Music Theory
Music Theory is an excellent site by Ricci Adams designed to teach different aspects of music such as: exercises, lessons, and tools. This really is a great site for music teachers as a user can use custom made tools for their lessons.
I highly recommend checking out Music Theory by clicking here!!
Thanks to Naomi Harm for the tip!!
GRAMMY Signature Schools Awards
GRAMMY in the Schools is the umbrella name for the GRAMMY Foundation's education programs. One of those programs is theSignature Schools Awards. Signature Schools Awards provide grants to school music departments based upon need and merit. Need-based grants range from $1,000 to $5,000. Merit-based grants range in value from $500 to $5,000. You can apply for the grants here.
Applications for EducationUnfortunately, when school budgets across the country get cut music programs are often the first to feel the cuts. GRAMMY in the Schools provide schools with an opportunity to get some money to help their programs.
Here are some related items that may be of interest to you:
Arts Edge - Podcasts and Lesson Plans
Classics for Kids - Classical Music Lesson Plans
11 Operas in 10 Minutes
Tip 92 - Virtual Piano Keyboards
Ever want to lead your students in singing, “Happy Birthday” or play the Jeopardy jingle while giving them time to come up with an answer? This tip features a couple of web tools that will transform your computer keyboard (or interactive whiteboard) into a piano keyboard!
I’m providing a couple of different websites with virtual keyboards. You can experiment and see which one works best for you.
Virtual Piano Keyboard tools:
Virtual Keyboard:
http://piano.congland.com/
or
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/guitar.htm
KissTunes:
http://www.kisstunes.com/m3/kiss3.aspx
Basic Instructions:
1. Go to one of the tools listed above.
2. Play notes in one of three ways:
a. Click the on-screen keys with your mouse.
b. Touch the on-screen keys on your interactive whiteboard.
c. Press the home-row keys on your computer keyboard.
Songs to Try:
Happy Birthday:
Computer keyboard:
a a s a f d
a a s a g f
a a k h f d s
u u h f g f
Piano (on-screen) keyboard:
C C D C F E
C C D C G F
C C C1 A F E D
Bb Bb A F G F
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jeopardy:
Computer Keyboard:
g k g a g k g
g k g k ; l k j h y
g k g a g k g
k h g f d s a
Piano (on-screen) Keyboard:
G C1 G C G C1 G
G C1 G C1 E1 D1 C1 B A G#
G C1 G C G C1 G
C1 A G F E D C
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Alphabet Song or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star:
Computer Keyboard:
a a g g h h g
f f d d s s a
g g f f d d s
g g f f d d s
a a g g h h g
f f d d s s a
Piano (on-screen) Keyboard:
C C G G A A G
F F E E D D C
G G F F E E D
G G F F E E D
C C G G A A G
F F E E D D C
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I’ve also created some printable cards for the songs to make it easier to look and play at the same time:
HappyBirthday.pdf
Jeopardy.pdf
AlphabetSong.pdf
“Listen Music”
Listen Music is a new web application that allows access to many, many songs. One nice feature is that you can also get the lyrics easily & quickly.
It meets my “Raffi Test” by having a number of songs by that artist available.
I’m adding the link to:
Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Music Sites
The Best Places To Find Lyrics On The Web
Music Theory
Music Theory is an excellent site by Ricci Adams designed to teach different aspects of music such as: exercises, lessons, and tools. This really is a great site for music teachers as a user can use custom made tools for their lessons.
I highly recommend checking out Music Theory by clicking here!!
Thanks to Naomi Harm for the tip!!
GRAMMY Signature Schools Awards
GRAMMY in the Schools is the umbrella name for the GRAMMY Foundation's education programs. One of those programs is theSignature Schools Awards. Signature Schools Awards provide grants to school music departments based upon need and merit. Need-based grants range from $1,000 to $5,000. Merit-based grants range in value from $500 to $5,000. You can apply for the grants here.
Applications for EducationUnfortunately, when school budgets across the country get cut music programs are often the first to feel the cuts. GRAMMY in the Schools provide schools with an opportunity to get some money to help their programs.
Here are some related items that may be of interest to you:
Arts Edge - Podcasts and Lesson Plans
Classics for Kids - Classical Music Lesson Plans
11 Operas in 10 Minutes
Music Theory
Music Theory is an excellent site by Ricci Adams designed to teach different aspects of music such as: exercises, lessons, and tools. This really is a great site for music teachers as a user can use custom made tools for their lessons.
I highly recommend checking out Music Theory by clicking here!!
Thanks to Naomi Harm for the tip!!
I highly recommend checking out Music Theory by clicking here!!
Thanks to Naomi Harm for the tip!!
Applications for Education
Unfortunately, when school budgets across the country get cut music programs are often the first to feel the cuts. GRAMMY in the Schools provide schools with an opportunity to get some money to help their programs.Here are some related items that may be of interest to you:
Arts Edge - Podcasts and Lesson Plans
Classics for Kids - Classical Music Lesson Plans
11 Operas in 10 Minutes
Tip 92 - Virtual Piano Keyboards
Ever want to lead your students in singing, “Happy Birthday” or play the Jeopardy jingle while giving them time to come up with an answer? This tip features a couple of web tools that will transform your computer keyboard (or interactive whiteboard) into a piano keyboard!
I’m providing a couple of different websites with virtual keyboards. You can experiment and see which one works best for you.
Virtual Piano Keyboard tools:
Virtual Keyboard:
http://piano.congland.com/ or
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/guitar.htm
KissTunes:
http://www.kisstunes.com/m3/kiss3.aspx
Basic Instructions:
1. Go to one of the tools listed above.
2. Play notes in one of three ways: a. Click the on-screen keys with your mouse. b. Touch the on-screen keys on your interactive whiteboard. c. Press the home-row keys on your computer keyboard.
Songs to Try:
Happy Birthday:
Computer keyboard:
a a s a f d
a a s a g f
a a k h f d s
u u h f g f
Piano (on-screen) keyboard:
C C D C F E
C C D C G F
C C C1 A F E D
Bb Bb A F G F
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jeopardy:
Computer Keyboard:
g k g a g k g
g k g k ; l k j h y
g k g a g k g
k h g f d s a
Piano (on-screen) Keyboard:
G C1 G C G C1 G
G C1 G C1 E1 D1 C1 B A G#
G C1 G C G C1 G
C1 A G F E D C
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Alphabet Song or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star:
Computer Keyboard:
a a g g h h g
f f d d s s a
g g f f d d s
g g f f d d s
a a g g h h g
f f d d s s a
Piano (on-screen) Keyboard:
C C G G A A G
F F E E D D C
G G F F E E D
G G F F E E D
C C G G A A G
F F E E D D C
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I’ve also created some printable cards for the songs to make it easier to look and play at the same time:
HappyBirthday.pdf
Jeopardy.pdf
AlphabetSong.pdf
I’m providing a couple of different websites with virtual keyboards. You can experiment and see which one works best for you.
Virtual Piano Keyboard tools:
Virtual Keyboard:
http://piano.congland.com/ or
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/guitar.htm
KissTunes:
http://www.kisstunes.com/m3/kiss3.aspx
Basic Instructions:
1. Go to one of the tools listed above.
2. Play notes in one of three ways: a. Click the on-screen keys with your mouse. b. Touch the on-screen keys on your interactive whiteboard. c. Press the home-row keys on your computer keyboard.
Songs to Try:
Happy Birthday:
Computer keyboard:
a a s a f d
a a s a g f
a a k h f d s
u u h f g f
Piano (on-screen) keyboard:
C C D C F E
C C D C G F
C C C1 A F E D
Bb Bb A F G F
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jeopardy:
Computer Keyboard:
g k g a g k g
g k g k ; l k j h y
g k g a g k g
k h g f d s a
Piano (on-screen) Keyboard:
G C1 G C G C1 G
G C1 G C1 E1 D1 C1 B A G#
G C1 G C G C1 G
C1 A G F E D C
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Alphabet Song or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star:
Computer Keyboard:
a a g g h h g
f f d d s s a
g g f f d d s
g g f f d d s
a a g g h h g
f f d d s s a
Piano (on-screen) Keyboard:
C C G G A A G
F F E E D D C
G G F F E E D
G G F F E E D
C C G G A A G
F F E E D D C
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I’ve also created some printable cards for the songs to make it easier to look and play at the same time:
HappyBirthday.pdf
Jeopardy.pdf
AlphabetSong.pdf
Listen Music is a new web application that allows access to many, many songs. One nice feature is that you can also get the lyrics easily & quickly.
It meets my “Raffi Test” by having a number of songs by that artist available.
I’m adding the link to:
Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Music Sites
The Best Places To Find Lyrics On The Web
It meets my “Raffi Test” by having a number of songs by that artist available.
I’m adding the link to:
Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Music Sites
The Best Places To Find Lyrics On The Web
11 Operas in 10 Minutes
Operas don't appeal to the typical high school student. Nonetheless, teachers of music theory and music appreciation classes do try to expose their students to the opera. The video below covers the story lines of eleven classic operas.
Popout
A similar, though not quite as well-produced video covers ten other operas below.
Popout
Thanks to Open Culture for the first video.
Applications for Education
Although certainly not an in-depth analysis or summary of any opera, the videos below could be useful as review or introduction resources for a music appreciation course.
On a related note, you might want to check out Shmoop's list of study materials related to Shakespeare.
Here are some related items that may be of interest to you:
Arts Edge - Podcasts and Lesson Plans
Classics for Kids - Classical Music Lesson Plans
Keeping Score - Study the Symphony
Arts Edge - Podcasts and Lesson Plans
Classics for Kids - Classical Music Lesson Plans
Keeping Score - Study the Symphony
Create tunes & ringtones, learn about copyright with MyBytes Music Mixer & Showcase
from Welcome to NCS-Tech! by Kevin Jarrett
http://www.mybytes.com/
I believe I first heard about MyBytes at a webinar on digital citizenship a while back. MyBytes is a free site produced by Microsoft that allows students to easily create, mix and share music and tones, while learning about copyright and community. Quoting from the site:
MyBytes is all about your creative ideas: expressing them, showing them to the world, and protecting them. When you create something, you have the right to receive credit for your idea, and have a say in how others use it.
To help you see how this works for musicians, filmmakers, video game programmers and other creative people, we’ve built the MyBytes Music Mixer and Showcase. Plus, you’ll find interviews with creative professionals and students, stories of how creative rights affect you, and more.
You’ll start to understand the value of protecting creative rights, and what it means to be a good digital citizen. But enough talk – let’s rock!
The Science of Music
from Free Technology for Teachers by noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/index.html
The Science of Music, created by the folks at Exploratorium, is a fun series of lessons and activities about music. The Science of Music offers six exhibits containing interactive elements for students to use in exploring rhythms and sounds. One of the exhibits that I particularly enjoyed experimenting with is Kitchen Sink-o-Pation. In Kitchen Sink-o-Pation students build syncopated rhythms using kitchen appliances, pots, pans,
Wolfram Tones - Experiment With Sounds
from Free Technology for Teachers by noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne)
http://tones.wolfram.com/
From the same people that brought us the great computational search engine Wolfram Alpha comes Wolfram Tones. Wolfram Tones uses algorithms, music theory, and sound samples to generate new collections of sounds.
Visitors to Wolfram Tones can experiment with sounds and rhythms to make their own sounds. Wolfram Tones allows visitors to choose samples from fifteen different genres of music on which to build their own sounds. Once a genre is selected visitors can then alter the rhythms, instrumentation, and pitch mapping of their sounds. When satisfied with their creations, users can download their sounds or have them sent directly to their cell phones.
Jamendo
from Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero by dkapuler
http://www.jamendo.com/en/
Jamendo is a site I just learned about from Free Technology 4 Teachers, an award winning blog. This is a search engine for free/open source music
podsafe music:
■The Free Sound Project http://www.freesound.org/index.php
■SoundSnap http://www.soundsnap.com/
■Royalty Free Music http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
■Flash Kit - Sound FX http://flashkit.com/soundfx/
■Podcast Bumper Music http://bumpermusic.blogspot.com/
■fOUR bEES Free Media http://www.fourbees.com/fourbees/audelm.asp
■Podsafe Audio http://www.podsafeaudio.com/
■Mutopia http://www.mutopiaproject.org/
■ACIDplanet offers a free 8-pack of loops each Friday http://www.acidplanet.com/downloads/8packs/
http://learninginhand.com/blog/2009/9/17/myna-browser-based-audio-editor.html
Myna is a new browser-based audio editor from Aviary.com that is a lot like GarageBand and Audacity. Because it's browser-based, Myna requires no software to be installed and works on Mac, Linux, and Windows computers
http://aviary.com/tools/myna
Muzic http://www.muzic.com/
from Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero by dkapuler
Muzic is a great search engine for independent music. Also, another great feature is the ability to download any song that you find.
http://www.keepingscore.org/
from Free Technology for Teachers by noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne)
The San Francisco Symphony's website Keeping Score is up for a Webby Award this year. Keeping Score is a comprehensive website full of educational materials about composers, scores, musical techniques, and symphonies.
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/10/15/the-best-online-karaoke-sites-for-english-language-learners/
Karaoke!
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/musicinstinct/
Researchers and scientists from a variety of fields are using groundbreaking techniques that reveal startling new connections between music and the human mind, the body and the universe. Together with an array of musicians from rock and rap to jazz and classical, they are putting music under the microscope.
http://www.jamendo.com/en/ from Free Technology for Teachers by noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne)
"Jamendo is a source of free and legal music downloads. The music on Jamendo comes from the artists who upload it themselves. While not all of the music is licensed for re-use, there is a substantial collection of music labeled with a Creative Commons license. As always, before re-using any of the music you download make sure it is labeled for re-use."
http://www.iamlodge.com/beans/
music-based teaching for all areas
http://theweekinrap.com/
http://www.flocabulary.com/
Hip Hop in the classroom.
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