Other (Music) PowerPoint Presentations (by date, oldest first)

The NoteStackers line of products is EXPANDING! We're excited to introduce the Digital Presentation editions! These Digital Presentation versions allow for more interaction for students and classes both in-person and online!

NoteStackers Level 4 Presentation Edition uses Treble C up to High C. For this level, students are given a note in the middle and then write in that note name. From there, they can drag the notes in the upper corners to the staff, then name this note!

Wanna know the best part? You can use this with any age and level of students and classes, not just beginners!

Let's explain...

While the primer edition IS meant for beginners to test their note-reading ability and to see how the Music Alphabet moves, you can test older students and classes with things such as:

• Intervals:

  • "What's a Skip Above that note?"
  • "What's A Skip that note?"
  • "What's a 4th below, and a 4th above that note?"

• Chords:

  • "That note is the 3rd of the chord, give the root and 5th"

• Inversions:

  • "The note is the Root of the chord, give the 3rd above it, 5th below it, and name the inversion"

The versatility is priceless and the possibilities for this game are endless!

In total, there are 10 slides in this presentation:

• Title Slide
• Intro Slide and Instructions
• Treble C Slide
• Treble D Slide
• Treble E Slide
• Treble F Slide
• Treble G Slide
• Treble A Slide
• Treble B Slide
• High C Slide

Because this is a presentation software version, you can duplicate slides as needed to create a longer version of the game, and you can use a slide randomizing add-on to vary the letters as well.

The best part: you can use this with any presenter software you have!

Note, this product is only to be used by the original purchaser and may not be distributed to other teachers/schools. We appreciate getting referrals for our products!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Catalogue: MTP-NS4P-DG

The NoteStackers line of products is EXPANDING! We're excited to introduce the Digital Presentation editions! These Digital Presentation versions allow for more interaction for students and classes both in-person and online!

NoteStackers Level 2 Presentation Edition uses Middle C up to Treble C. For this level, students are given a note in the middle and then write in that note name. From there, they can drag the notes in the upper corners to the staff, then name this note!

Wanna know the best part? You can use this with any age and level of students and classes, not just beginners!

Let's explain...

While the primer edition IS meant for beginners to test their note-reading ability and to see how the Music Alphabet moves, you can test older students and classes with things such as:

• Intervals:

  • "What's a Skip Above that note?"
  • "What's A Skip that note?"
  • "What's a 4th below, and a 4th above that note?"

• Chords:

  • "That note is the 3rd of the chord, give the root and 5th"

• Inversions:

  • "The note is the Root of the chord, give the 3rd above it, 5th below it, and name the inversion"

The versatility is priceless and the possibilities for this game are endless!

In total, there are 10 slides in this presentation:

• Title Slide
• Intro Slide and Instructions
• Treble Clef Middle C Slide
• Middle D Slide
• Middle E Slide
• Middle F Slide
• Middle G Slide
• Middle A Slide
• Middle B Slide
• Treble C Slide

Because this is a presentation software version, you can duplicate slides as needed to create a longer version of the game, and you can use a slide randomizing add-on to vary the letters as well.

The best part: you can use this with any presenter software you have!

Note, this product is only to be used by the original purchaser and may not be distributed to other teachers/schools. We appreciate getting referrals for our products!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Catalogue: MTP-NS2P-DG

The NoteStackers line of products is EXPANDING! We're excited to introduce the Digital Presentation editions! These Digital Presentation versions allow for more interaction for students and classes both in-person and online!

NoteStackers Level 3 Presentation Edition uses Middle C down to Bass C. For this level, students are given a note in the middle and then write in that note name. From there, they can drag the notes in the upper corners to the staff, then name this note!

Wanna know the best part? You can use this with any age and level of students and classes, not just beginners!

Let's explain...

While the primer edition IS meant for beginners to test their note-reading ability and to see how the Music Alphabet moves, you can test older students and classes with things such as:

• Intervals:

  • "What's a Skip Above that note?"
  • "What's A Skip that note?"
  • "What's a 4th below, and a 4th above that note?"

• Chords:

  • "That note is the 3rd of the chord, give the root and 5th"

• Inversions:

  • "The note is the Root of the chord, give the 3rd above it, 5th below it, and name the inversion"

The versatility is priceless and the possibilities for this game are endless!

In total, there are 10 slides in this presentation:

• Title Slide
• Intro Slide and Instructions
• Bass Clef Middle C Slide
• Bass B Slide
• Bass A Slide
• Bass G Slide
• Bass F Slide
• Bass E Slide
• Bass D Slide
• Bass C Slide

Because this is a presentation software version, you can duplicate slides as needed to create a longer version of the game, and you can use a slide randomizing add-on to vary the letters as well.

The best part: you can use this with any presenter software you have!

Note, this product is only to be used by the original purchaser and may not be distributed to other teachers/schools. We appreciate getting referrals for our products!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Catalogue: MTP-NS3P-DG

The NoteStackers line of products is EXPANDING! We're excited to introduce the Digital Presentation editions! These Digital Presentation versions allow for more interaction for students and classes both in-person and online!

NoteStackers Primer Presentation Edition focuses solely on the Music Alphabet Letters. For this level, students are given a letter in the middle and then write in a letter that comes before and a letter that comes after the given letter.

Wanna know the best part? You can use this with any age and level of students and classes, not just beginners!

Let's explain...

While the primer edition IS meant for beginners to test their note-reading ability and to see how the Music Alphabet moves, you can test older students and classes with things such as:

• Intervals:

  • "What's a Skip Above A?"
  • "What's A Skip Below A?"
  • "What's a 4th below A, and a 4th above A?"

• Chords:

  • "A is the 3rd of the chord, give the root and 5th"

• Inversions:

  • "C is the Root of the chord, give the 3rd above it, 5th below it, and name the inversion"

The versatility is priceless and the possibilities for this game are endless!

In total, there are 9 slides in this presentation:

• Title Slide
• Intro Slide and Instructions
• "A" Slide
• "B" Slide
• "C" Slide
• "D" Slide
• "E" Slide
• "F" Slide
• "G" Slide

Because this is a presentation software version, you can duplicate slides as needed to create a longer version of the game, and you can use a slide randomizing add-on to vary the letters as well.

Since there are not moveable parts with this level of the game, the Primer Level can be used with any presentation software.

Note, this product is only to be used by the original purchaser and may not be distributed to other teachers/schools. We appreciate getting referrals for our products!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

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© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

The NoteStackers line of products is EXPANDING! We're excited to introduce the Digital Presentation editions! These Digital Presentation versions allow for more interaction for students and classes both in-person and online!

NoteStackers Level Presentation Edition uses Bass F up to Middle G. For this level, students are given a note in the middle and then write in that note name. From there, they can drag the notes in the upper corners to the staff, then name this note!

Wanna know the best part? You can use this with any age and level of students and classes, not just beginners!

Let's explain...

While the primer edition IS meant for beginners to test their note-reading ability and to see how the Music Alphabet moves, you can test older students and classes with things such as:

• Intervals:

  • "What's a Skip Above that note?"
  • "What's A Skip that note?"
  • "What's a 4th below, and a 4th above that note?"

• Chords:

  • "That note is the 3rd of the chord, give the root and 5th"

• Inversions:

  • "The note is the Root of the chord, give the 3rd above it, 5th below it, and name the inversion"

The versatility is priceless and the possibilities for this game are endless!

In total, there are 12 slides in this presentation:

• Title Slide
• Intro Slide and Instructions
• Bass F Slide
• Bass G Slide
• Bass A Slide
• Bass B Slide
• Bass Clef Middle C Slide
• Treble Clef Middle C Slide
• Middle D Slide
• Middle E Slide
• Middle F Slide
• Middle G Slide

Because this is a presentation software version, you can duplicate slides as needed to create a longer version of the game, and you can use a slide randomizing add-on to vary the letters as well.

The best part: you can use this with any presenter software you have!

Note, this product is only to be used by the original purchaser and may not be distributed to other teachers/schools. We appreciate getting referrals for our products!

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

Catalogue: MTP-NS1P-DG

This is a great resource to get your kids to work collaboratively as a team (or by themselves if you wish) to identify rhythms as they hear them!

In BlockChain Rhythm, students are given a set of 4 cubes with quarter notes, eighth note pairs, and quarter rests written on them (this is optional, but if you have these, it makes it a challenge for them if you have time to write them out!).

After hearing the rhythm example, they must "rubix cube style" arrange the rhythm that they heard in the right order that it is played. However, the first one to do it the fastest WINS!

Alternatively, you could play this by having the students write it down, have notation cards, or any other method you prescribe. Students can work together in teams of 1, 2, 4, or however may you wish.

To do it as a race: if you have a large and elongated classroom, try setting the blocks 10-15 feet away from the students. Students then have to run one by one and build each beat, go back and tag the next student, and build the second beat, and on and so forth until all four beats are completed.

There are 12 4-beat rhythm examples included in this. All you need to do is play the example and advance the powerpoint slide to show the correct answer!

Have a great time with this!

In "Hi-Fi", introduce your kids to some great music from indigenous instruments from Africa! Using your classroom Djembe or Tubanos, learn the music by rote by taking it one rehearsal section at a time (with rehearsal markings [A], [B], [C], and so forth). This is terrific practice with your older students who want to work on alternating hands, especially in the selected meter of 3/4

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?

• Have shakers play 16th notes all the way throughout or in specific sections
• Have half the class play 1st and 3rd measures, the other half play 2nd and 4th measures
• Do it in a round! :)

Use this in class, a concert, a parent showcase, admin, faculty and staff, whatever you wish!

Have a terrific time with this one :)

Wanna get these kids engaged and smiling ear to ear? Get a TRAP REMIX going full of trap music, backbeats, and trance themes with the theme from Minecraft for Bucket Drumming!

There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 2, 3 or 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and 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)

The mp3 track is included in this resource so you can play right along!

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

Terms of Use:

All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.

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RHYTHM BASKETBALL is in with STAR WARS and it's sure to get your kids singing and bouncing right along -- it's "Duel of the Fates" Trap Remix!

There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 4 times).

• For this, 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 Death Star icon. Each Death Star is denoted as a quarter note. The rests are in between each ball for the students to hold the ball.

• There's also a "pat" icon with a hand below the Death Star icon itself, so you will have the student hold the basketball in one hand and pat the ball on the beat

• Death Star icons that are in pairs are played as paired eighth notes

The track can be found here to play right along:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDlr566eYcg

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

The follow-up to "Rhythm Wind Up and PITCH! and MELODY Wind Up and PITCH!"
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This one will get the kids on their edge of their seats!

You will need 1 thing for this particular game:

• A sticky suction cup ball (or maybe a soft squishy ball)

The students will see an instrument at the bottom of their screen and memorize the timbre of the instrument (should know beforehand what it is and how it sounds!) They will then hear a musical example of an endless loop of orchestral and band instruments playing in all different ranges from low to high (Teacher will click the speaker icon to play)

Take a listen...

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....

One of the instruments will be the instrument that is on the screen. AS SOON AS THEY HEAR THAT INSTRUMENT, they throw their suction cup ball at the target. The first kid who gets it correct is the winner (and make sure you advance the slide to make the target turn green) :)

Obviously, we cannot play this as a class because of

1. The amount of suction cup balls tossed at the screen would be insane

2. Team A v Team B would be a bit more competitive and only two balls would be launched at once

If you don't have a whiteboard/projection screen, you can alternatively have the students raise their hand when they hear it and choose the kid who has their hand up the fastest.

Have a great time with this fast paced game!

In "KING CAT", introduce your kids to some great music from indigenous instruments from Africa! Using your classroom Djembe or Tubanos, learn the music by rote by taking it one rehearsal section at a time (with rehearsal markings [A], [B], [C], and so forth). This is terrific practice with your older students who want to work on alternating hands, especially with trickier syncopations and advanced rhythms such as sequential triplets and sixteenth notes!

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?

• Have tambourines or shakers play on specified beats (try 2 and 4)
• Have shakers play 16th notes all the way throughout or in specific sections
• Have half the class play 1st and 3rd measures, the other half play 2nd and 4th measures
• Do it in a round! :)

Use this in class, a concert, a parent showcase, admin, faculty and staff, whatever you wish!

Have a terrific time with this one :)

Wanna get these kids super engaged and smiling ear to ear? Get a TRAP REMIX going full of trap music, backbeats, and trance themes with the the famous theme from Star Wars Episode I, "Duel of the Fates"

There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats. Then, apply it to drums!

Note: This arrangement is written in HALF time (don't do it at MM=160, or else you'd end up finishing it way sooner than it needs to be lol)

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and 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)

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDlr566eYcg

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

Terms of Use:

All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.

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If you're in the winter of 2024, chances are your older kids have come in with their Stanley tumbler, and what a way to connect!

This resource Tumbler Rhythms is terrific for your kids as an introduction to quarter notes+rests, eighth notes+rests, and sixteenth note patterns

40 rhythms with 4 different levels

1. Quarter Notes + Quarter Rests with Eighth Notes (4 beat patterns)

2. Quarter Notes + Quarter Rests with Eighth Notes**(6 beat patterns)**

3. Quarters, Eighths, with Eighth rests (4 beat patterns)

4. Adding all of the above with sixteenth notes

This colorful resource can be used with instruments (such as rhythm sticks, Orff, etc), and can be put to background music (at any tempo you desire) or even be played by itself. Or you can use it as a sightreading exercise, counting which whatever system you prefer.

Have a great time with this and have your kids light up when they see their favorite color! :D

A fall classic just in time for the spooky bucket drums to come out is the smash introductory song from Disney's hit movie of the same name, we present to you the theme from "Hocus Pocus"!

There are three all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and 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)

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://youtu.be/tgagV6SqeR4

This is a terrific fortifier for triplets -- Keep it steady and keep it spooky!

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

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In a fast-paced game geared up to get your upper level elementary school students excited, we present to you "Write the Room - EMOJI Edition!"

The game is simple as ever. Scattered around your music room are 12 rhythms (which you can cut out and affix anywhere you'd like) with a corresponding emoji attached to the rhythm.

You will make teams (or play individually!) and a pair of students from each team.

You will then play a sound clip for all of the students to hear. Their job is to listen to the clip, think of the rhythm in their head, and race around the room to find the emoji with the rhythm that they just heard!

The students race back to the board and presses on the emoji they think they heard (there will be a multiple choice of three rhythms, which one of them is the correct on). You will advance the slide and the correct emoji rhythm will turn green.

Play this through 12 rounds and keep score of which team wins or you can do it as an individual assessment. The kids LOVE this as they are assessing themselves by listening to the rhythm, remembering it, and identifying it somewhere in the room.

Have a great time with this one!

Looking for a great beginning of the year activity that'll get some of your older kids involved?

In "Rhythm Star", students will see eight boxes stacked vertically. The box on the left is for their left hand, the box on the right is for their right hand. In each box will be a series of dots, either filled in, or blank.

A dot that is filled in will be one sound to the beat, a dot that is left blank will be no sound (read as a rest).

Students will read the rhythm from the top to bottom (vertically) with assigned instruments on their left hand and right hand. For this activity, Artie's stickstations come in handy, so have the students use a pad as their left implement and a tambourine as their right.

Read down the rhythms from top to bottom, and advance the slides once the class masters the rhythms with their left and right hand simultaneously! As the students progress through the game, there are 5 levels of difficulty

1. Quarter notes

2. Eighth notes

3. Quarter rests

4. Poly-rhythms (this one is FUN!)

5. Triplets

Play this with some music in the background, either an instrumental track 100-120bpm or some of their favorite pop music as they play along and master the rhythms only to continue to advance in the level.

The class is awarded 50 points each time an example is playing correctly in unison. A fun and competitive way for your younger kids to practice sight reading rhythms!

In "Zimbab all the Wae", introduce your kids to some great music from indigenous instruments from Africa! Using your classroom Djembe or Tubanos (along with tambourines), learn the music by rote by taking it one rehearsal section at a time (with rehearsal markings [A], [B], [C], and so forth). This is terrific practice with your older students who want to work on alternating hands and adding different timbres in with the tambourine

Included is the key for tubano and tambourine notation

At the end, wrap it up and put on a show! Want to layer it?

• Have shakers play 16th notes all the way throughout or in specific sections
• Have half the class play 1st and 3rd measures, the other half play 2nd and 4th measures
• Do it in a round! :)

Use this in class, a concert, a parent showcase, admin, faculty and staff, whatever you wish!

Have a terrific time with this one :)

RHYTHM BASKETBALL is in with the popular theme from the "Keepy Uppy" episode of Bluey, a fan favorite amongst elementary schoolers from K-5!

There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 2 or 4 times).

• For this, 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.

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://youtu.be/b6eTYdSB1LE

Looking for a great anytime of the year activity to get your upper grade level kids engaged? In Rhythm Star, students will see eight boxes stacked vertically. The box on the left is for their left hand, the box on the right is for their right hand. In each box will be a series of dots, either filled in, or blank (counted as a rest).

Each box represents one beat and each dot represents one sound.

Students will read the rhythm from the top to bottom (vertically) with both hands simultaneously performing the rhythms.

For this activity, Artie's stickstations come in handy, so have the students use a pad as their left hand percussion instrument and a tambourine as their right hand percussion instrument. You can situate these on the floor, table, or desk (completely adaptable!)

Read down the rhythms from top to bottom, and advance the slides once the class masters the rhythms with their left and right hand simultaneously! As the students progress through the game, there are 5 levels of difficulty:

Level 1: Quarter Notes

Level 2: Eighth Notes
Level 3: Quarter rests
Level 4: Poly-rhythms (this one is FUN!)
Level 5: Triplets

Play this with some music in the background, either an instrumental track 100-120bpm or some of their favorite pop music as they play along and master the rhythms only to continue to advance in the level.

The class is awarded 50 points each time an example is played correctly in unison. A fun and competitive way for younger kids to practice sight reading rhythms and gain independence in both hands!

Need to connect with your kids with their pop music through general music? Involve them in bucket drumming with Billy Joel's hit from 1983, everyone's favorite Uptown Girl!

There are five all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 4, 6, or 8 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and 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)

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-0Oect0nVQ

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

Terms of Use:

All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.

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