Elementary Music

MUSIC WEBSITES

Music Theory/Games

www.musictheory.net/ -great music theory website covering note names, scales, chords, keyboard info

www.teoria.com/ -music theory covering note names, scales, chords-not as user friendly

apps.musedlab.org/groovepizza/ – free sheet music, fun theory worksheets

www.musictechteacher.com/-fabulous free website with theory and composer games and lessons

www.memozor.com/simon-games/simon-game -online version of Simon game-great for ear training!

www.classicsforkids.com - games for music vocabulary and note names, plus an echo the rhythm challenge. Click on the "games" tab along the top of the home page.

pbskids.org/games/the-arts There are several music games you can choose, including Cyber Pattern Player, Monster Music, Carmen's World Orchestra, Sounda-Pa-Looza, Pinkadance, Pinka-Perfect Band, Spin & Sing, and Feel The Music

Music Composing

danielx.net/composer/ - create Mario-style compositions. Very fun!

musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/ - very cool website, includes Song Maker, Rhythm, Spectrogram, Voice Spinner, Kadinsky (painting with sound) and many more areas.

www.noteflight.com/ - free website for composing music

https://flat.io/ -free website for composing

https://www.classicsforkids.com/ -explore the orchestra, famous composers, and compose music. Click on the "composers" tab and the "games" tab at the top of the home page.

https://www.beepbox.co/ -online sequencer for creating and sharing melodies

artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHWrq360NcGbw?hl=en Blob Opera! Make the blobs sing by clicking and dragging. The other blobs will harmonize as you change pitches. You can record and share your Blob Opera performance!

Hip Hop / DJing and Mixing

academy.allaboutbirds.org/features/beastbox/ Mix recordings of animal sounds with beatbox tracks and unlock 6 Beast Modes!

www.incredibox.com/ Mix cool vocal tracks with beatbox tracks and unlock secret animated breakdowns. You can even record and share your own mixes!

Instruments

https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/ -explore instruments and composers

https://www.classicsforkids.com/ -explore the orchestra, listen to lessons about famous composers

https://www.nyphilkids.org/ -meet the orchestra and the composers, fun games and quizzes

https://www.virtualdrumming.com/drums/online-virtual-games/online-virtual-games-drums.html -virtual drum set

https://www.onemotion.com/drum-machine/ -virtual electronic drum machine

https://virtualpiano.net/ -virtual piano-really good!

Music Technology

GarageBand -this app comes standard on most iPhones and iPads.

https://garagebandforpcwindows.com/ -this can be downloaded onto any PC for free

https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/ -this can be downloaded onto any Mac for free

musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/ -Very fun and cool website for exploring music and technology

Music Listening

https://folkways.si.edu/ -folk music from the US and around the world

https://www.classicsforkids.com/ -great lessons on composers and their music

https://www.nyphilkids.org/ -meet the orchestra and the composers, fun games and quizzes

Free Music Apps - most have versions for both iPhone/iPad and Android devices

Sound Rebound -make musical contraptions with playful sound and physics sandbox-Great for creating media

Just Dance Now -based on the Wii game, now for iPhones and iPad

Smule -Karaoke/recording app. Lots of fun. Access to 100 songs with the free version.

Dust Buster 2 -piano instruction app. Requires you to set up a free account

Music Crab -Note Name Game

Staff Wars -Note Name Game

Noteworks -Note Name Games for the staff and keyboard

Earpeggio -Ear training app for melody and rhythm

Piano for iPhone -virtual piano

Conga Drums -virtual congas

Drum Set Pro HD -virtual drumset

HOMEMADE INSTRUMENTS

MAKING INSTRUMENTS AT HOME OUT OF OBJECTS AND STUFF FROM AROUND THE HOUSE

First check out this amazing YouTube video of 72 instruments made from recycled materials from around your house. This guy made some really cool stuff! He put electronics into a lot of it so his instruments could be played through an amplifier so it sounds louder, he can add distortion, etc. (that part will be too hard so don't expect to make an electronic instrument). www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TPkDPJmoA8

Now that you have some inspiration, the first thing you should decide when imagining your instrument is the type of sound you want it to make. For example, would you like it to make a rattle sound, or a strumming sound, or a flute like sound etc.? After you have decided what kind of sound you are looking for, look around your house for materials that might make that sound. Follow the steps below to create your original musical instrument. When you are happy with the instrument you’ve created, send me a recording. I cannot wait to see what you come up with!

DAY 1: GATHER

Gather up materials that you could use for your instrument. Some suggestions are:

• Empty bottles (or partly full with water but be careful not to spill!)

• Beans, rice, pebbles, beads, or other really small objects

• Rubber bands, wire, or similar objects for making strings

• Paper or plastic tubes

• Paper clips

• Metal pots

• Paper plates

DAY 2: ASSEMBLE

Put your instrument together. You may need glue, staples, zip ties, tape, etc. to hold pieces in place depending on what you are trying to make.

DAY 3: ADJUST

Try your instrument out and see how you like it. Does it make the sounds you were expecting? Make any needed changes to it until you get the sound you want. Can it make more than one type of sound? Try your instrument in different ways!

DAY 4: COMPOSE

Create a short piece of music with your new instrument. Give your piece a beginning, middle, and ending. Practice it a few times until you've got your piece memorized.

DAY 5: PERFORM AND SHARE

Make a video of your musical composition on your new instrument! Perform it for your family, pet, etc. Send your video to Mr. Noyes: noyesd@nclack.k12.or.us