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Keeping Score for Classical Music

May 9th, 2020

 

It’s Saturday, May 9, 2020, and time for Music at ClickSchooling!

 

Recommended Website:

Keeping Score

(www.keepingscore.org/)

Age Range: 5-18 (Grades K-12, with parental supervision)

 

Created by Michael Tilson Thomas with the San Francisco Symphony and based on the PBS television series, this website provides visitors the opportunity to learn more about the life and music of the composers featured in the series.

Through the use of audio, video, interactive materials as well as downloadable lesson plans specially created by teachers who have experienced the Keeping Score Education program, students take an in-depth look into the composers’ political, social, and cultural backgrounds.

When arriving at the website, in the “Explore The Music” box, choose one of the following tabs to see what lessons are available: 

  • Composers
  • Musical Technique
  • History
  • Musical Scores
  • Staff Picks

The composers covered are: 

  • Gustav Mahler
  • Hector Berlioz
  • Charles Ives
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Igor Stravinsky
  • Aaron Copland
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Using the upper navigation bar, select “Education” to find more resources and lessons plans created by teachers in California, Arizona, and Oklahoma. 


Select “Interactive” to dig even deeper through images, videos, and text. Follow along with musical scores, experiment with various musical techniques, try your hand at conducting a symphony, discover the instruments and musicians of an orchestra, and much more.

Not only does the website provide a wonderful educational resource in the study of symphonic music, but it is a feast of sight and sound sure to encourage your student’s interest.

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My Dog Addition – And More!

May 4th, 2020

 

It’s Monday, May 4, 2020, and time for Math at ClickSchooling!

 

Recommended Website:

My Dog Addition

(mathstory.com/my-dog-addition/)

Age Range: 5-10 (Grades K-5, with parental supervision)

 

It’s National Pet Week! Here is a math website with poems and music videos to teach math. Have a dog-gone good time!

Mr. R’s World of Math brings you poems and songs about math. When you are done with the addition poem, move on to:

And here are links to some math videos with songs:

Check out the rest of Mr. R’s website where you can find more math poems, music videos, activities, and more!

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Play Virtual Gametone Instruments

April 18th, 2020

 

It’s Saturday, April 18, 2020, and time for Music at ClickSchooling!

 

Recommended Website:

Virtual Gametone Instruments

(wrybread.com/gametone/instruments/virtual-gametone/index.shtml)

Age Range: All (All grades; children with parental supervision)

 

This website provides the opportunity to play virtual Gamelan-influenced instruments online for free! What is “Gamelan”? It’s a musical genre that originated in Indonesia featuring gong-like drums, chimes, xylophones, plucked string instruments, and more.

This site is sponsored by a group of musicians called the Gametones who improvise music on homemade Gamelan-type instruments. They offer visitors the opportunity to play virtual versions of their instruments.

When you get to the site you’ll see three main options that include: 

  • Play the GameGongs – Use your mouse of keyboard as a virtual mallet to play the gongs made out of old paint can lids and hubcaps. You can also play loops of recorded songs and improvise as you play along.
  • Play the Drone Gambira – Use your mouse to click on tongs and create your own musical composition. This also offers loops of recorded music that you can use to play along.
  • Play the Game Chimes – Click on pictures of metal tubes to create short bursts or sustained tones. Play the pre-recorded loops as you experiment with the various sounds and tones.

Note: It may take a few minutes for all of the sounds to completely load. Be patient, turn on your speakers, and then use your mouse to create your own musical “click compositions” with the Gametone instruments.

Please note that there are other links on this site but they led to error messages when we tried them. Parents, as always, should preview and supervise exploration of this website.

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Free Online Guitar Lessons

March 28th, 2020

 

It’s Saturday, March 28, 2020, and time for Music at ClickSchooling!

 

Recommended Website:

justinguitar.com

(www.justinguitar.com/)

Age Range: 10 and up (Grades 5 and up; children with parental supervision)

 

Whether you are just beginning to play guitar or have years of experience, this website provides hundreds of leveled lessons for learning to play the guitar.

Created and hosted by London based guitarist, songwriter, performer, producer, and educator, Justin Sandercoe, lessons are presented through the use of on-site embedded YouTube videos, texts, and images. When you get to the site, watch the one-minute introduction then click on “Beginners Start Here” or go to the top menu bar for: 

  • Lessons
  • Songs
  • Knowledge
  • Musicianship
  • Tools
  • And more

There are loads of extras on this website which also include ukulele lessons! 

While this site is free to use, there are various advertisements throughout where you may purchase justinguitar.com materials or make a donation to the site. Please note that these solicitations are not intrusive to the use of the website nor do they interfere with the value of the site.

If you have ever thought about learning to play the guitar, this website is a wonderful resource that you will find yourself coming back to time after time.

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Online Games to Explore the Arts

March 14th, 2020

 

It’s Saturday, March 14, 2020, and time for Art at ClickSchooling!

 

Recommended Website:

Artsology

(www.artsology.com/)

Age Range: 5-18 (Grades K-12, with parental supervision)

 

Artsology was created by a musician to expose kids to a variety of art, music and culture in order to open their minds to different thoughts and ideas. The website offers free online games about the arts, along with investigations into visual arts and music.

When you get to the website you’ll see some featured games, investigations, and printables. Use the menu at the top of the screen to explore the site that includes: 

  • Art Games: Play online games and learn about major figures in art.
  • ArtsEd Resources: Art Investigations and more – Enjoy simple yet informative activities that will expand your knowledge of the arts.
  • Art Videos – Watch Pablo Picasso draw and an introduction to snow globe art.
  • And more!

Artsology is a fantastic resource for fun learning about the arts for people of all ages! We were only able to review some of the games and activities on the site, so parents, as always, should preview and supervise use of the website.

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Free Music Theory Workbooks

March 7th, 2020

It’s Saturday, March 7, 2020, and time for Music at ClickSchooling!

 

Recommended Website:

G Major Music Theory

(www.gmajormusictheory.org/index.html)

Age Range: 14-18 (Grades 8-12, with parental supervision)

 

Created by Gilbert DeBernedetti, a music theory teacher at the University of Pittsburgh, this website provides visitors free downloadable music fundamentals workbooks, harmonic dictation study materials, piano and guitar sheet music and more.

(*Please note: Although some answer keys, test templates, and flash demos for the Fundamentals workbooks are free, most, as well as many of the Contextual Listening pieces, are only available with a paid membership.)

When arriving at this site, select from the following:

  • Sheet Music
    • Free Piano Music for various skill levels arranged by Mr. DeBernedetti
    • Free Guitar Music for five levels of experience
  • Music Theory
    • Fundamentals – Provides 19 always free downloadable workbooks, 9 supplemental Circles of 5ths, and 31 sets of flash cards using the online Quizlet app that help teach music fundamentals. (*see note above)
    • Contextual Listening – Encourages the student to develop skills in identifying musical elements and provides lesson plans for the teacher (*see note above)
    • Harmonic Dictation – Allows students to discover how well they can identify soprano and bass notes as well as Roman and Arabic numerals.
  • Music Humor – Provides fun visual puns for your music student to solve.

If you are planning to add Music Theory to your school days, this website will be a harmonious addition to your repertoire.

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