Music: Teacher Resources

Body percussion is a great way to work on your rhythm skills and get creative. By the end of today’s video we’ll be using the six sounds - clap, snap, chest pat, thigh pat, cheek tap, tongue click - to create a cool 4 bar rhythm.

Dynamics (the variation in loudness between notes or phrases in music) is important in order to convey the emotions of the song to the listener. Teachers can use this as a class ensemble warmup.

Follow along and practice singing your vowels (E, I, A, O, U) through all twelve keys, plus the octave.

Back again with some more vocal warmups! Take a deep breath and let's goooooooo! (*Remember: you can change the speed of the exercise in the settings.)

When musicians say “play in time” they mean feel the beat and play along with it. The beat is the pulse of the music you’re listening to - in fact it’s the heartbeat.

Clap along with the musical fruits! The video allows students the opportunity to clap along to various rhythms using the syllables of different fruits as a framework. For example, pear is 1 syllable = 1 quarter note; mango is 2 syllables = 2 eighth notes.

There is a reason that thousands of drummers have been coming to Drums Database every day since 2001. You're about to discover a ton of free drum lessons, from beginner drum lessons to advanced instruction as well as a whole lot of information about drums, drumming and percussion.

Lessons for 4 units on music that were developed by the Khan Academy.

Free lesson plans developed by the San Francisco Symphony

This playlist of music appreciation lessons teaches you how classical music began, and how it has evolved over thousands of years.

Resources from Carnegie Hall for music teachers, separated into grades K-5 and 6-12, as well as a section for professional development.

Lesson plans, activities, and assessments from Carnegie Hall

Encourage students to perform, analyze, and appreciate music with resources that explore music from various time periods and cultures. Teacher resources accompany each video

Please browse the map to find world music curricular experiences from Smithsonian Folkways’ Network of Music Educators. All lessons can be downloaded in PDF format.

Music lesson plans and resources for introducing secondary students to classical music

A glossary of commonly used terms in music from Naxos Records

A dictionary of music terms with a biographical list of composers, a symbol chart explaining music notation, and useful appendices on practice and the fundamentals of music.

A music dictionary online from MusicOutfitters

A little online program that helps students to hear the intervals between notes.

See how well you do at evaluating musical intervals based solely on your ears.

A free collection of popular music to use when teaching or learning about music intervals. For example, the song Amazing Grace begins with a perfect fourth. So when you hear an interval that sounds like the beginning of Amazing Grace, you can quickly conclude that it's a perfect fourth.

Learn about the unique approaches and personal histories of masterful music teachers, discover what drives them to teach, and be inspired by stories of their life-changing successes.

Teachers can use these resources to explore musical genres, their history and origins including African, Blues, Classical/Orchestral, Country/Bluegrass, Hip-Hop/Rap, Jazz, Musical Theater, Opera, Pop and Soul, Rhythm and Blues, and Rock and Roll.

Welcome to MERLOT Music Portal, an educational resource for teaching and learning

Article from Science Daily that discusses how playing jazz uses areas of the brain that are typically used for language.

The objective of this site is to provide teachers with a range of quality, classroom-ready resource. Free resource library but you must create an account to access it.

Music Theory Online is a journal of criticism, commentary, research and scholarship in music theory, music analysis, and related disciplines.

Teachers will find an introduction to jazz and jazz education here. Click the jazz education menu at the top of the page for a wealth of free resources

A site with a few lesson plans and sheet music for teachers from the National Arts Centre. Some very useful resources for teaching Indigenous music

An interactive web site dedicated to the study and practice of music theory.

The Alberta Band Association is a non-profit provincial service organization whose mission is to promote and develop the musical, educational and cultural value of bands and band music in Alberta.

An organization that raises the awareness and understanding of the role that music education plays in Canadian culture, and promotes the benefits that music education brings to young people.

The Canadian Federation of Music Teachers encompasses all provinces and the Yukon , with a membership of approximately 3500. We have national programs of interest to all Canadians, such as Canada Music Week, the Young Artist Tours, and the National Piano Competition.