Mile Tree and Green Meadows Music

Links to Additional Resources on the Web

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Websites with games, activities, videos:

• Rockalingua – Spanish Language Site with some music
• Paint Composer
• The Rhythm Randomizer
• New York Philharmonic Kids
• Classics for Kids
• Chrome Music Lab Song Maker 
• Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall
• Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Carnegie Hall) 
• Groove Pizza
• Music Tech Teacher Games
• PBS Kids Music 
• PBS Learning Media – Music 
• Music K8 Fun Stuff 
• DSO Kids (Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Check out Listen and Learn or Activities.)
• Interactive Orchestra
• Perfect Pitch (Baseball Music Game)
• 52 Instruments to Make at Home 
• The Music Podcast for Kids https://www.themusicpodcastforkids.com
• Go Classical for Kids http://classicalkusc.org/kids/
• Composers for Kids (Preschool-2) http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/music/load.htm?
• Yamaha Music Games http://www.playintimeadvantage.com/games/
• PBS Kids Pattern Maker http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/cyber-pattern-player/
• Isle of Tune (2nd up) http://isleoftune.com
• Tone Savvy https://tonesavvy.com/music-practice-exercises/
• Rhythm Trainer http://www.therhythmtrainer.com
• San Francisco Kids http://www.sfskids.org
• Brain Pop https://www.brainpop.com/artsandmusic/
• Drum Machine https://www.onemotion.com/drum-machine/
• Whack a Note http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/steprightup/whackanote/
• Arts Alive – National Arts Centre of Canada http://artsalive.ca/en/mus/index.asp
• Piano Puppet http://toytheater.com/piano-puppet.php
• Classical MPR For Kids https://www.classicalmpr.org/topic/classical-kids-storytime
• Global Jukebox (Need to create free login) https://theglobaljukebox.org
• Beethoven’s Jukebox https://www.starfall.com/h/ftr-music/beethoven_jukebox/?t=289576895
• Staff Wars (Desktop versions are free, small fee for app) (3rd up) http://www.themusicinteractive.com/downloads.html
• Concerts from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra https://livefromorchestrahall.vhx.tv/browse
• Genre Sampler
  https://datadragon.com/education/genres/
• Music In the Movies
  https://musicinthemovies.weebly.com
• Tiny Dest Concerts on NPR
  https://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/
• Amidons Stories & Music Activities for Children
  https://amidonmusic.com/workshops/workshop-notes/stories-and-music-activities-for-children/?fbclid=IwAR2o4jE6Wm4MkUuHSS39u1AsoEnDVH4wDFa9uOJCEIxFtjKkQYvF4ggejl8
• Get Started Making Music https://learningmusic.ableton.com/

Instrumental Music Students

• Instruments From a Distance – USNavy
  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgVW2dNuDrZ3GsnD1HjYgriBL8pm6gqVX&fbclid
• Vic Firth Rudiments https://vicfirth.zildjian.com/education/40-essential-rudiments.html
• The Shed – Rudiments https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl9zRBzFO1UL2px-Hs_HQz24c-ly4kO6b
• FJHMusic Channel – Scroll WAY down for instrument how to videos https://www.youtube.com/user/FJHmusic/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=1
• Youtube Playlist – Cleaning Your Instrument https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbbQd-x3wgCRJN5sM1-3lnPX6ODtRc4ai&fbclid=IwAR03mKxJfSxzhpDO6sBLTjlfXgZ4BlZ2SHfyB0X2Ikw44Z4gf19vIoIqLCU
• Dallas Brass Resources – Not just brass! https://www.dallasbrass.com/resources
• Army Band Introduction to the Instruments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCTeSjpDsIs
• Less Common Instruments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v62YjjV-Roo
• Four Chord Ukulele Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe0cRIz5FfLcrIi6eE5566GKgoCoTau8Z&fbclid=IwAR0H25VKPrYidbR_2NTdY_N8HGjI4TfJ1Nb2wRgGp42uHTAs6kC6I4t_uUM

Videos to move to:

• One Green Jellybean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAvN0dcuWY
• Shake Your Sillies Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwT5oX_mqS0&list=RDPjw2A3QU8Qg&index=3
• Move it to the Sounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JvkWXBY2eY
• Boom Chicka Boom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b6axyuaKcY
• Shake Yo Foot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59_j0CjY75U
• Maximo’s Hokey Pokey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVAnoqxKAAc
• Head Shoulders Knees and Toes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuqvGiZi0qg
• If You’re Happy and You Know It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hqRT9U0wg
• Move & Freeze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=388Q44ReOWE
• Freeze Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UcZWXvgMZE
• 3 Songs to Move to (2 use scarves!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLwRr03nWPo
• Do the Swim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0P2NdPKcAQ
• Hand Jive Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHNeWSoLQZA
• I am the Music Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kqia2ibVU
• Just Dance Videos http://bit.ly/justdancekidsRR
• Lee & Sandy Paley Videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwsJ3YF6TkhjYqOcFcHHbdg
• Irish Jig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHxGisr7a_I

Learn to…

• Play the Spoons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ERU7Vl4LGM

Great videos about music on YouTube

• Peter and the Wolf (Disney version)
• Army Band Introduction to the Instruments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCTeSjpDsIs
• John Williams – The Maestro’s Finale – The Rise of Skywalker – A featurette about JW and the music for Rise of Skywalker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g2LNSUowHc
• Less Common Instruments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v62YjjV-Roo
• Star Wars Throne Room – Live Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dydhnAi0A3E
• VOCES8 – Spaséñiye, sodélal (Salvation is Created) by Pavel Tschesnokov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8BwsZqTyr0&fbclid
• Ted Yoder – Bach Cello Suite No 1 – Prelude – Hammered Dulcimer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om3OAVh34nk
• Falling – Hammered Dulcimer and Cello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J606mBNlCL8
• George Meets the Orchestra (Preschool-1st) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Jc4sP0BEE&fbclid=IwAR3C4sQifMexfJ3ggpt7szG8WcO3omcyfgnLYlwaKWEXxnrec2WOlhyD5Zc
• Unheard of Instruments in the Saxophone Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-b6I1ihh2s&t=11s
• Vince Guaraldi – The Man Behind the Music of Peanuts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9mnL6QGebs&fbclid=IwAR10Q19kHqog4tnFjbnaX-DaP9C5qc8vZZmruGRMGOltuyX1Kiveiyi_-AA
• From Clavicord to Modern Piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uCCw_hmILA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9IaE2i-DmA
• Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto RV 443 / Maurice Steger, Cappella Gabetta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hggISFswKcw&feature=emb_logo
• Whirlwind for Percussion Ensemble by David Gillingham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv3Ds-2h2WY&feature=emb_title
• Beat Boxing 101
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0MCXDy0J0g&t=139s
• 40 Fingers – Disney Medley (Guitar Quartet) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6hYcSvYQkA
• 40 Fingers – Last of the Mohicans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VIH0QIrqdE
• 40 Fingers – Star Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT6KYMBTD80
• Second Suite in F – Gustav Holst – One kid learned all the parts and made a virtual band with himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=thzSUYG-7J0&app=desktop
• Alma Deutscher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvECZ_ZXGqs
• Visit an Irish Dance Academy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UklnEUrfW7w&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3uN7I1kSJJZKyhi2658nVUqpLGUIfUgxQ7rVCpSbbpzr_BoRZeB7wHeRE
• Making of a Steinway Piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAInt7hIZlU
• Baby Shark in 10 Styles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9hM7HsXI0w&fbclid=IwAR3cwq7CdXf_AeAkmmpYQLuutTbrlcLjuF4xh8vpJhCHaWhAvgY3UrB5g0g
• The Bremen Town Musicians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AINuftr5Raw
• 1812 Overture – Full https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUpuAvQQrC0
• Harvard Thud – Boomwhacker Ensemble – Star Wars Medley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcAliLg14Ks
• History, Science, and Music of the Pipe Organ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzpZRV9Cmac
• Wintergaten – Marble Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q
• Flashmob 1 – Ode to Joy – Starts with recorder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a23945btJYw
• Flashmob 2 – 1812 Overture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NJRCCgK_AM
• Flashmob 3 – Bolero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsF53JpBMlk
• Flashmob 4 Beethoven Symphony No 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lNaajK3Scc
• Gershwin playing “I’ve Got Rhythm” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrhZp7N2pVg&feature=emb_logo
• Yamato – The Drummers of Japan – Taiko Drums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTJoo-0dbw
• The Okee Dokee Brothers (3rd up) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO5pH7E_A1M&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2q35JrDslj6q2RCSLOA9XJWGUwj29-httLmICu2oljLIGLyKpQTPui1tY
• STOMP with the Harlem Globetrotters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YhQwsw03yk
• Why is There No Saxophone in Orchestra? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsfPS7pXg1E&fbclid=IwAR2VcHCh5JLDqPLLOsKAuyof7KAaV5SWTLNXoe9jT5hkRAZvTQx_XBlWvPI
• Taiko Drums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enywvYwj3M4
• The Carnival of the Animals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2RPKMJmSp0
• Sakuting – Filipino Native Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAc-tyl-8H4&fbclid=IwAR1XJPZh7lMjCx9BOF4BbNp6xqf_rhK3xR1xn-TFftWa-cyKO0JB39WHGMY
• Kids Meet an Opera Singer https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=258500124799754
• Didgeridoo Meets Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLu9GmV2vF0
• Mary Jo Barron on Mr. Roger’s https://www.misterrogers.org/episodes/a-visit-with-mary-jo-barron/
• Froggie Went a Courtin (Smithsonian Folkways) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XIT_xMHKJI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3vU–RTQldyPj7QnvdLQ7ckzapqWTPmap57aDddlZXw6rqlHZBF4w5IXw

Musical Books Online

• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom 
• Ah! Music
• A Soup Opera
• Jenny Jenkins
• Kitty Alone
• The Other Day I Met a Bear
• Old McDonald Had a Zoo
• Father Grumble
• The Bear Went Over the Mountain
• The Derby Ram
• The Crabfish
• My Aunt Came Back
• Risseldy Rosseldy
• The Tailor and the Mouse
• Journey of the Noble Gnarble Part 1
• Journey of the Noble Gnarble Part 2
• Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo
• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
• Marsupial Sue
• I Got Two Dogs
• Tubby the Tuba
• Before John was a Jazz Giant
• When Louis Armstrong Taught Me to Scat
• The Really Awful Musicians
• Bello the Cello
• The Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything
• Jazz Fly
• Jazz Fly 2
• Jazz Fly 3
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
• The Remarkable Farkle McBride
• Abiyoyo 
• Follow the Drinking Gourd
• Port Side Pirates
• Carnival of the Animals (John Lithgow)
• Over in the Meadow
• There’s a Hole in My Bucket
• Because
• Me Llamo Celia
• Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
• The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Miguel and the Grand Harmony
• Violet’s Music
• This Jazz Man
• Allegro
• The Music In Me
• Don Gato
• The Bear and the Piano
• Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
• Giraffes Can’t Dance
• I Got the Rhythm
• Ella, Queen of Jazz
• Musical Stories & Stories About Sound Read Aloud YouTube Channel 

YouTube Channels

• FaceTime With the Composers Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8pHAgesF6eqjxv8kZifw1I6FL5_iOlm&fbclid=IwAR2T8H6WL-feAryOvOHNY2lmuzpPgHgzC5kVO7qKiZiwPIf_u8tjfjFjIz8
• Smithsonian Folkways YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWgEWXnFFFeoXMJ766CfDLw
• Visuals of Classical Music Youtube Channel – animated renderings that show duration and pitch (2nd up) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2zb5cQbLabj3U9l3tke1pg
• Little Kids Rock https://www.youtube.com/user/littlekidsrock
• Prodigies Music Lessons https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR_6C8MGPmasS-4QMKclRGw
• Julie’s Green Room (Julie Andrews!) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLkCY300Oya6g4QTIE_wO3A
• Barefoot Books
  https://www.youtube.com/user/barefootbooks
• Lee & Sandy Paley Videos (Preschool/K) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwsJ3YF6TkhjYqOcFcHHbdg
• The Singing School
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1DFlISnNESQaY6oYz5-lTQ
• Royal Irish Academy of Music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdPQ41M5d0jkwurLN3rREvg
• Four Chord Ukulele Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe0cRIz5FfLcrIi6eE5566GKgoCoTau8Z&fbclid=IwAR0H25VKPrYidbR_2NTdY_N8HGjI4TfJ1Nb2wRgGp42uHTAs6kC6I4t_uUM
• Lyon Bros – Band Kids having fun with music from video games, memes and more https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4kqAGHdAW2yxzhAQgcrOBw
• E-Learning Playlist for PK & Elementary  – so many songs! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkhQd8hWKneJyi9XvnV_kzJECYeBMZcDb
• Dr. Selfridge Music – Learn How to Band https://www.youtube.com/user/MrSelfridge
• Visual Musical Minds
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjUxQg9cHiOYqaRdtZ6pfoQ