Music and Composers
Section I: Introduction to Music

*Supporting Links are optional tools provided for your reference and preparation. Comparable items may be substituted for use with the Task Cards and, as always, use discretion when opening links.

Pitch -

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=13

Rhythm -

http://beatboppers.com/moreinfo.php?id=12&Product-Name=FREE-Rhythm-Cards---Flashcards

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gzy0Q0GtHU&feature=related

Tempo -

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=11

Presto -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5SPB3K2-Wc

Andante -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVi2mBdZ3FM

Train Scene -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ9U4Cbb4wg

Harmony -

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=16

Pedal Tone -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If8JLVbDhYw

Canon -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNQLJ1_HQ0

Round -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKXwIBT2U_8&feature=related

Fugue -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnrHhYSGzd4&feature=related

Hymn -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLLtRTQ9QEk&feature=fvst

Notation -

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=23

Symbols -

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=17

Instrumentation -

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=18

Instruments of the Orchestra -

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/instorchframe.asp?pageid=3

Children's Choirs -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXmcqK3lBlw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvP2qtrBI3Y

Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPs7cxrTUBQ&playnext=1&list=PLC4950A1B8DC89E24

Choral Music -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GOxRcft94I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCGP5Yz7Ms8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tipsbcfuB4

Opera -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuYQ9KRJms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFdB8Zz8VOo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COAptyz_GRY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSGWoXDFM64&feature=related

Music and Dance -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF9v-6B_O0A&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjG3fH_8P9o&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbuPmzqGBiI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9b6ldKKqu0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rqhoOgJjiU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1b4jH9Rk8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dEUnXycSmg

Blues, Negro Spirituals, Swing, and Jazz -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrVwGxlcFA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCg_XS2Yrs4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hel9zo9AFc4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc3vZsoE7VI&feature=related

Pop, Rock, Musicals -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf55gHK48VQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSgM-G-wm5Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb51_p_ccPQ&feature=related

Music of the Middle East and Africa -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs9Lfh-8Y60&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUHDYlJHaOQ&feature=related

Music of China and Japan -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI9-URr9r80&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D23t-sKsK2k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chwADnoFDng

Music of India and Indonesia -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAbFVtIRnMU&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRS13e5R8GI

Music of Latin America -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Cg3J8q9i8

Folk Songs of Ireland, Scotland, England, and Germany -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0zBlHlnR4Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLBKTtdGhEw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8Lf6qcSIo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A89VN1W85l0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOcIfUfUuTw

From the Top -

http://www.fromthetop.org/radio-archive

Making Music Article -

http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2010/09/making_music_the_work_of_a_syr.html#mode_smoref_face

Note to Aspiring Violinists -

http://www.jennyoaksbaker.com/

Internet Activity (Careers in Music) -

http://www.classicsforkids.com/interviews/interview.asp?id=2