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Online Supplemental Music Resources

Online Resources For Optional At-Home Learning

Hi Lakeridge families! This webpage can be a resource for you and your child to engage in optional supplemental music activities at home.  

PRIMARY  (K-2nd) MUSIC EDUCATION LINKS

  •  Chrome Music Lab: this has a WIDE array of resources. The Song Maker and Kandinsky programs are especially interesting (you compose melodies based on how you draw lines, it's really cool!). 
  • 100 Musical Instruments - click on any of the 100 instruments from around the world to hear what they sound like

Comparing Melodies Game – a great game for primary students to recognize same or different melodies (K-2)

Creating Melodies Game – another fun, educational game from "Creating Music" to explore creating melodies (K-2)

  • PBS Music Games - eleven different music games... have fun! (K-2)
     
  • DSO Kids – this Dallas Symphony site highlights composers, games, listening samples and more in a kid friendly format. (K-5)
     
  • The New York Philharmonic Kidzone – Play Mozart's Minuet Game, create your own instruments, try the Music Match, watch interviews with musicians, and follow the orchestra around the world! This site is full of fun activities!
     
  • Carnegie Hall Listening Adventures – learn about music in fun, interactive exploration with Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", Dvorak's "New World Symphony #9" and others! (K-5)
     
  • Tone Matrix – Light up squares by clicking on them to put together a soothing tone matrix! Push the space bar to clear all. Fun! (K-5)

 SECONDARY (3rd-5th) MUSIC EDUCATION LINKS.

  • Chrome Music Lab: this has a WIDE array of resources. The Song Maker and Kandinsky programs are especially interesting (you compose melodies based on how you draw lines, it's really cool!)
  • 100 Musical Instruments - click on any of the 100 instruments from around the world to hear what they sound like!
  • Groove Pizza: a rhythm-based composition program that also reinforces shapes, and basic patterns (this is a good intro video to watch if you want to know how to use the website). This is a free site and requires no registration.

  • Drumbit: similar to groovepizza, but is more like a legitimate drum machine. Lots of details and possibilities to create your own beats using electronic instruments. 

  • FLAT: an online composition program. It's free but you need to register an account. It's fairly easy to use, and you can explore writing real music.
  • Music Theory: These are theory exercises that can be customized to fit your desired challenge level. You can explore staff recognition, keyboard recognition, ear training, and more.
  • Little Kids Rock - Jam Zone: for anyone that wants to learn popular music on ukulele, guitar, piano, or drums. Easy tabs and rhythms to strum/drum with (look for the songs labeled "Beginner"). You can also download song lyrics and sing along with "jam tracks" if you'd rather just sing!

    Some details on this site:

    - The "Learn a Song" has a bunch of tabs for learning specific songs on instruments, as well as lyrics.

    - Go to the "Practice" tab and click "Jam Along" for backtracks of specific songs.

    - At the bottom of all the pages, there are icons for each instrument. Click on an instrument and it will have a bunch of resources for that specific instrument. For example, for clicking on "ukulele" will send you to a page with ukulele tabs for songs as well as cool instructional videos. The instructional videos are probably the best part! There are even icons for vocals and songwriting that feature instructional videos for singing and songwriting, including Hip-Hop styles!

  • Virtual Pianothis is simply a digital piano. Nothing too fancy, but if your student has no other instrument at home you can use this! The middle C on the piano is actually the letter "t" on your keyboard, and then you play the keys on either side in order to play the keys nearby (i.e. the letter "y" is the D next to middle Con the keyboard, and the letter "u" is the E closest to middle C on the keyboard)
  • Guess the Instrument – identify the instruments you hear! (from www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/(2-5)
     
  • Music Theory Flashcards – online music flashcards that help review note names, piano keys, key signatures, intervals and more! Easily check your answer by rolling your mouse pointer over the flashcard (3-5)
     
  • MusicTheory.net - 39 music lessons ranging from introducing the staff, rhythm and meter, to scales and intervals (3-5)
     
  • Piano on the Net – a classy and in depth web site that takes you step by step through piano lessons. Good for the beginner as well as advanced student. It contain a gift store.  (3-5)
     
  • Classical Net – find information about classical music history, composers, musical forms and definitions. (3-5)
     
  • DSO Kids – this Dallas Symphony site highlights composers, games, listening samples and more in a kid friendly format. (K-5)
     
  • Science of Music – a fun website sponsored by the National Science Foundation (3-5)
     
  • Carnegie Hall Listening Adventures – learn about music in fun, interactive exploration with Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", Dvorak's "New World Symphony #9" and others!   (K-5)
     
  • Instrument Battleship – play battleship and answer multiple choice questions about instruments!  (2-5)
     
  • Jeopardy Music Review – Play by yourself or against a friend to review music elements, notation, instruments, & more (1-5)
     
  • Rags to Riches – “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” with questions limited to the orchestral instruments (1-5)
     
  • Tone Matrix – Light up squares by clicking on them to put together a soothing tone matrix! Push the space bar to clear all. Fun! (K-5)
     
  • Incredibox – Interactive Flash website to create acappella music with an animated group of beatbox singers! (2-5)