Use video and music to discover the ancient Middle Eastern stringed instrument, the oud.
Discuss the history of the instrument and compare different styles of playing. Learn to identify
and repeat the different rhythms.

In this lesson, students learn to use different types of pies to recognize and notate rhythms in standard notation. Students participate in rhythm dictation trough use of popsicle sticks to illustrate rhythms clapped. Further, students will use standard notation to notate simple melodic patterns that have been performed for melodic dictation.

Simple yet adaptable activity to teach or review rhyhtm patterns in a clock format. Use the provided rhythms or create your own; this can also be turned into a composition activity.

Students will gain an understanding of a musical round by participating in a follow-the-leader activity using body percussion. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #2 and #3 of the National Standards for Music: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music: and Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

This activity requires students to select the rhythm they hear.  Each rhythm is 1 measure and there are 10 questions with audio.  This resource is a Google Form.  It is designed as a mini activity to be used within a larger lesson plan.  It can also be used in a virtual/distance learning situation.

This resource consists of 8 rhythmic patterns which can be used as mini activities within your lessons.  There are a total of eight rhythmic patterns for you to use as you see fit. This resource can be used in face to face or virtual/distance learning situation.

Explanation of whole, half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes and how the durations are "halved" each time. Great mathematical reasoning explained using the flags on the eighth and sixteenth notes. Includes visuals.

Students need knowledge and understanding of whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes in order to correctly solve the mathematical word problems.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the musical form canon. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #1 of the National Standards for Music: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music; and Standard #6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.

Students will learn and drill basic rhythmic values including the whole note, half note, and quarter note. Rest values could be substituted for rhythmic values. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #5 of the National Standards for Music: Reading and notating music.

This is Tempo gives students the skills and knowledge to listen to music in a new way. With their new special vocabulary to define the speed of music they can actually analyze and create using their new skills.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of simple rhythms by reading and performing rhythms to win squares in this musical twist on the classic "Tic-Tac-Toe" game. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #5 of the National Standards for Music: Reading and notating music.

Students understand the relationships between whole, halves, and quarters, and internalize and the relationships between the parts through interaction with musical notation and rhythm. Additionally, students will apply abstract thinking skills to process, read and create musical notations and compositions using their knowledge of fractions.

Students will review the life of Beethoven leading to a discussion about Beethoven"™s Moonlight Sonata. Students will learn to waltz and will practice skip-counting by 3"™s to Moonlight Sonata.

Students will be introduced to the three pieces of Aboriginal music from the Northern Territoy of Australia. They will perform rhythms with body percussion and on rhythm instruments. They will listen for particular melodic patterns and show them through drawing as well as singing on neutral syllables. They will act out the story of the song.