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MUSIC

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theater and Visual Arts 9.2 Historical and Cultural Contexts 9.3 Critical Response 9.4 Aesthetic Response

[|Boy Scout Camp Songs]
 * Fun, silly camp songs for inclusion in music classes.

[|Classics for Kids]
 * A comprehensive site for introducing students to classical music through listening, seeing, doing, and reacting to it. Example pages follow:
 * [|Using Classical Music in the Classroom]
 * An excellent description of how to introduce students to classical music. While a CD called Classics for Kids is being sold here, searching Itunes or YouTube will yield numerous musical pieces that can be used with students.
 * [|Curwen/Glover Hand Signs]
 * Hand signs give a visual cue for various pitches. Using this with the Do-Re-Me song from Sound of Music works well in teaching the hand signs.
 * [|Musical Dictionary]
 * This alphabetical listing of the sites not only defines key musical terms but pronounces them and provides a musical piece that exemplifies the term.
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[|Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kids] 9.1.3-8 B. Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts. • Music: • sing • play an instrument • read and notate music • compose and arrange • improvise 9.1. 3-8 A. Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities • Music: • duration • intensity • pitch • timbre • Music: • composition • form • genre • harmony • rhythm • texture ·  This website explains the various instruments of the symphony orchestra. ·  This explains and demonstrates the differences in sound, pitch, and how to play the instruments. ·  It discusses how the instruments are organized into sections. [bmast4] [|Harmonica - Jack's Harmonica Page]
 * An introduction to the harmonica, harmonica types, and music for a variety of songs.
 * [|Songs - Alphabetical List]

[|Introduction to Reading Music]
 * A very nice overview of the Clefs, time signatures, types of notes, types of rests, basic counting, symbols, and shaping.
 * Simple written format is easy to follow, but pictures would be an improvement.

[|KIDiddles Song Lyrics - The Best in Children's Music]
 * Songs and lyrics for a number of popular tunes are found here.
 * Song sheets and lyrics are downloadable.

[|Music Theory]

 * ======Includes musical instruments, professions, theory, links, and games.======


 * [|Interactive Recorder Fingering Chart] *
 * [|Interactive Recorder Fingering Chart with Games]
 * [|Music Games (pitch, note identification, reading music)]
 * [|Recorder History]
 * [|Flauto Dulce (Classical music using the recorder)]

[|Pittsburgh CLO] 9.1.5.I. Describe arts events that take place in schools and in communities. 9.1.8.I. Know where arts events, performances and exhibitions occur and how to gain admission. · Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s website of the Arts events in the Pittsburgh area. [rawst3]

[|Musical Terminology] 9.1.5.C. Know and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms. 9.1.8.C. Identify and use comprehensive vocabulary within each of the arts forms. · Comprehensive dictionary of music-related terms [rawst3]

[|Music Resources for Elementary Teachers] · Comprehensive list of music resources for elementary teachers [rawst3]

[|Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra] 9.1.3-8 B. Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts. • Music: • sing • play an instrument • read and notate music • compose and arrange • improvise 9.1. 3-8 A. Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities ·  This site gives students an opportunity to understand the musicians of an orchestra and what the stage looks like. [bmast4] [|San Francisco Symphony Orchestra]  9.1.3-8 B. Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts. • Music: • sing • play an instrument • read and notate music • compose and arrange • improvise 9.1. 3-8 A. Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities ·  This site is very interactive and allows children to hear whole symphony pieces. [bmast4]