Music Composition Activities | Printable Color, Cut, Compose Templates

Do you need structured music composition activities that are sure to be a hit with your students? These printable color, cut, compose rhythm blocks ensure student success while teaching note values and meter. Additional activities teach form and lyrics. Nine rhythm block sets are simple enough for your youngest students while challenging students in the upper grades.

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Use No-Prep Composition Manipulatives for . . . . .

• Sub Days
• Fast Finishers
• Centers
• Independent Work/Homeschool
• Take-Home Packets
• Distance Learning (Printing Required)

Activities Included in this Beneficial Resource . . . .

• Basic Rhythm Composition
• Melodic Composition
• Focus on Phrase Form
• Add Lyrics to Rhythm
• Create Extended Composition
• Use Templates with Duplo-Size Blocks

Also Included in this Versatile Resource

• Four composition templates in meters of 2, 3, and 4
• Nine printable rhythm block sets of varying degrees of difficulty
• Detailed directions for the various types of composition.
• Ideas for pairing resource with other activities
  

Do you need paperless, online composition activities? Click to preview the engaging digital composition activities below.

Drag & Drop Digital Composition Activities for Google Slides

You may use different sets with various grade levels or for differentiation within a grade level. Each individual set includes 4 composition activities. (Available for Google Slides or PowerPoint)

• Google Slides Set 1 | Quarter note/rest, eighth notes
• Google Slides Set 2 | Quarter note/rest, eighth notes, half notes, whole notes
• Google Slides Set 3 | Quarter note/rest, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, half notes
• Google Slides Set 4 | Quarter note/rest, eighth notes, eighth/2 sixteenth, 2 sixteenth/eighth

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**This lesson was designed by a Google for Education Certified Educator | Level 1.

More Digital Music Literacy Resources . . . . .

Helpful Rhythm Block Dictation Series - Boom Cards

• Rhythmic Dictation Primer - Quarter note/rest, FREE
• Rhythmic Dictation Set 1 - Quarter note/rest, eighth notes
• Rhythmic Dictation Set 2 - Quarter note/rest, eighth notes, half note
• Rhythmic Dictation Set 3 - Quarter note/rest, eighth notes, sixteenth notes
• Rhythmic Dictation Set 4 - Quarter note, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, eighth/2 sixteenth
• Rhythmic Dictation Set 5 - Quarter note, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, 2 sixteenth/eighth
• Rhythmic Dictation Set 6 - Quarter note/rest, eighth notes, syncopation

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More Engaging Music Literacy Boom Cards - Melodic Dictation Blocks

• Melodic Dictation Set 1 - So, Mi
• Melodic Dictation Set 2 - So, La, Mi
• Melodic Dictation Set 3 - Do, Re, Mi
• Melodic Dictation Set 4 - Do, Re, Mi + So
• Melodic Dictation Set 5 - Do, Mi, So
• Melodic Dictation Set 6 - Do, Mi, So + La
• Melodic Dictation Set 7 - Do, Re, Mi, So, La

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Fun Lessons Included in this Treble Clef Note Name BUNDLE

• Set 1 - Treble Clef Spaces | BASIC (spaces of the staff)
• Set 2 - Treble Clef Lines | BASIC (lines of the staff)
• Set 3 - Treble Clef Lines & Spaces | BASIC (all notes on the staff)
• Set 4 - Treble Clef Spaces | EXTENDED (includes notes one space above/below the staff)
• Set 5 - Treble Clef Lines | EXTENDED (includes notes one ledger line above/below the staff)
• Set 6 - Treble Clef Lines & Spaces EXTENDED (includes notes one ledger line above/below the staff)

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If you are new to Boom Cards and need more information about getting started, click on the links below. I promise, it is not hard and you are going to LOVE them! My mom even plays my dictation sets to help her with sight reading in the church choir.

• Blog Post | Boom Task Cards in Elementary Music
• Blog Post | Ways to Use Boom Task Cards in Music Classes

If you are looking for music reading lessons using iconic and standard music notation, you may be interested in the lessons below.

• Rhythm Reading Activity BUNDLE
• Music Reading Activity BUNDLE - So, Mi
• Music Reading Activity BUNDLE - So, La, Mi
• Music Reading Activity BUNDLE – Do, Re, Mi
• Music Reading Activity BUNDLE - Do, Mi, So
• Music Reading Activity BUNDLE - Do, Re, Mi, + So

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