Some interesting new websites for music instruction
Patriotic
http://www.learnmemusic.com/2012/09/happy-birthday-star-spangled-banner.html
Preamble Constitution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OyU4O80i4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIf7uFAKkJc
High vs. Low
http://viewpure.com/JECF2EB3LXU
http://www.youtube.com/user/MelodyStreetShow?feature=watch
http://www.melodystreet.com/
http://www.sheetmusic1.com/MUSIC.RACK.HTML
http://www.youtube.com/user/kristinlukow
http://www.youtube.com/user/MooToobMoosic?feature=uploademail_ch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAII411eqPg&feature=player_embedded#!
http://www.classicsforkids.com/
Technology Links for Music Teachers
http://mustech.net/2009/08/31/music-teacher-must-have-freebies-for
http://www.teoria.com/exercises/index.htm
http://www.dolmetsch.com/theoryexercises.htm
http://www.musictechteacher.com/musicquizzes.htm
http://www.musictheory.halifax.ns.ca/lessons.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/
http://www.musictheory.net/index.html
http://mrskingrocks.blogspot.com/
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html
Music Composing Website : NoteFlight www.noteflight.com
http://www.schoolmusicmatters.com/
Good Website for diagrams of instruments
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/music/
games
http://www.quia.com/jg/65695.html
instruments:
http://www.nyphilkids.org
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp
http://www.playmusic.org
http://www.good-ear.com
composers and their music
http://www.classicalarchives.com/midi.html
http://mustech.pbwiki.com/
Classroom Discipline
www.zentz.org/downloads Music Teacher's free downloads for bulletin boards/objectives
http://www.kinderfriends.com/powerpoints.html
http://www.cmnonline.org/PIOArticle.asp?ID=24
http://www.marthabeesmusic.com/
http://lfa.atu.edu/music/barber/
http://lfa.atu.edu/music/barber/Inservice/index.htm
http://www.songsofarkansas.com/
www.musick8.com
http://www.musicbulletinboards.net/
http://music-for-all.org/statemea.html
http://www.musicmotion.com/
http://www.schoolmusicmatters.com/
http://www.jwpepper.com/catalog/welcome.jsp
http://teacherweb.com/MN/YellowMedicineEast/MrsJahn/photo2.stm
http://teacherweb.com/MN/YellowMedicineEast/MrsJahn/links1.stm
http://bangertmusic.tripod.com/musicatbangert/id4.html
http://www.musiceducationmadness.com/downloads.shtml
http://www.freshpond.net/uploads/users/5/User_5961/MyFiles/index.html
http://schoolweb.missouri.edu/richwoods.k12.mo.us/mrsking/music_class.html
Check out this websites from of Patricia Oeste.
Dallas Symphony Kids Site:
www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp
New York Philharmonic Kids Site:
http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml
On-line Guide to the Best Kids Music Sites:
http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/music.htm
First Gov for Kids - Music Sites:
http://www.kids.gov/k_music.htm
A List of recommended Kids' music websites:
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsites.htm
Some websites we will be visiting in class:
The Color Test: an exercise in right brain/left brain activity:
http://www.fireworkspop.com/colortest.htm
Paul Van Coeverden's site "Can you see music?"
home.hccnet.nl/paul.van.coeverden
Musical Hangman game; a study of instruments:
http://www.quia.com/hm/20381.html
Always a favorite: The Alien Song
http://amfilms.hash.com/search/entry.php?entry=539
Singing Horses! A study in harmony:
http://svt.se/hogafflahage/hogafflaHage_site/Kor/hestekor.swf
Animator vs. Animation; the power of technology:
http://www.deviantart.com/view/34244097/
The Joy of singing: A remarkable Honda commercial:
http://www.honda.co.uk/civic/
Music for one apartment and six drummers:
http://www.kostrfilm.com
Singing Mount Rushmore:
http://www.parachutingtrees.co.uk/rushmore.htm
Musical Games:
www.laco.org/kids
Tap A Song!:
http://www.songtapper.com/
A site with stories read by actors:
http://www.storylineonline.net/
General
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/thoreau/
A site that contains a very comprehensive list of music books.
http://www.tucsonsymphony.org/kids/index.html - kids orchestral info site
http://www.montereysymphony.org/Eduindex.htm - kids orchestral info site
http://www.laco.org/kids - kids orchestral info site
http://opera.stanford.edu/op4all/ - OPERA site where recordings are available for download along with discussion guides/lesson plans.
http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/thesoundexchange/home_page/ - instrument sound sources and many other delightful activities.
http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/ - good pronunciation of words and definitions of musical terms.
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itps/0905/ijpe/hasse.htm - a musical tour through the US; many styles and time periods are included.
http://www.clermontyellow.accountsupport.com/flash/UntilThen.swf - a patriotic presentation of pictures and a song about our fighting military in Iraq.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com - wonderful site for creative ideas. Requires a membership of $20.00 per year.
http://humanpingpongball.com/improv_games.html - theater improvisation game site.
http://www.wdav.org/nav1024.cfm?cat=14&subeat=43&subsub=65 - a site with 15 creative listening adventures.
http://www.helander.se/stefan/pachelbel/ - site dedicated to Pachelbel's Canon
http://www.songsforteaching.com/ - songs you can download to teach educational concepts.
Composers
In addition to the resources listed at the beginning of this handout, add the following:
http://www.classical-composers.org - resource for composer information
Games
http://reverent.org/mozart_or_salieri.html - a quiz to know if you can tell the difference between Mozart and Salieri.
http://svt.se/hogafflahage/hogafflaHage_site/Kor/hestekor.swf - singing horses
http://www.philtulga.com - Great activities including science of sound experiments, drumming, morse code music.
http://www.quia.com/hm/20381.html - online musical hangman
Recorders
http://www.recorderhomepage.net/ - this site is so comprehensive, it is hard to imagine needing another site about recorders. Many music sound clips and detailed history.
http://www.hants.gov.uk/hrs/finger/cfinger.html - interactive recorder fingering chart
Instruments
http://www.thirteen.org/publicarts/orchestra/orchestra03.swf - instruments game
http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery - bizarre instruments - extremely interesting!
World Music
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic - very comprehensive site about world music.
http://afropop.org - guide to African music and World Music on the radio
http://globalrhythm.net - world music information, downloads, store
http://www.calabashmusic.com - listen to world music
http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/sgs_live.aspx - video performance and interviews of World musicians. Must register
Jazz and Pop Music
http://www.jazzinamerica.org - lesson plans, information
http://www.emplive.org/education/index.asp?categoryID=24&ccID=69 - great web site including lesson plans and a detailed archive. Many ideas for bringing jazz into the classroom.
http://www.pbskids.org/jazz - awesome kids jazz site including interactive games, timeline, and much more.
http://www.rockhall.com - Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame site
Graphics and Tools
http://www.musicards.net - great cards for drilling music theory
http://wizard.4teachers.org/ - web poster wizard
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ - create puzzles on line
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Printables/index.shtml - printable worksheeets
http://www.Make-Your-Own-Karaoke.com - downloadable program for removing vocals from CDs
http://www.bingocardcreator.com - make your own bingo cards on your PC
http://www.learner.org/resources/series105.html - for older students, downloadable videos from the Annenburg Foundation.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - free program for recording and editing songs.
http://www.teachertube.com - educational You tube!
http://www.montessorimaterials.org - free, downloadable music cards
Science and Music
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ - incredible science site!
http://www.zipped.org/index2.php?&file=cool.salt.wmv&sort=Date&skip=0&show=5 - salt experiment where the salt moves into different positions due to fluctuations in pitch. Be careful about showing in school - questionable language on page.
http://www.engagingscience.org/games/ - online science activities
http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/sound/index.shtml - several experiments about sound and music
History
http://www.contemplator.com/america/ - popular songs in American history.
http://mw.mcmaster.ca/home.html - site about medieval life including information on music, religion, etc.
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html - extensive site on historical events and figures.
http://www.carolinaclassical.com - index of classical music websites. Very detailed
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi - history of America. Interactive
Lyrics
http://www.lyrics.com - go here to see what your students are listening to. Complete index of lyrics to popular songs.
http://www.indianchild.com/nursery%20rhymes.htm - musical nursery rhymes.
http://www.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/songs.html - Ozark folk song collection
powerpoints
http://musicbulletinboards.net/downloadspage.htm
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