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Accelerated Rock'n'Rollin' - Beginner Drumset Method: Single Use License
By ZS Music Publishing
Introducing our NEW Accelertated Rock'n'Rollin'!
Accelerated Rock'n'Rollin' is designed for the beginning drummer in ages 13 and up, and even adults! The book is a combination of levels 1 and 2 which dives straight into reading music on the simplified staff with the abbreviations on circles (notes and moves students through reading drum music on the staff, learning note values, time signatures, and dynamics. In this book, patterns are called solos.
There are also a hand full of composing activities throughout the book. Remember that students should not be rushed through the book, and it is completely okay to keep students working on a certain section or pattern for a few weeks at a time until they’re comfortable.
To make sure they’re playing with accuracy, start off each pattern around 60bpm. You can adjust the tempo from there as they learn the patterns.
The book flows in the following order:
Introduce the Instruments on a simplified 3-line staff.
Moves to a traditional 5-line staff.
Introduce notes as quarter notes on the staff, and changes cymbals to cross notes.
Introduce Half Notes and Rests, Whole Notes and Rests, and Dotted half notes.
Introduce Rudiments and Stickings.
Introduces beamed 8th notes (2 sounds in 1 beat.)
Introduces Forte and Piano dynamics.
Printing instructions are included on the first page, with a print authorization certificate on page 2. The book is pages 3-102 in the document. Duplication is Prohibited. E-mail us at: zsmusiceducation@gmail.com for more information.
BTS Percussion Pack! (Body Percussion, Rhythm Basketball, Bucket Drumming)
By Jason Litt
In this BTS Percussion Pack, it's all BTS all the time with 3 different types of lessons for your primary and intermediate musicians!
When purchased here all together, save an extra 10% off of each!
25% OFF MUSIC ESCAPE ROOM MEGAPack! (Instruments, Rhythm, Notes of Staff)
By Jason Litt
Looking for a fun, exciting, challenging, and engaging way to reach students in your upper elementary or lower middle school grades? Try this all-inclusive lesson that will get your kids racing against the clock and each other with **The Great Escape!
**This MEGAPack includes Escape Rooms from Instruments and Instrument Families, Rhythm, and Notes of the Treble Clef Staff
You can view each individual lesson here, but purchased all together as this resource, you save 25%!
MUSIC ESCAPE ROOM - Instruments and Instrument Families
MUSIC ESCAPE ROOM - Super Rhythm Rally!
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MUSIC ESCAPE ROOM - Notes of the Treble Clef Staff!**
There are five rooms, and in each room are several "tasks" students will have to perform (either individually, as a class, A vs B, side by side, or however you wish). As soon as the task is completed, advance the slide for the correct answer (the teacher will control the game).
After a certain number of tasks, a key will be issued to exit the room and head into another room with a different set of tasks.
If students complete all tasks and open the door to all five rooms they win the game!
You can play this one of four ways
If you would like music to accompany this to make it a bit more engaging, try using this in the background:
Escape Room Background Music
All about INSTRUMENTS ValuPack - 20% off 6 instrument resources!
By Jason Litt
In this ValuPack, you will get the Top 6 Instrumental resources that tenders to your instrumental unit with engaging and relevant content on the four instrument families, Brass, Woodwinds, Strings, and Percussion!
20% off all of the resources when purchased here, you get the following:
Have a terrific time with this and let us know how it goes!
Buckets of Buckets! MegaPack of Bucket Drum Warmups/Games (20% OFF!)
By Jason Litt
Looking to start (or end your year) with a few fun Bucket Drumming resources... and at 20% off when purchased as a MegaPack right here? Say no more and try out BUCKETS of BUCKETS!
Included in this are 4 great resources for your bucket drumming kids:
Check out the resources by clicking above and decide if this is right for your students who can benefit from the lessons. Each resource includes a powerpoint file and PDF file and satisfies assessment requirements for your students in game, practice, and sequential formats
Orff MegaPack - 6 Resources @ 15% Off!
By Jason Litt
Looking to begin your Orff Chapter, need a few extra tunes to get your kids going, or rounding out your years with some resources? Check out the "Orff MegaPack" with 6 arrangements, warmups, and activities @ 15% off regular price as a bundle!
Included in this MegaPack are the following resources:
Rhythm Basketball JAMPack (9 Custom Arrangements, 20% off!)
By Jason Litt
Get your basketballs out for Rhythm Basketball and have some musical fun for the remainder of the year to keep your kids engaged (while displaying some true athleticism)
In this Rhythm Basketball JAMPack! you will receive 9 custom arrangements that are 20% off when bought all together with basketball notation for your kids to read along to
Your students will each have a basketball (can be regulation size or smaller) and bounce their ball on the ground each time they see a basketball icon. Each basketball icon is denoted as a quarter note. The rests are in between each ball for the students to hold the ball. Any smaller balls (grouped in two) will be played as 2 eighth note pairs and students will have to lower themselves a foot or two to dribble eighth notes on the floor. If you don't have basketballs, you can use a tennis ball, a kick ball, a dodgeball -- essentially anything that gives you a bounce and an accent as you hit it on the floor!
Included in this pack are:
All songs can be found on YouTube, Amazon Music, Pandora, or other streaming services
Musical JEOPARDY! MEGAPack - 4 musical games!
By Jason Litt
In this MEGAPACK of Jeopardy, you will get everything you need run a Jeopardy! style game of review with 5 different games with 4 categories each game!
Instrument Jeopardy
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Strings
Percussion Jeopardy
Pitched Percussion
Unpitched Percussion
Percussion FX
Percussion Techniques (How to Play)
Solfege Jeopardy
Give me a Hand - A description of the hand sign and students will have to guess which syllable
Take a Look - Students will see the sign and have to guess which syllable
Scale it - The following and preceding notes in the solfege scale
Extended Solfege - Lowered and raised versions of common solfege
Notation Jeopardy
Level 1 - Easy
Level 2 - Medium
Level 3 - Medium Difficult
Level 4 - Difficult
Notation Jeopardy 2.0
Spell it out! (Spelling words with treble clef notation)
Add it up! (Adding notation values up to arrive at an answer)
Give it a rest! (Questions about rests, rest names, and durations)
Duration nation (Identify duration of notes)
Students can elect to pick $200, $400, $600, $800, or $1000 answers. After clicking on the amount, the answer will appear on the next slide. Students (keeping in true Jeopardy! fashion) can answer in the form of a question
After the money is awarded (You can split sides of your class, boys vs girls, class vs class, however you want it!), there is a link in the bottom right hand corner to go back to the title screen and game board.
After extracting the ZIP file, make sure to install the Jeopardy! font included, or else you'll see random characters all over -- not good eats!
Boomwhacker WHACKY PACK (8 resources of arrangements/games/songs/warmups)
By Jason Litt
Looking for a load of Boomwhacker resources for your percussion kids? Look no further to keep all of your kids engaged through this semester and next!
In this WHACKY PACK, you will receive 8 resources of the most popular Boomwhacker themed lessons on Mr. Litt's Music Room TeachShare at a 15% discount when bought all together here...
BOY BAND BUCKLE BUNDLE! - 6 arrangements @ 15% off!
By Jason Litt
With the boy band crazy you grew up with, we now feature the BOY BAND BUCKET BUNDLE, a collection of six bucket drumming arrangements to popular Boy Bands from the 80s and 90s your kids will ask to play over and over again!
Youtube links and mp3s can be found on the individual pages -- your kids will LOVE this, and at 15% off here when it's all purchased together, it's a win-win!
(and how cool could you stage it for a BOY BAND concert?) :D
VIDEO GAME Bucket Drumming Bundle - 15% off!
By Jason Litt
The Video Game Bucket Drumming Bundle includes 9 Bucket Drumming arrangements all at 15% off!
Youtube links and mp3s can be found on the individual pages -- your kids will LOVE this, and at 15% off here when it's all purchased together, it's a win-win!
Totally Tubanos! 20% OFF of 6 Tubano Arrangements!
By Jason Litt
In TOTALLY TUBANOS, you will receive 6 great tubano arrangements you can do with your Tubano drums @ 20% OFF when purchased all together! For all arrangements, here are some notes about the drumming:
The notation on the first space F is a bass (middle of the drum) and the notation on the third space C is a tone (four fingers near the rim of the drum, pitched a bit higher)
At the end, wrap it up and put on a show! Want to layer it?
Use this in class, a concert, a parent showcase, admin, faculty and staff, whatever you wish!
2022 Bucket Drumming UltraMix! (8 arrangements @ 20% off!)
By Jason Litt
Looking for a load of 2022 repertoire (that's clean!) for your bucket drums? Look no further to keep all of your kids drumming throughout the year!
In this megapack, you will receive 8 custom arrangements of the most recent popular music from the leading artists at a 20% discount when bought all together here...
All music can be found on YouTube (or Amazon music, Apple Music, Pandora, etc) as the accompaniment tracks and played in the background.
You can preview the music in the store by browsing through the bucket drumming arrangements (most are designed for upper elementary, middle, and can easily be played by high schoolers)
Have a great time with this!
For notation:
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish),
The X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)
The X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
Rhythm Stick 6pack - Rhythm Read-a-Longs (20% off!)
By Jason Litt
Got Rhythm Sticks and that's all you got? Keep your kids busy from 2nd to 5th grade (and even older!) with Rhythm Sticks 6pack, an assortment of Rhythm Stick Read-a-longs!
In these resources, you will see the entire arrangements structured across multiple slides in coded colors with the corresponding repeats. There will be eight boxes that hold each beat along with one of three action icons.
Teach the entire thing line by line through a rote method and play through at the end!
Bundle|Hispanic Heritage Month Reading Comprehension Passages Bingo Activities
By LessonLink Teacher
This bundle is a comprehensive collection of reading comprehension passages designed to engage students during Hispanic Heritage Month. It includes:
Each passage is designed to not only improve reading skills but also educate students about the rich cultural heritage of Hispanic communities.
The multiple-choice questions and answer keys accompanying each passage further enhance reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.
Log in to your TeachShare account. Go to your My Purchases page. Beside each purchase, you'll see a Provide Feedback Button. Simply click it, give a quick rating, and leave a short comment on that product.
Each time you give feedback, TeachShare gives you credits that will save you $$ on future purchases.
Also, follow me here to get notified when I upload new products.
Beethoven Composer Study | Classical Music Listening Activities
By Agee and Row Classical Music Appreciation
Open the doors to new musical possibilities with Beethoven's compositions! This listening activity pack gives your students the tools to engage with Beethoven's brilliance. Experience the life and music of Ludwig Van Beethoven with these interactive listening activities, biography pages, and even a word puzzle!
Listening to classical music has been shown to help with self-awareness, empathy, and self-regulation. Since social-emotional learning is so important for children, incorporating classical music into your classroom or homeschool is a great way to support their development. Resource guide included.
"Great addition, easy to use for my composer of the month lessons!" - Rocio S.
Learning Objectives
★ Mindful Listening Sheets - There are no wrong answers! Students listen to the selected music and choose meaningful keywords they associate with what they hear. The emotions and weather page allows students to color their experiences.
★ Biography Pages - Fact sheet (1 or 2 facts provided, a box to paste/draw the composer's portrait, and a birthday box to color in and decorate cupcakes! A duplicate blank page is included for students to do their own research.
★ Composer Research Sheet - Students can use their favorite reference materials to compile a full page of facts about the composer's home country. Some of the research options include capital, continent, population, food, and more.
★ Composer Rating Activity - More options to profile the composer on the rating sheet, including which season and musical style they match.
★ Word Composer Activity - In the classic letter puzzle, students can use all the letters from the composer's full name to create new, shorter words and record their scores. Add a timer for an extra challenge.
★ Listen and Color - Pair art with music! Students color the characters while listening to the featured music. There are four categories of keywords to circle/highlight that describe their listening experience. Blank lines are for writing in their own words.
★ Classical Fairy Tale - Storytime! These listening sheets combine music appreciation with a storybook theme! Students compose their wondrous tales by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar fairy tale objects inspired by the music. There are also drawing pages for students to capture a scene from their imaginations.
★ Classical Space Tale - Storytime! These listening sheets combine music appreciation with an intergalactic theme! Students compose their epic space tales by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar space objects inspired by the music. There are also drawing pages for students to capture a scene from their imaginations.
★ Listen and Draw - The Fairy Tale and Space Tale sets have a framed drawing page for listeners to create their own music-inspired pieces of art! Great for younger students or for hosting a classroom art display.
★ Emoji Checkbox Listening - Students can use the checkboxes to note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more! Students can also color in the emojis that best describe their listening experience in the emoji grid.
★ Rating Guides - Print one or more copies of the star rating guide to help students choose their rating. Half and quarter stars may be encouraged. Some seasonal activities will have different rating shapes. Emoji rating guides are included in color and black & white.
Musical Selections (eight listening activity pages per piece)
Bonus Listening Activities
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral," Ludwig Van Beethoven (3 pages)
Beethoven Symphony Pack (18 pages)
Beethoven Symphonies Carnival Pack (10 pages)
Piano Concerto No. 4 Brain Break (10 pages)
Beethoven Candy Coloring (3 pages)
Beethoven Sonata Punch Cards (21 pages)
Halloween Haunted Houses Classical Music Activities for October
By Agee and Row Classical Music Appreciation
Finding good Halloween music can be tricky. Fortunately, there are plenty of classical music pieces that fit the Halloween spirit! This Halloween music appreciation pack includes ten of the most fun and spooky classical pieces that offer a taste of Halloween. Learn about the music of great composers, such as Beethoven, Bach, and Brahms, with Halloween music that will be a hit with your class!
Learning Objectives
★ Mindful Listening Sheets - There are no wrong answers! Students listen to the selected music and choose meaningful keywords they associate with what they hear. The emotions and weather page allows students to color their experiences.
★ Listen and Color - Pair art with music! Students color the characters while listening to featured music from The Nutcracker. There are four categories of keywords to circle/highlight that describes their listening experience. Blank lines are for writing in their own words.
★ Classical Fairy Tale - Storytime! These listening sheets combine music appreciation with a storybook theme! Students compose their wondrous tales by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar fairy tale objects inspired by the music. There is also a drawing box for students to capture a scene from their imaginations.
★ Classical Space Tale - Storytime! These listening sheets combine music appreciation with an intergalactic theme! Students compose their epic space tales by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar space objects inspired by the music. There is also a drawing box for students to capture a scene from their imaginations.
★ Listen and Draw - The Fairy Tale and Space Tale sets have a framed drawing page for listeners to create their own music-inspired pieces of art! Great for younger students or for hosting a classroom art display.
★ Emoji Checkbox Listening - Students can use the checkboxes to note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more! Students can also color in the emojis that best describe their listening experience in the emoji grid.
★ Rating Guides - Print one or more copies of the star rating guide to help students choose their rating. Half and quarter stars may be encouraged. Some seasonal activities will have different rating shapes. Emoji rating guides are included in color and black & white.
Musical Selections (Eight listening activity pages per piece)
Do you know how composers create the haunting sounds of Halloween? Check out our blog post The Hidden Secrets of Spooky Halloween Music to learn more!
★ More Halloween Activities!
Halloween Music "Haunted Harmony" Fall Classical Music, Halloween Activities
Halloween "Spooky Symphony" Fall Classical Music, Halloween Activities
The Nightmare Before Christmas Listening [Elfman] October, Halloween/Fall
Danny Elfman Listening Sheets + BONUS FILE! October & Halloween/Fall
Spooky October Halloween Activities + BONUS FILE! Fall Classical Music Fun
Halloween Spooky Name Generator, Fall Halloween Activities for October
Halloween Beethoven Listen & Color! Classical Music Brain Break for Fall
Spooky October, Fall Classical Music Emoji Checkboxes, Halloween Activities
► We know you'll love helping students create meaningful connections to classical music, so we are happy to share these free listening activities with you today!
Classical Music Activities | Symphonic Poems Bundle ✪
By Agee and Row Classical Music Appreciation
Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? This listening bundle features Symphonic Poems by Tchaikovsky, Karłowicz, Dvořák, and Liszt!
Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.
Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Symphonic Poems - Classical Music Listening Activity Pack
Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)
Antonín Dvořák Symphonic Poems - Classical Music Listening Activity Pack
Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)
Returning Waves Symphonic Poems - Classical Music Listening Activity Pack
Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)
Franz Liszt Symphonic Poems - Classical Music Listening Activity Pack
Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)
Classical Music Activities | Composer Firsts ✪
By Agee and Row Classical Music Appreciation
Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? Students can experience 62 of the earliest sonatas, concertos, quartets, and symphonies with this bundle! There are two pages per piece for a total of 132 listening activities! A rating guide (color/b&w) is also included.
First Sonata Compositions (32 pages)
First Quartet Compositions (32 pages)
First Concerto Compositions (34 pages)
First Symphony Compositions (34 pages)
Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬
Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!
Emotions in Music Bundle | Classical Music Exploration for Every Mood!
By Agee and Row Classical Music Appreciation
"This was a great way for my second graders to respond to the music they were listening to. I love that I could just make copies and be ready to go and did not have to come with something. A time saver." - Nicole Geerdes
Just Print & Play! Four resources are included in the "Emotions in Music" bundle! These resources explore what makes a piece of music have feelings - is it the tempo? Instruments? Students record the listening experience in their own way!
Bundle Benefits:
Learning Objectives
Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.
Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.
Excited Classical Music
What makes music sound "exciting?" Is it the tempo? Instruments? Ten (very upbeat!) classical pieces are included for your group to study. Feelings & observations will vary in this activity - great for class discussions! UPDATED! This set now includes two different styles of listening sheets! The new file has been combined with the original to give you more options.
Sad Classical Music
What makes music sound "sad?" Is it the tempo? Instruments? Ten classical pieces are included for your group to study. Feelings & observations will vary in this activity - great for class discussions! UPDATED! This set now includes two different styles of listening sheets! The new file has been combined with the original to give you more options.
Happy Classical Music
Ten "happy" classical compositions are included for your students. UPDATED! This set now includes two different styles of listening sheets! The new file has been combined with the original to give you more options.
Calming Sunshine Classical Music
Do you need engaging & calming music activities? The music featured here was selected for its "morning" qualities - fresh, starting a new day, and positive! Students rate with "suns" instead of stars!
+ BONUS FILE
This bundle has you covered with engaging listening activities, but what about visual learning? Grab this pack of 70 Composer Fact Sheet Posters as a free bonus! These calming rainbow-themed posters can also work as handouts, or resize them in your print settings for colorful flashcards.