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

New Style! This recently updated set of cards features a bright rainbow background with a swirled border. As requested, there are now full page posters for each music term. Great for music centers and bulletin boards!

Product Includes:

+ 30 flashcards to print, cut, and laminate (6 per page)

+ 30 full-page musical term posters

Featured Terms:

01. Rhythm

02. Beat

03. Meter

04. Measure

05. Accent

06. Sound

07. Improvisation

08. Baton

09. Tempo

10. Pitch

11. Dynamics

12. Range

13. Interval

14. Tone

15. Ritardando

16. Note

17. Accelerando

18. Notation

19. Bass Clef

20. Treble Clef

21. Grand Staff

22. Score

23. Climax

24. Theme

25. Harmony

26. Form

27. Scale

28. Style

29. Key

30. Sequence

Learning to read music can have many benefits for students. These colorful music note-matching cards and posters are easy to set up and fun to use! Note-matching games are a great activity for both individual and group learning. They are easy to set up and can be adapted to different skill levels, making them suitable for learners of all ages.

Learning Objectives

• Memorization and understanding of each music note
• Improved memory and concentration
• Increased creative thinking and problem-solving
• Greater appreciation of music as an art form
• Comprehension of music notes and how they work together
• Increased knowledge of the musical structure and theory

What's Included

This activity pack includes full-color and white background posters, matching cards, and full-page posters for learning and checking answers. Great for centers! Simply print the cards and posters, cut out the note cards, and laminate for durability. Students match the note with the correct letter card. This is a great activity for reinforcing note names.

18 Grand Staff Puzzles (18 in all)

Treble Space Notes: f - a - c - e

Treble Line Notes: e - g - b - d - f

Bass Space Notes: a - c - e - g

Bass Line Notes: g - b - d - f - a

5 Wall Posters / Music Center Sheets

Grand Staff: Illustrates the two staves

Treble Clef: Explains at-a-glance what the treble clef looks like

Treble Notes: Displays and defines the notes on the treble clef

Bass Clef: Explains at-a-glance what the bass clef looks like

Bass Notes: Displays and defines the notes on the bass clef

The Drumset Composing Cards are a great addition to your resource library for classroom and private teachers alike!

This listing is our Standard Set which includes three different sizes in both color and ink-friendly pages!

The sizes included in the Standard Set are:

• Small (4X4 - 16 cards on a page)
• Medium (2x2 - 4 cards on a page)
• Large (1x2 - 2 cards on a page)

Colors on the cards line up with our ROCK'N'ROLLIN' DRUMSET METHOD that you can use along with the books for students to write their own beats to put into the books!

Instruments included in this set of cards are:

• Bass Drum (BD)
• Low Tom (LT)
• Snare Drum (SD)
• Mid/Medium Tom (MT)
• High Tom (HT)
• Ride Cymbal (RC)
• Hi-Hats (HH)
• Crash Cymbal (CC)
• Hi-Hat Foot (HHF)

In total, there are 16 pages of cards in the set! So what can you use the composing cards for? Things like...

• Letting students create their own beats and grooves
• Creating well-known patterns for students to play and figure out
• Flashcards to quiz students on instrument names
• ...and so much more!

These Composing Cards ARE a reproducible resource, but you may not share these with colleagues as only the original purchaser has the rights to duplicate the resource.

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Happy Teaching!

-Zach Seckman

Catalog: DPM-DCCS-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Looking for a way for students to remember where they're at in their book? How about an awesome gift for completing a challenge? Or even a cool freebie to hand out to prospective families?

Check out our COMPLETE SET of Piano, Guitar, and Ukulele chord bookmarks!

This set of bookmarks allows you to make a variety to hand out to your kids during their lessons and classes including front and back bookmarks, or one-sided bookmarks.

You'll find in the document there is one page with Major Chords which includes cut lines, one page with Minor Chords without cut lines, and one page with Minor Chords with cut lines. This way, you can make bookmarks however you see fit!

For each instrument, we've included the C Major, F Major G Major, A Minor, D Minor, and E Minor Chords.

What makes this set complete? Here's what's inside:

• Print and Assembly instructions page (so you don't make the same mistakes I did!)
• 3 Pages of combined instruments (2 Piano bookmarks, 2 6-String Guitar bookmarks, 1 Ukulele bookmark).
• 3 Pages of Piano bookmarks
• 3 Pages of Ukulele bookmarks
• 3 Pages of 6-String Guitar bookmarks
• 3 Pages of 3-String Guitar bookmarks

This combined set is perfect for teachers or music school owners who teach multiple instruments and need to produce these bookmarks for such a variety of instrument students.

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! The set of bookmarks IS A reproducible resource, but you may not share this with colleagues or other teachers/schools. Please direct them here so they can buy their own set.

ZSMP Catalog: MTP-PGUC-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

For inquiries, please send us a message here on TeachShare, or e-mail: zsmusiceducation@gmail.com

Hey drum teachers, what happens when you tell your drum student to play a fill?

You might get cock-eyed looks of confusion, wondering what a fill is on the drums...

What are we filling?

How do we play a fill?

Who is Phil?

Then this resource is just for you! Introducing our sets of DRUM FILL FILLERS!

DRUM FILL FILLERS are 1-measure cards that have a wide variety of fills on them!

These cards are perfect for your students who need help with:

• Inspiration on what to play in a fill
• Learning where instruments live on the percussion staff
• SIGHTREADING! All percussionists could work on their sightreading!

Set 1 only uses the Tom Drums, aside from the crash and bass drum following the fill. In total, there are 24 examples across 12 pages.

The resource can be printed single-sided or double-sided and laminated for durability.

Please note that while this product is studio-licensed, you may not share it with other teachers and/or schools or studios. You are encouraged to share this link so they can purchase their own license.

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!

Catalogue: DMP-DFF1-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All rights reserved.

Raise your hand if you're a big fan of Pitched Percussion Instruments like I am?!

This resource is a COMPLETE SET of letters you can use in your classes and lessons along with the popular pitched percussion instruments such as musical tubes, xylophones, and desk bells!

What makes this a complete set? Well... included in this set are:

• A set of Small Letters in Color (8/page)
• Set of Medium Letters in Color (4/page)
• Set of Large Letters in Color (2/page)
• Set of Big Letters in Color (1/page)
• Set of Small Ink-Friendly Letters, Outlined (8/page)
• Set of Medium Ink-Friendly Letters, Outlined (4/page)
• Set of Large Ink-Friendly Letters, Outlined (2/page)
• Set of Big Ink-Friendly Letters, Outlined (1/page)

You can use this resource for:

• Teaching the Music Alphabet
• Composing songs on the spot
• Posters on the Wall
• Many Games and Activities
• and so much more!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! You can make as many copies of the pages as needed. Please note that this resource is only to be used by the original purchaser. Invite your colleagues to check out this resource and purchase their own license.

Catalog: MTP-PLCS-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Raise your hand if you're a big fan of Pitched Percussion Instruments like I am?!

This resource is a COMPLETE SET of letters you can use in your classes and lessons along with the popular pitched percussion instruments such as musical tubes, xylophones, and desk bells!

What makes this a complete set? Well... included in this set are:

• A set of Small Letters in Color (8/page)
• Set of Medium Letters in Color (4/page)
• Set of Large Letters in Color (2/page)
• Set of Big Letters in Color (1/page)

You can use this resource for:

• Teaching the Music Alphabet
• Composing songs on the spot
• Posters on the Wall
• Many Games and Activities
• and so much more!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! You can make as many copies of the pages as needed. Please note that this resource is only to be used by the original purchaser. Invite your colleagues to check out this resource and purchase their own license.

Catalog: MTP-PLCC-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 C, D, and E.

These cards are both in black and white, and color-coordinated with popular pitched percussion instruments. Red for C, Orange for D, and Yellow for E.

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-CBSM-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Hey drum teachers, what happens when you tell your drum student to play a fill?

You might get cock-eyed looks of confusion, wondering what a fill is on the drums...

What are we filling?

How do we play a fill?

Who is Phil?

Then this resource is just for you! Introducing our sets of DRUM FILL FILLERS!

DRUM FILL FILLERS are 1-measure cards that have a wide variety of fills on them!

These cards are perfect for your students who need help with:

• Inspiration on what to play in a fill
• Learning where instruments live on the percussion staff
• SIGHTREADING! All percussionists could work on their sightreading!

Set 2 only uses the Snare Drums, aside from the crash and bass drum following the fill. In total, there are 24 examples across 12 pages.

The resource can be printed single-sided or double-sided and laminated for durability.

Please note that while this product is studio-licensed, you may not share it with other teachers and/or schools or studios. You are encouraged to share this link so they can purchase their own license.

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!

Catalogue: DMP-DFF2-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 81 pages of cards that use the notes C, D, and E.

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-CBSB-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 81 pages of cards that use the notes C, D, and E.

These cards are color-coordinated with popular pitched percussion instruments. Red for C, Orange for D, and Yellow for E.

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-CBSC-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Hey drum teachers, what happens when you tell your drum student to play a fill?

You might get cock-eyed looks of confusion, wondering what a fill is on the drums...

What are we filling?

How do we play a fill?

Who is Phil?

Then this resource is just for you! Introducing our sets of DRUM FILL FILLERS!

DRUM FILL FILLERS are 1-measure cards that have a wide variety of fills on them!

These cards are perfect for your students who need help with:

• Inspiration on what to play in a fill
• Learning where instruments live on the percussion staff
• SIGHTREADING! All percussionists could work on their sightreading!

Set 4 uses the Snare Drum, Bass Drum, and Tom Drums, aside from the crash and bass drum following the fill. In total, there are 24 examples across 12 pages.

The resource can be printed single-sided or double-sided and laminated for durability.

Please note that while this product is studio-licensed, you may not share it with other teachers and/or schools or studios. You are encouraged to share this link so they can purchase their own license.

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!

Catalog: DPM-DFF4-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.

It's the most wonderful time of the year when you can pull out your winter-themed resources to use with your students!

This complete set of On-Staff Note Ornament Flashcards is a great way to get your students into the winter spirit by having them review the notes on the staff.

These cards feature notes from Low C on the Bass Clef up to High C on the Treble Clef. At the beginning of the set are four notes on a page grouped in 1-octave sets from Low C to Bass C, Bass C to Middle C, Middle C to Treble C, and Treble C to High C. There are also pages that have four cards of 1 note each so you can make multiple sets! Additionally, there is a set of cards that have the octave name AND there is a black/white set of ornaments that are ink friendly so you can either print on white or colored paper and save on ink! In total, there are 152 cards in the set all together!

One side of the card features a colored ornament with a note on the Bass Clef or Treble Clef Staff keyboard. The other side features the outline of the ornament and the name of the note.

(Note, this resource will be getting and expansion here soon, so if you purchase, we will update you when that expansion happens!)

Assembly is easy! You just need to print double-sided, cut and go! You are more than welcome to print in color, or black and white to save on ink.

This product is licensed for duplication, but you may not share the resource with other teachers. You can invite them here to download their own copy so they have their own!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Your feedback is always welcome on any of our products. Thank you!

Catalog: MTP-NSOC-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.

Hey drum teachers, what happens when you tell your drum student to play a fill?

You might get cock-eyed looks of confusion, wondering what a fill is on the drums...

What are we filling?

How do we play a fill?

Who is Phil?

Then this resource is just for you! Introducing our sets of DRUM FILL FILLERS!

DRUM FILL FILLERS are 1-measure cards that have a wide variety of fills on them!

These cards are perfect for your students who need help with:

• Inspiration on what to play in a fill
• Learning where instruments live on the percussion staff
• SIGHTREADING! All percussionists could work on their sightreading!

Set 3 only uses the Snare Drum and Tom Drums, aside from the crash and bass drum following the fill. In total, there are 24 examples across 12 pages.

The resource can be printed single-sided or double-sided and laminated for durability.

Please note that while this product is studio-licensed, you may not share it with other teachers and/or schools or studios. You are encouraged to share this link so they can purchase their own license.

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!

Catalog: DPM-DFF3-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.

Hey drum teachers, what happens when you tell your drum student to play a fill?

You might get cock-eyed looks of confusion, wondering what a fill is on the drums...

What are we filling?

How do we play a fill?

Who is Phil?

Then this resource is just for you! Introducing our sets of DRUM FILL FILLERS!

DRUM FILL FILLERS are 1-measure cards that have a wide variety of fills on them!

These cards are perfect for your students who need help with:

• Inspiration on what to play in a fill
• Learning where instruments live on the percussion staff
• SIGHTREADING! All percussionists could work on their sightreading!

Set 5 incorporates 16th notes, aside from the crash and bass drum following the fill. In total, there are 24 examples across 12 pages.

The resource can be printed single-sided or double-sided and laminated for durability.

Please note that while this product is studio-licensed, you may not share it with other teachers and/or schools or studios. You are encouraged to share this link so they can purchase their own license.

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!

Catalog: DPM-DFF5-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.

It's the most wonderful time of the year when we trim the trees and place ornaments all around its branches!

You can also spruce up your students' sightreading with this set of Ornament Sight-Reading Cards!

This set of 84 cards features the F-G-A letters in a set of four, placed on ornaments. 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!

Check out other Ornament and Christmas-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!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-OSR2-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

It's the most wonderful time of the year when you can pull out your winter-themed resources to use with your students!

In total, there are 52 cards in the complete set! The beginning of the document features 4 different keys per page with all 12 keys in both flat and sharp names. Also included are pages that have the same key so you can make sets in each color of ornament in the set! But that's not all...there is also a whole set that is ink friendly so you can print on either white cardstock or any color you'd like!

One side of the card features a colored ornament with a three or four-white key keyboard image. The other side features the outline of the ornament and the name of the key.

Assembly is easy! You just need to print double-sided, cut and go! You are more than welcome to print in color, or black and white to save on ink.

This product is licensed for duplication, but you may not share the resource with other teachers. You can invite them here to download their own copy so they have their own!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Your feedback is always welcome on any of our products. Thank you!

Catalog: MTP-KBOC-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.

It's the most wonderful time of the year when we trim the trees and place ornaments all around it's branches!

You can also spruce up your students' sightreading with this set of Ornament Sight-Reading Cards!

This set of 84 cards features the C-D-E letters in a set of four, placed on ornaments. 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!

Check out other Ornament and Christmas-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!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-OSR1-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

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 C-D-E 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-SSR1-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Give your students a love of learning rhythm with these new rhythmic composing sheets that are themed just for Valentine's day!

This worksheet packet allows your students to not only work on reading rhythms but to fill in the blanks to create their own.

On these pages, students fill in hearts to complete measures that are in a 4/4 time signature. Students can write a Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, two beamed 8th Notes, or Half Notes!

Pages feature 5 1-measure exercises with 1 blank heart in each measure. Each measure may contain Quarter Notes, Half Notes, Quarter Rests, and 2 beamed 8th Notes.

Please note, while this resource is reproducible, only the original purchaser can make copies of the resource. Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

Catalog: MTP-HRCS2-DHG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.