General Music

6th-grade General Music will cover the elements of music, instrument families/world instruments, and music history.

7th-grade Music Appreciation will cover music composition, world music, musical theater, patriotic music and the history of rock.

Click here to listen to music examples from Music Alive magazine

Elements of music:

Elements of music Practice music theory

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Instrument games and activities

Classics for Kids Musical terms, composer timeline & composer of the month

Instrument families:

Arts Alive Watch videos of the orchestra playing

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Hear the instruments of the orchestra play

San Francisco Symphony Instruments of the orchestra

BBC Guide to the orchestra

Arts Alive Virtual instruments

Philharmonia Orchestra Instruments of the orchestra

World instruments/World music:

Interactive gallery of instruments

History of music:

Baroque music

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