Class Notes Lesson Library

Conductors have a special musical job. Conductor Sarah Hicks will tell you about her job and teach you a few conducting patterns. For grades K-5.

In this K-5 Music and Mindfulness lesson, learn how composers use music to express themselves. Listen to Mozart's "Gran Partita" and hear how other students feel while listening.

Composers like to take a familiar tune, or a THEME, and create different variations, or versions. Listen and respond to different pieces of music with a Theme and Variation form. For Grades K-6.

Music can be loud, soft or somewhere in between. Musicians use the word "dynamics" to describe the volume level of music. Practice identifying forte and piano sounds in this lesson! For grades K-3.

Timbre is the unique or special sound that a thing makes. Watch a fun video about tone color and play around with timbre in objects around your classroom or home. For grades K-6.

Crash! Bang! Learn about this percussion instrument, and try making (and playing) your own cymbals with household objects.

Learn to differentiate between two different string techniques (pizzacato and arco) in this lesson. For K-3.

Music is full of patterns. Learn about the ABA pattern in music and use it to create your own composition! Grades K-5.

Composer Zoe Keating's piece The Escape Artist features the cello. Learn some facts and listen to pieces that feature this string instrument.