Music National Content Standard #5

Musical notes and markers  Practice reading notes, melodies, and rhythms in your classroom. Browse the lessons, printables, and references below to find great teaching resources that support the fifth National Standard for Music Education. Your class will enjoy reading and notating different styles of music from around the world. Graphic organizers make it easy for students to study rhythm combinations and to write their own songs. Use these activities to enhance an intermediate or secondary music curriculum.

References

Discover great activities and teaching strategies for using technology to help students read music.

Schools from around the U.S. shared their success stories for celebrating Music in Our Schools Month (March).

Graphic Organizers

This handout goes with the lesson, Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations.

Use this sheet to write music and lyrics. Use with the Numbers and Songs lesson.

Music Lesson Plans

Teach students about Chinese percussion instruments and ensemble performances.

Learn about the harmony with *NSYNC's Tearin' Up My Heart.

Students will explore ragtime music and gain an understanding of its development in relation to jazz. They will also investigate the historical events during the time the genre evolved.

Learn about the use of fractions in music.

The melody of the *NSYNC song Tearing up My Heart is examined in detail by listening to the recording, reading sheet music, and singing the song.

In this lesson students explore how many different rhythmic combinations can be improvised in a jazz/blues piece of music and derive a mathematical formula.

Learn about the use of fractions in music.

Musical Notation Printables

Use these Chinese seven-tone and pentatonic scales with the Chinese Music reference sheet.

Notation and words for Fuhng Yang Wha Gu, a famous Chinese folk song.

Use these percussion ensembles with the lesson on Chinese Percussion Music.

Traditional Appalachian Mountain riddle song. Use these lyrics and music with Appalachian Riddle Song.

Austrian Yodel Song. Use these lyrics and notation with Austrian Yodeling.

Words and rhythm notation for a Nanticoke women's dance, in Native American call-and-response form.

Use a printable that contains scales for the panpipe.

Use a printable that contains drum rhythms and an example of TUBS notation for Hispanic music.

Additional Music Resources

Incorporate the nine National Standards for Music Education into your curriculum. Use these resources to teach students in grades K-12 about singing, instruments, music composition, and much more!

Discover great teaching strategies for music education. Help young children learn about singing, instruments, and music composition by incorporating these lessons and techniques in your classroom.

Bring some music into your classroom with lessons and printables! Celebrate Music in Our Schools Month in March, or enjoy music on a regular basis with your students.

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