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Rhythm Reading 101 (* Distance Learning Approved! *)
By Jason Litt
This is the MECCA of all Rhythm Flash Cards for your singers, instrumentalists, and approachable rhythms for all grades!
In Rhythm Reading 101, there are 100 slides of an assortment rhythmic patterns for all of your music students arranged by levels of difficulty, Round 1 to Round 10.
You can assign these as:
*Flash Cards for individuals
*Flash Cards for groups
*Instrumentalists to play (Orff, Recorder, Bucket Drumming, classroom instruments, etc)
*Vocalists
*Beginning band students
*and more!
These slides may be printed out and given to students, shown up on the whiteboard, or assigned to students digitally through distance learning. The 10 rounds included are
Round 1:
Ten separate 4 beat quarter and eighth note patterns
Round 2:
Ten separate 4 beat quarter, eighth note, and quarter rest patterns
Round 3:
Ten separate 4 beat quarter, eighth note, and eighth rest patterns
Round 4:
Ten separate 4 beat quarter, eighth note, quarter rest and eighth rest patterns
Round 5:
Ten separate 8 beat quarter, eighth note, and quarter rest patterns
Round 6:
Ten separate 8 beat quarter, eighth note, and eight rest patterns
Round 7:
Ten separate 8 beat quarter, eighth note, quarter rest, and eighth rest patterns
Round 8:
Ten separate 4 beat quarter, eighth note, eighth-two-sixteenth patterns
Round 9:
Ten separate 4 beat quarter, eighth note, two-sixteenth-eighth, quarter rest patterns
Round 10:
Ten separate 4 beat quarter, eighth note, eighth-two-sixteenth, two-sixteenth-eighth, quarter rest, and eighth rest patterns
WHEW!
Have a great time!
Banana Bread - A Late Beginner Piano Solo
By ZS Music Publishing
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:
There are two versions of the song you can use with students:
I hope you and your students have fun playing the song!
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Catalog: PM-BBLB-DG
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Letters for Pitched Percussion Instruments - COMPLETE SET
By ZS Music Publishing
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:
You can use this resource for:
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.
Yummy Cheesy Pizza - A Late Beginner Piano Solo
By ZS Music Publishing
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:
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!
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-YCPS-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights
Hot Dog - A Beginner Piano Solo
By ZS Music Publishing
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:
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-HDBP-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights
Popsi-Chords: 105 No-Prep Chord Spelling and I.D. Worksheets
By ZS Music Publishing
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:
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
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Sunny Rhythms Worksheets: in 4/4 Time Signature - 78 Pages
By ZS Music Publishing
Brighten up your students rhythm composing with these rhythmic composing sheets that are filled with sunshine!
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 sunss 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 1-4 blank sunss 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-SRCS2-DHG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Love the Rhythms Worksheets: in 4/4 Time Signature - 78 Pages
By ZS Music Publishing
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.
My Little Goldfish - A Late Beginner Piano Solo
By ZS Music Publishing
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:
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-GFLB-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights
Sunny Rhythms Worksheets: 140 Worksheets in 3 different Time Signatures
By ZS Music Publishing
Brighten up your students rhythm composing with these rhythmic composing sheets that are filled with sunshine!
This worksheet packet of 140 pages 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 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4 time signatures! Students can write a Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, two beamed 8th Notes, or Half Notes!
Pages feature 5 1-measure exercises with 1-4 blank suns in each measure. Each measure may contain Quarter Notes, Half Notes, Quarter Rests, and 2 beamed 8th Notes.
Please note, that 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-SRCS1-DHG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Notes on the Staff Ornament Flashcards - Complete set of 152 Cards
By ZS Music Publishing
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.
School Supply Word Rhythm Pack
By ZS Music Publishing
What better way to get your student's rhythm-reading and composing underway than using the words of supplies they have right on their desk!
This School Supply Word Rhythm packet gives you the needed tools to work on reading rhythms, composing rhythmic patterns, and assessing student learning!
Note values included in this packet are:
What's included in the packet? This has:
Please note, while this resource is reproducible, only the original purchaser may reproduce the resource as needed and may not share it with colleagues. You can direct colleagues here to purchase a copy of their own.
Click here to look at the freebie version of this packet!
Your support of a small, local business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: MTP-SSWR-DG
© 2023. ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
By ZS Music Publishing
When the weather gets colder and you need a hot drink to warm you up, you can use this as an opportunity to practice rhythms with your students using Tea, Coffee, Hot Cocoa, and Apple Cider!
This Hot Drinks Word Rhythm packet gives you the needed tools to work on reading rhythms, composing rhythmic patterns, and assessing student learning!
Note values included in this packet are:
What's included in the packet? This has:
Please note, while this resource is reproducible, only the original purchaser may reproduce the resource as needed and may not share it with colleagues. You can direct colleagues here to purchase a copy of their own.
Your support of a small, local business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: MTP-HDWR-DG
© 2023. ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Spooky Season Word Rhythm Pack
By ZS Music Publishing
It's the most Spook-tacular time of year! Time to get dressed up, trick or treat and have some sweets! Your students will enjoy reviewing and reading rhythms using spooky words such as Bat, Potion, Skeleton, and Jack-O-Lantern!
This Spooky Season Word Rhythm packet gives you the needed tools to work on reading rhythms, composing rhythmic patterns, and assessing student learning!
Note values included in this packet are:
What's included in the packet? This has:
Please note, while this resource is reproducible, only the original purchaser may reproduce the resource as needed and may not share it with colleagues. You can direct colleagues here to purchase a copy of their own.
Your support of a small, local business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: MTP-SZWR-DG
© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Letters for Pitched Percussion Instruments - COMPLETE SET IN COLOR
By ZS Music Publishing
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:
You can use this resource for:
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.
Keyboard Hearts Flashcards - Complete set of 104 Cards!
By ZS Music Publishing
I bet your students LOVE to learn about the piano keyboard, and LOVE it when we can make the keyboard fun!
This set of Keyboard Heart Flashcards is a great way to get your students into the winter spirit by having them review the keys on their keyboard.
In total, there are 52 pages 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 multiple sets of the flashcards. 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 red heart with a three or four-white key keyboard image. The other side features the outline of the heart 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-KBHC-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.
Pepperoni Pizza Party - A Late Beginner Piano Solo
By ZS Music Publishing
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:
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!
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-PPPS-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights
Love the Rhythms Worksheets: 140 Worksheets in 3 different Time Signatures
By ZS Music Publishing
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 of 140 pages 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 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4 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-HRCS1-DHG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Leaves Are Falling - A Late Beginner Piano Solo
By ZS Music Publishing
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:
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!
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-LAFS-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights
Keyboard Suns Flashcards - Complete set of 104 Cards!
By ZS Music Publishing
Brighten up your students' learning of the keyboard with our Keyboard Sun flash card set!
This set of Keyboard Sun Flashcards is a great way to get your students into the winter spirit by having them review the keys on their keyboard.
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 multiple sets of the flashcards. 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 yellow sun with a three or four-white key keyboard image. The other side features the outline of the sun 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-KBHC-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.