Helpful Links
The links on this page are here to provide your student with useful music resources.
Neither Arlington Elementary School nor Arlington Community Schools is responsible for questionable or controversial content found through links external to this site.
Second Grade
This game will help you identify different instruments in the orchestra.
http://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/ypgto/index.aspx
This game will help you identify the sounds each instrument makes.
http://www.thirteen.org/publicarts/orchestra/orchestra03.swf
Fourth and Fifth Grade
These games will help you drill notes on the treble clef staff.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/music/namethatnote.htm
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/keyboard/speednotereading.html
This game will help you drill fingerings and technique on the recorder.
http://www.joytunes.com/master/
The website Squeaky's Recorder Playhouse is an excellent Recorder website for young recorder players, especially the "Practicing" page and the "The Recorder" page. This website also includes several quizzes to identify recorder fingerings, and a simple-to-read fingering chart.
• The links below are customized from a site called musictheory.net. We will talk about how to use this site, and the links below, in class. NOTE: The descriptions below should match the exercise. If they do not, please tell or email the music teachers. This is the site you can use to make up a "U."
Practice identifying the 5 LINES of the treble staff:
WITH helps shown on the staff (with sound).
WITHOUT helps shown on the staff (without sound).
Practice identifying the 4 SPACES of the treble staff:
WITH helps shown on the staff (with sound).
WITHOUT helps shown on the staff (without sound).
Practice identifying the LINES & SPACES of the treble staff.
Practice identifying the LINES & SPACES of the treble staff (INCLUDING LOW C & D).
Extra practice identifying just the notes needed for the recorder song listed below:
Cricket Song
Neither Arlington Elementary School nor Arlington Community Schools is responsible for questionable or controversial content found through links external to this site.
Second Grade
This game will help you identify different instruments in the orchestra.
http://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/ypgto/index.aspx
This game will help you identify the sounds each instrument makes.
http://www.thirteen.org/publicarts/orchestra/orchestra03.swf
Fourth and Fifth Grade
These games will help you drill notes on the treble clef staff.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/music/namethatnote.htm
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/keyboard/speednotereading.html
This game will help you drill fingerings and technique on the recorder.
http://www.joytunes.com/master/
The website Squeaky's Recorder Playhouse is an excellent Recorder website for young recorder players, especially the "Practicing" page and the "The Recorder" page. This website also includes several quizzes to identify recorder fingerings, and a simple-to-read fingering chart.
• The links below are customized from a site called musictheory.net. We will talk about how to use this site, and the links below, in class. NOTE: The descriptions below should match the exercise. If they do not, please tell or email the music teachers. This is the site you can use to make up a "U."
Practice identifying the 5 LINES of the treble staff:
WITH helps shown on the staff (with sound).
WITHOUT helps shown on the staff (without sound).
Practice identifying the 4 SPACES of the treble staff:
WITH helps shown on the staff (with sound).
WITHOUT helps shown on the staff (without sound).
Practice identifying the LINES & SPACES of the treble staff.
Practice identifying the LINES & SPACES of the treble staff (INCLUDING LOW C & D).
Extra practice identifying just the notes needed for the recorder song listed below:
Cricket Song