Ultimate Sub`s Guide

Ultimate Substitute Teacher’s Music Resource Guide
Contents
Activities for K–2
Teacher Level*
Page Number
Music Assessment Worksheet ............................................................2-3 ....................................................... 2
Understanding Loud and Soft ............................................................1-3 ....................................................... 4
Learn to Listen .......................................................................................1-3 ....................................................... 6
The Name Game ....................................................................................1-3 ....................................................... 7
Feel the Beat ...........................................................................................1-3 ....................................................... 8
Put on Your Listening Ears ..................................................................1-3 ....................................................... 9
The Same or Different? .........................................................................1-3 .....................................................10
Count and Clap......................................................................................1-3 ..................................................... 11
Activities for K–4
Create Your Own Music ......................................................................1-3 .....................................................12
Meet the Classical Composers ...........................................................1-3 .....................................................14
Follow the Conductor...........................................................................1-3 .....................................................16
Activities for Grade 3–4
Songs with Sounds ................................................................................1-3 ..................................................... 17
Music Assessment Worksheet ............................................................2-3 .....................................................18
Match the Instruments ........................................................................1-3 .....................................................20
Reviewing Note Values ........................................................................2-3 .....................................................22
Let’s Rest Awhile ...................................................................................2-3 .....................................................24
Note Speller ............................................................................................2-3 .....................................................26
Musical Crossword Puzzle ..................................................................1-3 .....................................................28
Activities for Grades 3–6
Sing with Do, Re, Mi.............................................................................2-3 .....................................................30
Arranging Simple Songs.......................................................................2-3 .....................................................32
Name That Tune and Other Fun Games ..........................................1-3 .....................................................34
Musical Memory Add-a-Note ............................................................2-3 ..................................................... 37
Music in Images and Words................................................................1-3 .....................................................38
Identify the Instruments ......................................................................1-3 .....................................................39
Musical Symbol Search ........................................................................2-3 .....................................................42
The Alphabet Game ..............................................................................1-3 .....................................................44
Composer Gallery .................................................................................1-3 .....................................................46
Pass the Rhythm ....................................................................................1-3 .....................................................48
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Activities for Grades 5–6
Teacher Level*
Page Number
Musical Story Time ...............................................................................1-3 .....................................................49
Music Assessment Worksheet ............................................................2-3 .....................................................50
Who’s Who in Classical Music?..........................................................1-3 .....................................................52
Draw with Musical Symbols ...............................................................2-3 .....................................................54
Musical Definitions ...............................................................................2-3 .....................................................56
Mystery Composers ..............................................................................1-3 .....................................................58
Instrument Name Game ......................................................................1-3 .....................................................60
Rhythm Shuffle ......................................................................................2-3 .....................................................62
Creative Composing .............................................................................2-3 .....................................................64
Notespeller .............................................................................................2-3 .....................................................66
Musical Styles Scramble ......................................................................1-3 .....................................................68
Once Upon a Musical Story ................................................................2-3 .....................................................70
Musical Crossword Puzzle ..................................................................1-3 .....................................................72
Word Symphony ....................................................................................1-3 .....................................................74
Exploring the Orchestra ......................................................................2-3 ..................................................... 75
Appendix
Composers in Music History ..........................................................................................................................78
Glossary of Musical Terms ..............................................................................................................................80
Piano Fingering Chart ......................................................................................................................................83
Parts of the Guitar.............................................................................................................................................84
Guitar Chord Chart ..........................................................................................................................................85
Recorder Fingering Chart ................................................................................................................................86
Music Staff Paper .............................................................................................................................................. 87
*Teacher Level
Level 1—No music knowledge or background
Level 2—Some music knowledge (played an instrument or sang in the choir at some time)
Level 3—Well-rounded music knowledge (music degree)
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Music Assessment Worksheet
Teacher Page
Grades 3–4
This worksheet is a useful tool to determine what your new class knows, and perhaps more
importantly, what they don’t know. If you will be teaching your class for several days, start by using
this information sheet to choose which activity you might want to focus on first. Be sure to let the
students know this is not a test—you are just gathering information to plan your lessons for the
coming days.
STUDENT WORKSHEET:
1. Match the picture of the instrument with its name:
Guitar
Piano
Violin
Flute
2. Name the lines or spaces marked on the staff below:
� � � � � � �
A
F
D
G
C
B
3. Match the musical symbol with its name:
Quarter Rest
Half Note
Whole Note
Quarter Note
�
Œ
�
�
4. What is the value of each note below?
�
Half Note =
2 beats
____
Whole Note =
4 beats
____
�
Quarter Note =
1 beat
____
�
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Trumpet
Music Assessment Worksheet
1. Match the picture of the instrument with its name:
Guitar
Piano
Violin
Flute
2. Name the lines or spaces marked on the staff below:
� � � � � � �
––– ––– ––– ––– ––– –––
3. Match the musical symbol with its name:
Quarter Rest
Half Note
Whole Note
Quarter Note

Œ


4. What is the value of each note below?

Half Note =
____ beats
Whole Note =
____ beats

Quarter Note =
____ beat

Trumpet
Exploring the Orchestra
7
5
18
17
3
4
2
1
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Instruments of the Orchestra
Pictured above are the instruments found in a symphony orchestra. Identify each instrument picture and
write the number of that instrument section next to its name below. The first one has been done for you.
1
____
____
____
____
VIOLIN
VIOLA
CELLO
STRING BASS
____
____
____
____
FLUTE
OBOE
CLARINET
BASSOON
8
11
12
10
9
15
13
14
____
____
____
____
____
TRUMPET
FRENCH HORN
TROMBONE
TUBA
HARP
____
____
____
____
TIMPANI
CYMBALS
DRUMS
CONDUCTOR
Composers in Music History
MUSIC OF ANCIENT TIMES
Before 500
Monophonic music (Chinese, Greeks, Hebrews)
Christian chant
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (500-1450)
590–604
1100–1450
Gregorian Chant
Organum, motets, early rounds
RENAISSANCE PERIOD (1450–1600)
Essential composers:
1525–1594 Giovanni Palestrina (Italy)
1548–1611 Tomás Luis de Victoria (Spain)
1571–1621 Michael Praetorius (Germany)
BAROQUE PERIOD (1600–1750)
Essential composers:
1653–1706
1659–1695
1678–1741
1685–1750
1685–1759
Johann Pachelbel (Germany)
Henry Purcell (England)
Antonio Vivaldi (Italy)
Johann Sebastian Bach (Germany)
George Frideric Handel (Germany/England)
CLASSICAL PERIOD (1750 -1820)
Essential composers:
1714–1788
1732–1809
1756–1791
1770–1827
C.P.E. Bach (Germany)
Franz Joseph Haydn (Austria)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austria)
Ludwig van Beethoven (Germany)
ROMANTIC PERIOD (1820–1910)
Essential composers:
1797–1828
1809–1847
1810–1849
1810–1856
1811–1886
1813–1883
1833–1897
1838–1875
1839–1881
1840–1893
1841–1904
1843–1907
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Franz Schubert (Austria)
Felix Mendelssohn (Germany)
Frédéric Chopin (Poland/France)
Robert Schumann (Germany)
Franz Liszt (Hungary)
Richard Wagner (Germany)
Johannes Brahms (Germany)
Georges Bizet (France)
Modest Mussorgsky (Russia)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russia)
Antonín Dvořák (Bohemia)
Edvard Grieg (Germany)
ROMANTIC PERIOD (1820–1910)
Essential composers (cont.):
1844–1908 Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russia)
1860–1911 Gustav Mahler (Bohemia/Austria)
1864–1949 Richard Strauss (Germany)
1873–1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russia)
IMPRESSIONISM PERIOD (1890–1915)
Essential composers:
1862–1918 Claude Debussy (France)
1875–1937 Maurice Ravel (France)
TWENTIETH-CENTURY (1915–current)
Essential composers:
1854–1932
1868–1917
1872–1958
1874–1951
1881–1945
1882–1971
1891–1953
1898–1937
1899–1974
1900–1990
1900–1971
1912–1992
1918–1990
1932–Living
1937–Living
1943–Living
1961–Living
John Philip Sousa (United States)
Scott Joplin (United States)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (England)
Arnold Schoenberg (Austria)
Béla Bártok (Hungary)
Igor Stravinsky (Russia)
Sergei Prokofiev (Russia)
George Gershwin (United States)
Duke Ellington (United States)
Aaron Copland (United States)
Louis Armstrong (United States)
John Cage (United States)
Leonard Bernstein (United States)
John Williams (United States)
Philip Glass (United States)
Joseph Schwanter (United States)
Wynton Marsalis (United States)
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Glossary of Musical Terms
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Accent ( )
Make stronger. Emphasize.
Bar Line (
)
Bass Clef (?)
A vertical line that divides a musical staff into measures.
F clef. Locates F below middle C on the music staff.
Beat
A unit of time or rhythm.
Chord
Three or more pitches sounded together.
Clef
A sign at the beginning of the staff which indicates the names of the lines
and spaces.
Composer
A person who writes music.
Conductor
The director of a band or orchestra.
Crescendo (
)
Decrescendo (
)
Dotted Half Note (
Duet
Gradually getting softer.
  )   = 3 beats.
A composition for two musicians.
Dynamics
Volume level of the music. How loud or soft it should be played.
Eighth Note (

Eighth Rest ( )
Fermata (
Fine
Gradually getting louder.
)
b
)
= ½ beat
 = ½ beat of silence
Pause. Hold.
The end.
Flat ( )
Lowers a pitch ½ step.
Forte ( f )
Loud.
Fortissimo ( ff )
Very loud.

Half Note ( )
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 = 2 beats
Half rest (
)
= 2 beats of silence
Harmony
When two or more different pitches are played at the same time.
Improvising
Adding rhythmic or melodic variations to a song that are not written
down in the music.
Instrument
Something that makes a musical sound.
Keyboard Instruments
Instruments with keys or buttons that are pushed to make a sound
(Ex. piano, accordion).
Key Signature
One or more flats or sharps that appear at the beginning of a piece of
music.
Measure (
)
The space on a music staff between two bar lines.
Melody
A musical sentence.
Mezzo Forte ( mf )
Medium loud.
Mezzo Piano ( mp )
Medium soft.
Percussion
Instruments that are struck to make a sound (Ex. drums, cymbals).
Phrase
A musical sentence, several measures in length.
Piano ( p )
Soft.
Pianissimo ( pp )
Very soft.
Pitch
A specific musical tone.

Quarter Note ( )
Quarter Rest ( Π)
Repeat Sign (
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 = 1 beat
Π= 1 beat of silence
Go back to the beginning and play again
Rests
Musical symbols which indicate silence.
Rhythm
The long and short sounds in a musical phrase
Ritardando (rit.)
Gradually slowing down.
Round
A song that can overlap itself as each part enters in unison at equal time
intervals.
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Glossary of Musical Terms, continued
Scale
A series of eight pitches, can be major or minor.
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Sharp ( )
Raises a pitch ½ step.
Slur ( � � � )
A curved line that connects two or more notes of different pitch.

Staccato ( )
Musical symbol indicating to play a note short and crisply.
Staff (
)
Five parallel lines and four spaces on which music is written.
String Instruments
Instruments that are plucked or strummed to make a sound.
(Ex. guitar, harp)
Tempo
The speed of the music.
Tie (
�
� )
A curved line that connects two or more notes of the same pitch.
Time Signature
Tells how many beats in a measure and what kind of note gets one beat.
Treble Clef ( & )

G clef. Locates G above middle C on the music staff.
Whole Note ( )
Whole Rest (
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)
 = 4 beats
(
) = 4 beats of silence.
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C D
b b
D E
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b b b
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Piano Fingering Chart
Parts of the Guitar
Rollers
Head
Keys (machines)
Nut
1st Fret
1st Fret Bar
6th String
1st String
Neck
Fingerboard (fretboard)
Neck
Heel
Side
Soundboard (top, face)
Soundhole
Rosette
Upper Bout
Waist
Body
Binding Strip
Purfling
Bridge Bone (saddle)
Bridge
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Lower Bout
Guitar Chord Chart
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B
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F
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C
C
D
A
G7
C
D7
B
G
E
XX
D
X
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XX A
A
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D
XX
D
F#
XX
F
XX
XX
F
E
XX B
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B
B
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XX
XX
X
X
D
E
B
Am
X
C7
X
Gm
Fm
E7
B7
XX
X
E7
A7
C7
XX
Em
Cm
X
X
Bm
Fm
D7
C7
G7
X
G7 (A7)
Bm
XX
Cm
D7 (E7)
Em
XX
XX
XX
XX
Gm (Am)
XX
Bm
XX
XX
F7
Fm
XX
XX
A7
XX
X
Dm (Em)
X
Gm
XX
XX
XX
B7
XX
XX
XX
Am
X
Fm
F7
X
E7
XX
Cm
B7
X
Dm
XX
Cm
XX
X
Bm
XX
F7
XX
Em
Dm
A7
X
A
G
XX
Strings marked with an X are not played
Gm (Am)
XX
XX
C7
X
F7
A7 (B7)
XX
XX
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Recorder Fingering Chart
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For an effective way to teach your class
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