$5 - $10 Music Composition Activities (by date, oldest first)

YUMMY CHEESY PIZZA is a fun and simple piece for your beginner that only uses the F Major 5-Finger scale, in honor of National Cheese Pizza Day! This is agreat, quick piece for your students to work on their F Major 5-Finger Position. You’ll notice the tempo says “A Cheesy Swing!”, so you can introduce swung 8th notes to your students to have a little fun with the song. The song is good for beginners at 16 measures!

There are four versions of the song you can use with students:

1. Version 1 with regular note heads and flat notes.
2. Version 2 with note names in the note heads and flat notes.
3. Version 3 with regular note heads in the key of F.
4. Version 4 with note names in the note heads in the key of F.

This piano solo is part of our Multi-Version Songs series.

What is a Multi-Version Song? These are songs we have created that have different versions of the same song in the same file so you have some flexibility with your students who are at different learning stages! This allows you to provide these songs to students no matter what level they're at!

This means that the song will come with and without letters in the noteheads, and if the song is in a key signature other than C Major or A Minor, the song will also have versions in the given key signature and version with no key signature and the necessary accidentals. Most of our Multi-Version Songs have at least two to four versions in the file.

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Catalog: PM-YCPS-DG

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PEPPERONI PIZZA PARTY is a quick and simple piece for your late beginner that only uses the C Major 5-Finger scale, in honor of National Pepperoni Pizza Day! This is a great, quick piece for your students to work on their C Major 5-Finger Position. The 8th notes in the song can be played straight or swung. Also note the tempo marking - “With Some Pep Quarter Note at 112”.

The song is good for beginners at 16 measures!

There are two versions of the song you can use with students:

• Version 1 with regular note heads.
• Version 2 with note names in the noteheads.

This piano solo is part of our Multi-Version Songs series.

What is a Multi-Version Song? These are songs we have created that have different versions of the same song in the same file so you have some flexibility with your students who are at different learning stages! This allows you to provide these songs to students no matter what level they're at!

This means that the song will come with and without letters in the noteheads, and if the song is in a key signature other than C Major or A Minor, the song will also have versions in the given key signature and version with no key signature and the necessary accidentals. Most of our Multi-Version Songs have at least two to four versions in the file.

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Catalog: PM-PPPS-DG

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Leaves are Falling is a peaceful, mystic piano solo in the D Minor 5-Finger position to get students in the autumn mood. This piece is a great way to work on the D Minor position and a good way to introduce echoing or call and response to your students as well. 

The song is written to stay in a Piano dynamic throughout, but you are welcome to add in different dynamics as well. Additionally, the song is written to be played Con Pedal to provide a longing effect to really sound like or give the feeling of falling leaves. 

There are four versions of the song you can use with students:

1. Version 1 with regular note heads and no key signature.
2. Version 2 with note names in the note heads and no key signature.
3. Version 3 with regular note heads in D Minor key signature.
4. Version 4 with note names in the note heads in D Minor key signature.

This piano solo is part of our Multi-Version Songs series.

What is a Multi-Version Song? These are songs we have created that have different versions of the same song in the same file so you have some flexibility with your students who are at different learning stages! This allows you to provide these songs to students no matter what level they're at!

This means that the song will come with and without letters in the noteheads, and if the song is in a key signature other than C Major or A Minor, the song will also have versions in the given key signature and version with no key signature and the necessary accidentals. Most of our Multi-Version Songs have at least two to four versions in the file.

Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?! It's true! If you find that you enjoy this song, please be sure to come back and provide your feedback so others teachers can find it and you can earn your credit!

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Catalog: PM-LAFS-DG

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Hot Dog is a fun and simple piece for your beginner that only uses the C Major 5-Finger scale! The lyrics are quirky about wanting to eat dozens and hundreds of hot dogs with ketchup, mustard, and relish!

You’ll notice the tempo says “With Swing!”, so you can introduce swung 8th notes to your students to have a little fun with the song. Also in measure 11, the F is sharped, so students to work on moving their finger, and/or finding the F-sharp on the piano keyboard. 

The song is longer for beginners at 32 measures. You are welcome to shorten the song and end it at measure 16.  

There are two versions of the song you can use with students:

1. Version 1 with regular note heads. 
2. Version 2 with note names in the note heads.

I hope you and your students have fun playing the song!

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Catalog: PM-HDBP-DG

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In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!

We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!

This set includes 81 pages of cards that use the notes G, A, and B.

The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:

• Introduce Sight reading individually or in a group.
• Assess Sight Reading skills individually or in a group.
• Composing (or "arranging" a song) for students to play, individually or in a group.

It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.

Catalog: MTP-GBSB-DG

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My Little Goldfish Is a 32 measure song about your pet goldfish who swims in the fishbowl saying “Blub! Blub!” The song is set in D Major and includes versions with accidentals and versions with a key signature. From the start, you can easily teach and review intervals with students such as steps and skips up to 5ths since the song begins with a descending motive with both hands and these intervals are included throughout the song as well. The song is structured so you can teach the first page of the song, then easily add in the second page even though there are some slight melodic differences. 

Depending on where your student is at level wise, we’ve included two different versions of the song that you can use:

1. Version 1 with regular note heads with accidentals.
2. Version 2 with alpha note heads with accidentals. 
3. Version 3 with the D Major key signature with regular note heads.
4. Version 4 with the D Major key signature with alpha note heads.

I hope you and your students have fun playing the song!

Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?! It's true! If you find that you enjoy this song, please be sure to come back and provide your feedback so others teachers can find it and you can earn your credit!

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This song is reproducible only by the original purchaser. If your colleagues like the song, be sure to tell them where you purchased it!

Catalog: PM-GFLB-DG

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In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!

We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!

This set includes 81 pages of cards that use the notes A, B, and C!

These cards are color-coordinated with popular pitched percussion instruments: Purple for A, Pink for B, and Red for C!

The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:

• Introduce Sight reading individually or in a group.
• Assess Sight Reading skills individually or in a group.
• Composing (or "arranging" a song) for students to play, individually or in a group.

It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.

Catalog: MTP-ABSC-DG

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One of the best ways to assess comprehension and mastery of a concept is by playing games! And what's better than a game your students already know to play?!

DROP FOUR BEATS is a rhythm comprehension game in the style of another game where you have to connect four same-colored coins in a row.

However, Drop Four Beats is a game where students place their coins on the game board to build rhythms and correctly perform their rhythms!

To build the rhythms, students play the game like the "connection" game, but there are note and rest values on the coins. We've included Quarter Notes, Quarter Rests, Beamed 8th Notes, 1-8th 2-16th Notes, 2-16th 1-8th Notes, and Beamed 16th notes so you can play the game with a variety of students and their learning levels.

As a bonus, we've included a low to no-prep version of the game as well! With this version, you simply need to print off the game board, have students choose a colored writing utensil to use, and choose the note values or let your students choose the note values they will use and they draw on the game board! This version can also be laminated and used with dry-erase markers as well.

Included in the document are the following pages:

• Full-Color Printable Game Board
• Coin Page with Quarter Notes, Quarter Rests, and Beamed 8th Notes: 24 yellow coins, 24 red coins.
• Coin Page with 1-8th 2-16th Notes, 2-16th 1-8th Notes, and Beamed 16th notes: 24 yellow coins, 24 red coins.
• Low/No-Prep version of the game using Quarter Notes, Quarter Rests, and Beamed 8th Notes.
• Low/No-Prep version of the game using 1-8th 2-16th Notes, 2-16th 1-8th Notes, and Beamed 16th notes.

There is some preparation involved to get the game ready for your students. After printing, you will need to cut out the coins you plan to use for the game, and you may want to laminate the game board and the coins for durability and longevity.

Did you know you can receive TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?? It's true! After you've downloaded and used the resource, come back and provide your feedback and you'll receive you credit to use for future purchases!

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Catalog: MTP-DFBD-DG

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In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!

We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!

This set includes 162 pages of cards that use the notes G, A, and B.

These cards are both in black and white, and color-coordinated with popular pitched percussion instruments: Dark Green for G, Purple for A, and Pink for B.

The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:

• Introduce Sight reading individually or in a group.
• Assess Sight Reading skills individually or in a group.
• Composing (or "arranging" a song) for students to play, individually or in a group.

It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.

Catalog: MTP-GBSM-DG

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The Ferris Wheel is a short piano solo for the late beginner which is set in 3/4 time signature in G Major. Students will place their hands in a G 5-Finger position to play the song. In the left hand part at measure 9, students will need to extend their pinky to play two F#’s, but everything else is in the G 5-Finger position. 

Depending on where your student is at level-wise, we’ve included four different versions of the song that you can use:

1. Version 1 with note names written on the note heads and accidentals written next to each note.
2. Version 2 with note names written on the note heads and accidentals in the key signature only.
3. Version 3 with normal note heads and accidentals written next to notes.
4. Version 4 with normal note heads and accidentals in the key signature only.

I hope you and your students have fun playing the song!

Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?! It's true! If you find that you enjoy this song, please be sure to come back and provide your feedback so others teachers can find it and you can earn your credit!

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This song is reproducible only by the original purchaser. If your colleagues like the song, be sure to tell them where you purchased it!

Catalog: PM-FWLB-DG

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The Coconut Dance is a groovy piano solo for the late beginner in the C Major position. The song is a ternary form, so once the students learn the first 8 measures of the song, they can play the last 8 measures of the song. 

The lyrics of the song in the B section starting at measure 9 are instructions for a dance. To be frank, I made up these lyrics and it would be fun for you and your kiddos to try it out just to see how it goes! 

There are two versions of the song you can use with students:

1. Version 1 with regular note heads. 
2. Version 2 with note names in the note heads.

I hope you and your students have fun playing the song! 

Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?! It's true! If you find that you enjoy this song, please be sure to come back and provide your feedback so others teachers can find it and you can earn your credit!

Your Support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

This song is reproducible only by the original purchaser. If your colleagues like the song, be sure to tell them where you purchased it!

Catalog: PM-CDLB-DG

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In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!

We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!

This set includes 81 pages of cards that use the notes A, B, and C!

The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:

• Introduce Sight reading individually or in a group.
• Assess Sight Reading skills individually or in a group.
• Composing (or "arranging" a song) for students to play, individually or in a group.

It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.

Catalog: MTP-ABSB-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!

We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!

This set includes 81 pages of cards that use the notes G, A, and B.

These cards are color-coordinated with popular pitched percussion instruments. Dark Green for G, Purple for A, and Pink for B.

The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:

• Introduce Sight reading individually or in a group.
• Assess Sight Reading skills individually or in a group.
• Composing (or "arranging" a song) for students to play, individually or in a group.

It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.

Catalog: MTP-GBSC-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!

We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!

This set includes 162 pages of cards that use the notes A, B, and C!

These cards are both in black and white, and color-coordinated with popular pitched percussion instruments: Purple for A, Pink for B, and Red for C.

The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:

• Introduce Sight reading individually or in a group.
• Assess Sight Reading skills individually or in a group.
• Composing (or "arranging" a song) for students to play, individually or in a group.

It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.

Catalog: MTP-ABSM-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Give your students a sweet way to work on their scales this summer with these NO PREP scale spelling worksheets: POPSI-SCALES!

POPSI-SCALES is a set of 6 worksheets that feature 6 popsicles on each page with two types of scales for them to spell out and work on this summer. The included pages use Major Scales and Minor Scales. For an added bonus, we've included enharmonic names for the "black-key" scales as well!

What is included in this resource?

This resource includes pages for major and natural minor scales in 5-note Pentascales, and 1-octave scales. In this resource, you’ll find the scales in the following keys: C, G, D, A, E, B, F, F♯, G♭, C♯, D♭, G♯, A♭, D♯, E♭, A♯, & B♭.

In total, there are 100 pages! You’ll find the scales in the following groups in the resource:

• 6 Pentascales per page with Major and Minor Pages (6 Pages)
• 4 Pentascales per page with Major and Minor Pages (10 Pages)
• 1 Pentascale per page with Major and Minor Pages (34 Pages)
• 4 1-Octave scales per page with Major and Minor Pages (10 Pages)
• 1 1-Octave scale per page with Major and Minor Pages (34 Pages)
• 6 other pages of written out Pentascale identification and color pages using Major and Minor scales of C, D, F, G, and A in Treble and Bass Clefs.

All you have to do is print and go! This is a NO-PREP resource you can use with your students throughout summer and beyond to make working on scales such a sweet treat!

This is a reproducible resource that you can print off over and over again! If you have colleagues who like this resource, be sure to send them here to buy their own copy of the resource.

Did you know that you can receive TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?? Once you've downloaded and used the resource, be sure to come back here to rate the resource to receive your credits!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-PSWS-DG

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Banana Bread is a fun, 16-measure piano solo for the late beginner and was composed to help address two concepts to the late beginner student. The first being anacrusis, or Pick-Ups. The song starts off with a pick-up measure and this would be a good song to either reenforce or introduce anacrusis to students.

The other concept is to play with different hand positions. You’ll notice the only left hand note Your students’ right hand will need to be in C position, on the Middle C. From here, you can choose where the left hand is placed:

• Middle C position where both thumbs share Middle C.
• B-C position where the Left Hand thumb is on Bass B, and the Right Hand thumb is on Middle C.
• A regular C Position with Left Hand thumb is on Bass G and Right Hand Thumb is on Middle C. 

There are two versions of the song you can use with students:

1. Version 1 with regular note heads. 
2. Version 2 with note names in the note heads.

I hope you and your students have fun playing the song!

Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?! It's true! It you find that you enjoy this song, please be sure to come back and provide your feed back so others teachers can find it and you can earn your credit!

Your Support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

This song is reproducible only by the original purchaser. If your colleagues like the song, be sure to tell them where you purchased it!

Catalog: PM-BBLB-DG

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Brighten up your students' sightreading skills with our set of Sunny Sight-Reading Cards using four chords!

This set of 262 cards features the I-IV-V-V7 chords in sets of four, placed on suns. Each page features two cards. In the document are two sets of the cards: one in color so you can print on white paper and in greyscale to save on ink, or print on colored paper! Additionally, there is 1 page of blank cards in both color and greyscale!

Click here to check out our other sun and summer-themed resources!

Please note, only the original purchaser of this resource can duplicate the document but may not share with colleagues. You can direct colleagues here to purchase their own copy!

Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?! It's true! After you've purchased and used this resource, be sure to come back to share your feedback and you can receive TPT credit to use for future purchases!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-SSC1-DG

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In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!

We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!

This set includes 81 pages of cards that use the notes F, G, and A.

The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:

• Introduce Sight reading individually or in a group.
• Assess Sight Reading skills individually or in a group.
• Composing (or "arranging" a song) for students to play, individually or in a group.

It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.

Catalog: MTP-FBSB-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Give your students a sweet way to work on their chords this summer with these NO PREP chord spelling worksheets: POPSI-CHORDS!

POPSI-CHORDS is a set of 12 worksheets that feature 6 popsicles on each page with different types of chords for them to spell out and work on this summer. To make sure you can use this resource with different levels, we've included pages that use Major Chords, Minor Chords, Augmented Chords, and Diminished Chords! For an added bonus, we've included enharmonic names for the "black-key" chords as well! On top of that, we've included root position pages, pages with inversions, and 7th chords galore!

So what's inside the resource?? You'll find the following pages:

• 12 Pages of Major, Minor, Augmented, Diminished Chords in Root Position
• 12 Pages of the above chords in 1st Inversion
• 12 pages of the above chords in 2nd Inversion.
• 1 Page of Chord Name Identification using given notes in the chord
• 5 pages of Roman Numeral Chord Analysis in C Major on the Treble Clef
• 5 pages of Roman Numeral Chord Analysis in C Major on the Bass Clef
• 5 pages of Roman Numeral Chord Analysis in G Major on the Treble Clef
• 5 pages of Roman Numeral Chord Analysis in G Major on the Bass Clef
• 9 Pages of Major, Minor, and Dominant 7th Chords
• 9 Pages of Major, Minor, and Dominant 7th Chords in 1st Inversion.
• 9 Pages of Major, Minor, and Dominant 7th Chords in 2nd Inversion.
• 9 Pages of Major, Minor, and Dominant 7th Chords in 3rd Inversion.
• 1 Page of Major/Minor Chord I.D. in a C Diatonic Scale on Treble Clef
• 1 Page of Major/Minor Chord I.D. in a C Diatonic Scale on Bass Clef
• 1 Page of Root, 1st Inversion, 2nd Inversion chord I.D. on Treble Clef
• 1 Page of Root, 1st Inversion, 2nd Inversion chord I.D. on Bass Clef
• 1 Page of Major Chord Writing on Treble Clef Staff
• 1 Page of Major Chord Writing on Bass Clef Staff
• 1 Page of Minor Chord Writing on Treble Clef Staff
• 1 Page of Minor Chord Writing on Bass Clef Staff
• 1 Page of Augmented Chord Writing on Treble Clef Staff
• 1 Page of Augmented Chord Writing on Bass Clef Staff
• 1 Page of Diminished Chord Writing on Treble Clef Staff
• 1 Page of Diminished Chord Writing on Bass Clef Staff

This is a reproducible resource that you can print off over and over again! If you have colleagues who like this resource, be sure to send them here to buy their own copy of the resource.

Did you know that you can receive TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?? Once you've downloaded and used the resource, be sure to come back here to rate the resource to receive your credits!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-PCWS-DG

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Brighten up your students' sightreading skills with our set of Sunny Sight-Reading Cards using just three notes!

This set of 84 cards features the D-E-F letters in a set of four, placed on suns. Each page features two cards. In the document are two sets of the cards: one in color so you can print on white paper and in greyscale to save on ink, or print on colored paper! Additionally, there is 1 page of blank cards in both color and greyscale!

Click here to check out our other sun and summer-themed resources!

Please note, only the original purchaser of this resource can duplicate the document but may not share with colleagues. You can direct colleagues here to purchase their own copy!

If you find you enjoy this resource, please be sure to give it a rating and a review for other teachers to find and use with their students!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-SSR4-DG

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