Music

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bamboo

Grades 1-8

Bamboo works with Amazon's Alexa to do free, voice-based activities around math, music, social studies, and stories. If you register on Bamboo Grove, it can track your child's progress and give rewards.

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Free service.

beanstalk

Grades PK-1

Beanstalk, which offers interactive online classes for preschool kids, is offering free memberships throughout the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak. Recently taught classes include "How Rainbows Work" and "All About Our Lips."

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Free service.

brain pop

Grades K-12

BrainPop offers in-depth learning on topics across the curriculum for upper elementary and middle school students. Each topic includes videos, quizzes, related reading, and even coding activities. Teachers have access to planning and tracking resources too. They also offer BrainPop Jr., specially designed for younger kids.

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BrainPOP is here to help you and your curious learners stay informed and on-track with free access during school closures.

bran pop jr.

Grades K-3

BrainPop offers in-depth learning on topics across the curriculum for upper elementary and middle school students. Each topic includes videos, quizzes, related reading, and even coding activities. Teachers have access to planning and tracking resources too. They also offer BrainPop Jr., specially designed for younger kids.

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BrainPOP is here to help you and your curious learners stay informed and on-track with free access during school closures.

circle time

Grades PK-1

At Circletime, educators host free, interactive videos in whatever their area of expertise might be. You can find video lessons in everything from yoga to family cooking to sing-along songs.

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Free service.

chordbook

Grades 5-12

Learning to play guitar well is a big task, but Chordbook.Com is about cutting through the jargon and presenting you with great well designed web apps to help you on your way. Have fun and don't get weighed down by where you want to be with your playing, just focus on moving forward and learning a step at a time.

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Free access available.

chrome music lab

Grades K-8

Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments.

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Free access available.

drumbit

Grades K-12

drumbit. app is a web based drum machine, made with HTML5 and it is compatible with all modern browsers. ... With drumbit you can choose from various drum kits, apply filters and room effects, change individual volume and pitch of the samples in a track and control the left-right distribution trough panning.

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Free access available.

incredibox

Grades 3-12

Incredibox is a music app that lets you create your own music with the help of a merry crew of beatboxers.

Choose your musical style among 7 impressive atmospheres and start to lay down, record and share your mix.

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Free access available.

instaarts

Grades 7-12

InstaARTS 101 is a free trial of our new LIVE online classes with Pennsylvania Council on the Arts rostered teaching artists. Students in grades 7 – 12 are invited to discover their inner artist through a survey of art mediums including visual art, poetry, movement, music, and theater. Classes will meet for forty minutes via Zoom Monday April 20 – Friday April 24 at 4:00 pm.

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Registration is limited to the first 20 students per week and attendance in all five classes is required. Class will be added as needed.

izzit

Grades 6-12

Watch a video on a subject, then use the teacher guide for discussion, take a quiz, or use the other online learning resources provided.

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Free for students and teachers.

music first

Grades K-12

This is the only online learning management system for teaching music at all age levels. Band practice might be off the table for now, but students can still work on theory, notation, sight-reading and more.

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If your school is closed due to COVID-19/coronavirus, you can receive free access to the entire MusicFirst system for the duration.

NOVATION MUSIC

Grades 6-12

Launchpad Arcade is a place where you can get straight into making music with Launchpad's familiar clip-based user interface. You can perform tracks from an extensive loop library, and you can even design and play lightshows, too — if you already have a Launchpad device.

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Free access available.

NYPHILKIDS.ORG

Grades K-6

The New York Philharmonic Kidzone is a place for kids to come and learn about the New York Philharmonic and about the instruments, music, musicians, and performance.

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Free access available.

pbs learning media

Grades K-12

This site uses curated PBS videos along with lesson plans, interactive materials, and more to cover lots of subjects in an engaging fashion.

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PBS Learning Media is always free for teachers.

PIANU

Grades 6-12

At Pianu, we believe that anyone can learn to play the piano. No matter what type of music you enjoy, from classical to pop hits, you can master the skill and play your favorite tunes in no time! Our service is different because it doesn’t feel like taking a class; it feels like a game! You’ll start with the basics and work your way to more complicated chords, and before you know it, you’ll be playing full songs!

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Free access available.

VIRTUAL PIANO

Grades 6-12

Established in 2006, Virtual Piano is now played by more than 19 million people a year. This free to use platform enables you to play the piano through your computer keyboard, without the need to download or install an app. The best part is that you don't need prior knowledge of the music notation.

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Free access available

smart music

Grades 6-12

Keep your music students practicing at home with this online music classroom. You can track student progress, and they’ll get instant feedback from the online tools.

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SmartMusic is offering free access through June 30, 2020 for all schools impacted by the outbreak.

staff wars

Grades 2-12

Allows students to practice note reading.

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Also available in app stores.

tKSST

Grades K-12

The Kid Should See This is an unprecedented collection of 4,300+ kid-friendly videos, curated for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and at home. And thanks to our members, it’s free for everyone.

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None at this time.

wide open school

Grades PK-12

This site was built in a matter of days on a shared vision. We plan to keep building until things get back to normal. A group of more than 25 organizations came together and raised their hands to help, and many more are joining on a daily basis. Watch for new features and content partners frequently.

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Wide Open School is a free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense. There is so much good happening, and we are here to gather great stuff and organize it so teachers and families can easily find it and plan each day.

you.dj

Grades 6-12

What you got is a traditional DJ setup : 2 turntables and a mixer. Your mission is to play simultaneously two songs on each turntable and to use the mixer to mix them together.

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Free access available.