JoeMusic

This is a 15 slide powerpoint and prezi on the brass family. Included are slides explaining sound production, history, and information on the trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, mellophone, alto horn, trombone, baritone horn, euphonium, tuba and sousaphone. Also included are two pages of youtube videos on various brass instrument performances that I show in class. I like the Mnozil Brass, Trombone Shorty etc. but you could easily substitute your own. I also have a page of "how its made" segments f

This is a Prezi presentation that covers the different types of guitars (steel string, classical, archtop, telecaster, Gibson Les Paul, stratocaster) some history and background on each, lots of good images and famous players for each. I even added in some music to play during the presentation! Prezi presentations are the future, once you use one you will never go back to powerpoint they are great for visual mapping and connecting concepts. I also included a pdf copy of all the slides should

This is an 8-page poster of the Curwen/ Solfege hand signs for use in the general music or vocal music classroom. Due to the enlarging of the image, there is some pixelation, but try viewing the images from 10-20 feet away or reducing the size on your monitor. You will see that the pixelation is not as noticable from a distance. I try to adjust the number of pages in the poster to make a balance between size and visibility. Each hand sign is on its own page, so these could be used for smartb

Basic Woodwind terms vocabulary list, quiz, crossword puzzle, word search and scramble puzzle. Also includes a word bank. This would be good for review of basic woodwind vocabulary, also as an extension activity or sub day plan. Terms included: 1. Woodwind Instruments 2. Single Reed 3. Ligature 4. Double Reed 5. Barrel 6. Bell 7. Piccolo 8. Flute 9. Recorder 10. Clarinet 11. Bass Clarinet 12. Saxophone 13. Oboe 14. English horn 15. Bassoon 16. Contrabassoon

This is a collection of worksheets and puzzles relating to some terminology on Brass Instruments. Included is a vocab sheet with definitions, a quiz on the terms, a cross word puzzle, word search and hidden word puzzle. All solutions are included and have been checked for accuracy. Definitions are a little more advanced, so I have this for grades 5-12. terms include: BELL BORE EMBOUCHURE FINGER RING FINISH LEADPIPE PISTON VALVES ROTARY VALVES SLIDES THUMBHOOK TRIGGER WATERKEYS

Poster (approximately 2.8 feet wide and 2.1 feet high) of the Piano Keyboard, treble and bass clefs and notes. It will display on 9 pages, you need to assemble it.

Large Multi-page poster pdf of note values (approximately 2 feet wide and 2.1 feet high)