MUSIC RACER - https://www.musicracer.com/
Practice Note Reading, Finger Patterns, Music Terms
MUSIC THEORY- https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note
Note reading excercises. Use the "settings" gear in the upper right hand corner to change clef, note range, etc.
Tutorial Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND62llYLtKM
CLICK HERE FOR PRESET NOTE READING LEVELS (by string/instrument and/or level of difficulty)
THE MUSIC INTERACTIVE (STAFF WARS) - http://www.themusicinteractive.com/downloads.html
Downloads available for strings and custom note ranges (Staff Wars v1.8)
Rhythm Randomizer - www.rhythmrandomizer.com
Change settings at the bottom of the page to practice different types of rhythms and time signatures.
Sight Reading Factory - www.sigthreadingfactory.com
Select "Rhythm-Only" Feature in the list of "Instruments"
Google Arts & Culture- 11 Dramatic Virtual Tours of Stages Around the World
Click HERE to explore Google's Virtual Stages
View The Bolshoi Theater (Moscow), Carnegie Hall (NYC), National Theater of Korea (Seoul), The Colosseum (Rome) and many more!
Musical Instrument Museum Virtual Tour
Click HERE to explore the Museum on Google
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Virtual Tour
Click HERE to explore the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland!
NoteFlight (offering free access) - www.noteflight.com
Create, teach and share music.
Compose Music Online - http://interactivesites.weebly.com/composing.html
This site includes links for a few easy to use online composition websites.
This lesson uses the free Songmaker which is part of the Chrome Music Lab. The Songmaker allows students to click on a grid to add melodic or rhythmic sounds. Press the play button to hear your creation.
In these Star Wars lessons, you will create your own version of the main Star Wars Theme by John Williams, using the Chrome Music Lab Songmaker.
There are multiple levels:
Padawan (two options) – suitable for beginners
Jedi Knight – good for middle school students
Jedi Master – suitable for middle and high school or advanced music students
Jedi Master II – suitable for middle and high school or advanced music students
Choose the level that you think will work best for your level, and challenge yourself to worl you rway from Padawan to Jedi Master II.
Click on the link to open the template file for a starting point (some melody and/or bassline is already included).
Add notes to create your version of the Star Wars theme.
To save:
Once you’ve finished, click Save
On the next screen click Copy Link (1) and send that link to me (milligmf@pwcs.edu)
Additionally, there are options to download a WAV file (3) if you would like to keep an audio file version of your piece, or a MIDI file (2) which can be used in another software program like GarageBand, Soundtrap or Bandlab
Padawan student activities
Option A (beginners):
Main Theme Melody has been provided.
Fill in a percussion part and choose instrument playback sounds
Click here for the starting link:
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/song/4895194731249664
Once finished, click Save. On the next screen click Copy Link and then send the link to Mrs. Milligan
Option B (intermediate):
The first part of the melody only is provided (plus the final note)
Fill in the rest of the main theme melody
Fill in a percussion part and choose instrument playback sounds
Click here for the starting link:
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/song/6387954973933568
Once finished, click Save. On the next screen. click Copy Link and then send the link to Mrs. Milligan
Jedi Knight student activities
The first part of the melody and bassline are provided (plus the final note in each)
Fill in the remainder of the melody AND a bassline, then add a percussion part and choose instrument playback sounds
Click here for the starting link:
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/song/6313448062320640
Once finished, click Save. On the next screen, click Copy Link and then send the link to Mrs. Milligan
Jedi Master student activities
Only the first few notes of the melody and bassline are provided (plus the final note in each)
Fill in the remainder of the melody, create a bassline, add chords and a percussion part and choose instrument playback sounds. You also have access to the notes of the full chromatic scale
Click here for the starting link:
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/song/4596127568494592
Once finished, click Save. On the next screen. click Copy Link and then send the link to Mrs. Milligan
Jedi Master II student activities
The first few notes of the melody and bassline, plus the final measure are provided (includes a final chord)
Fill in the remainder of the melody, add chords, create a bassline, add a percussion part and choose instrument playback sounds
Click here for the starting link:
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/song/5631408765665280
Once finished, click Save. On the next screen. click Copy Link and then send the link to Mrs. Milligan
The Music Lab - https://www.themusiclab.org/
Created by the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Take quizzes, explore around and see how your musical mind works!
Virtual Instruments - http://interactivesites.weebly.com/virtual-instruments.html
Virtual drums, keyboards, guitar, etc.
Chrome Music Lab Experiments - https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
Play virtual music with unique "virtual" instruments.
Smithsonian Holiday Folk Music Interactive Map - http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2013/holiday-music/
A "singing map" featuring traditional holiday music from the collection of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, the nonprofit record label of the national museum of the United States.
Smithsonian Folkways Jazz Education - https://folkways.si.edu/jazz-education-web-site/music/smithsonian
This feature explores jazz from different perspectives: chronologically with a timeline, geographically with a world map, and musically with a virtual mixer in which you can listen to and observe the musical elements of jazz.