Research Guide; The Legends of Country Music
Guide students through researching and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style biographical research essay about a significant figure in the history of country music.
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Guide students through researching and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style biographical research essay about a significant figure in the history of country music.
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…
A two-page product landing/index page (section 10 of 17) for a Grade 1 music theory e-learning pack (ABRSM syllabus), covering accidentals (sharps, flats, and naturals): recognising, positioning and naming correctly the accidentals sharp, flat and natural, with a help section on each slide and a quiz section testing all components. The…
A scaffolded research-essay guide that walks students through selecting an influential classical music composer, researching, planning, and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style research essay.
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…
A scaffolded research-essay guide that walks students through selecting an influential Motown music legend, researching, planning, and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style research essay.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Teach beginner students to write music notes correctly on the stave, including stem direction and ledger lines.
Teach beginner students bass clef notation, including notes on the lines and in the spaces.
Guides students through independent biographical research on John Coltrane and a structured 5-paragraph research-essay assignment (thesis-driven introduction, early-life paragraph, exploring Coltrane’s most legendary musical moments and compositions, analyzing Coltrane’s legacy and influence over modern music, conclusion, and works…
Teach beginner students what a musical tie is, where ties go within or across bar lines, and how to calculate note values including ties.
Teach beginner students treble clef notation, including notes on the lines and in the spaces.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Leonard Bernstein and a structured 5-paragraph research-essay assignment (thesis-driven introduction, early-life paragraph, exploring Bernstein’s most legendary musical moments and compositions, analyzing Bernstein’s legacy and influence over modern music, conclusion, and…
Teach beginner students what a musical tie is, where ties go within or across bar lines, and how to calculate note values including ties.
Teach beginner students to name rests, work out how many rests fit within a quarter note, and complete a bar.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Johann Sebastian Bach and a structured 5-paragraph research-essay assignment (thesis-driven introduction, early-life paragraph, exploring Bach’s most legendary musical moments and compositions, analyzing Bach’s legacy and influence over modern music, conclusion, and works…
Teach beginner students the equivalent values of notes including semiquavers, and how to beam notes together.
A two-page product landing/index page (section 12 of 17) for a Grade 1 music theory e-learning pack (ABRSM syllabus), covering major scales and key signatures: forming a major scale using the TTSTTTS tone pattern, recognising key signatures (C, G, D and Bb Major), and adding the accidentals to a major scale (ascending and descending) in…
Teach beginner students what a tonic triad is and how to recognise and write it in the treble and bass clefs, in C, G, F and D major.
Teach beginner students the equivalent values of notes including sixteenth notes, and how to beam notes together.
Teach beginner students what a tonic triad is and how to recognise and write it in the treble and bass clefs, in C, G, F and D major.