music analysis

Elements of Music | Music Activity and Presentation

Choose an age-appropriate popular song, research background information about the song/artist, then describe how each of six elements of music (rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre, form, dynamics) is heard in the song and how each element changes over the course of the song, using two or more full sentences per element; present the final…

Editable

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–12

More Music Activities for the Whole Class: A Collection of Music Games and Activities teaching resource preview

Instruments & rhythm

More Music Activities for the Whole Class: A Collection of Music Games and Activities

Students sing familiar songs (e.g. 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat') while following a conductor's gestures for tempo and dynamics, and take turns acting as student conductor themselves

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–6

Beginner Music Theory: Dotted Notes and Rests - UK Version teaching resource preview

Notes & music theory

Beginner Music Theory: Dotted Notes and Rests - UK Version

A two-page product landing/index page (section 9 of 17) for a Grade 1 music theory e-learning pack (ABRSM syllabus), covering dotted notes and rests: what dotted notes are worth, completing the bar, and adding the bar lines, with a help section on each slide and a quiz section testing all components. The page links out to the section's…

File: PDF
Level: 1

Beginner Music Theory: Bar Lines and Time Signatures - UK Version teaching resource preview

Notes & music theory

Beginner Music Theory: Bar Lines and Time Signatures - UK Version

A two-page product landing/index page (section 2 of 17) for a Grade 1 music theory e-learning pack (ABRSM syllabus), covering bar lines and time signatures: a general understanding of the function of bar lines and time signatures, plus practice adding correctly timed notes and adding a time signature, with a help section on each slide…

File: PDF
Level: 1

Music Task Cards teaching resource preview

Instruments & rhythm

Music Task Cards

Complete varied task-card prompts: analyze/describe listened music (mood, elements, dynamics/tempo/melody/texture/timbre), compare two versions of a song via Venn diagram, draw a picture inspired by music, write a letter to a composer, identify errors in and improve a written composition, identify intervals, transpose a melody to G…

File: PDF
Level: 5–9

CURRENT: Today's Music in the Classroom V1 N2 teaching resource preview

Listening & music analysis

CURRENT: Today's Music in the Classroom V1 N2

Listen to and analyze the song using taught music vocabulary; complete a song analysis worksheet and related evaluation/extension activities (structure mirrors the V 1 N 1 unit in the same series).

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File: PDF
Level: 5–8

Beginner Music Theory: Cancelling Accidentals - US Version teaching resource preview

Notes & music theory

Beginner Music Theory: Cancelling Accidentals - US Version

A two-page product landing/index page (section 13 of 17) for a Grade 1 music theory e-learning pack (ABRSM syllabus), covering cancelling accidentals: use of accidentals and key signatures and how they affect each note in a bar and a piece, using flats, sharps and naturals, with a help section on each slide and a quiz section testing…

File: PDF
Level: 1

Beginner Music Theory: Introduction to Half Tones - US Version teaching resource preview

Notes & music theory

Beginner Music Theory: Introduction to Half Tones - US Version

A two-page product landing/index page (section 11 of 17) for a Grade 1 music theory e-learning pack (ABRSM syllabus), covering introduction to half tones: recognising, writing and calculating a half tone and enharmonic equivalents, with a help section on each slide and a quiz section testing all components. The page links out to the…

File: PDF
Level: 1