The second book in the reproducible Rhythm Explorations series is here! Rhythm Manipulations continues the task of making rhythms exciting to learn, practice and internalize. The activities, measures of progress, and artwork are all designed to engage the interests of your older students, especially Jr. and Sr. High students.

There are 7 units in Book 2 (82 pages in all) and each unit includes 11 pages of activities for the new rhythm concept. Each unit includes 1-handed rhythms, 2-handed rhythms, rhythm maneuvers, and an award certificate featuring the original artwork.

See the Rhythm Manipulations Page for samples and a short video!

Rhythm Menagerie is an exciting reproducible resource that features fun activities to explore new rhythmic concepts. Rhythm Menagerie is much more than just a set of your typical clapping exercises! Each unit showcases a unique animal and often incorporates some of the fun antics of animals like the crazy looking Tarsier, the beautiful Wingtipped Nightjar, the Jerboa Jumping Mouse, the Javan Flying Frog and much more!

There are 8 units in Book 1 (92 pages in all) and each unit includes 11 pages of activities for the new rhythm concept. Each unit includes 1-handed rhythms, 2-handed rhythms, fun with sounds rhythms, and a beautiful award certificate.

See the Rhythm Menagerie Page for samples and a short video!

The international edition of Rhythm Menagerie is designed for the majority of the world who name their note values crotchets, minims, quavers, and so forth! The international version features the same exciting, reproducible pages that features fun activities to explore new rhythmic concepts. Rhythm Menagerie is much more than just a set of your typical clapping exercises! Each unit showcases a unique animal and often incorporates some of the fun antics of animals like the crazy looking Tarsier, the beautiful Wingtipped Nightjar, the Jerboa Jumping Mouse, the Javan Flying Frog and much more!

There are 8 units in Book 1 (92 pages in all) and each unit includes 11 pages of activities for the new rhythm concept. Each unit includes 1-handed rhythms, 2-handed rhythms, fun with sounds rhythms, and a beautiful award certificate.

See the Rhythm Menagerie Page for samples and a short video! (Samples use the U.S. nomenclature of rhythm names, but this product does not.)

Designed for the classroom music educator, Rhythm Menagerie Classroom is an exciting reproducible resource that features fun activities to explore new rhythmic concepts in your classroom. More than just a set of your typical clapping exercises, Rhythm Menagerie incorporates color and showcases a unique animal and often incorporates some of the fun antics of animals like the crazy looking Tarsier, the beautiful Wingtipped Nightjar, the Jerboa Jumping Mouse, the Javan Flying Frog and much more!

There are 8 units in Book 1 (92 pages in all) and each unit includes 11 pages of activities for the new rhythm concept. Each unit includes 1-handed rhythms, 2-handed rhythms, fun with sounds rhythms, and a beautiful award certificate. Introductory pages include activities suitable for band, string, and voice students.

See the Rhythm Menagerie Page for samples and a short video!

Purchase Rhythm Menagerie and Rhythm Manipulations as a set for a discount.

Use Web Rewards, our free online exam prep materials, to help your students prepare for Music Progressions and their state music exams. All you have to do is purchase this Web Rewards Answer Key and Checklists for easy access to answers, points possible, and checklists on which students and teachers can track progress.

These Web Reward activities are specifically tailored to assist students of Kansas MTA, Washington State MTA, and North Idaho MTA teachers who use the Music Progressions curriculum. This file has 64 pages of answers and checklists to make your job as a teacher much easier! Your purchase of this answer key helps to deflect the cost of creating these resources that we are providing for you.
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11 Practice Theory Tests
Leveled according to Level 1-10 specs of Music Progressions and the WSMTA Musicianship Examinations
Level A (pre-level 1 concepts) included
Answer key included

These practice theory tests come as 2 PDF files - tests and answer key. An encrypted link to the pieces will come to you via email after you pay. After downloading this PDF, print as many tests needed for your students.
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12 pieces
2 pieces per level 1-6
These reproducible sight reading pieces are similar to the revised KMTA Music Progressions (and WSMTA Musicianship Examinations) sight reading pieces.

These sight reading pieces come as a PDF file of 12 pages. An encrypted link to the pieces will come to you via email after you pay. After downloading this PDF, print as many pieces needed for your students.


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NEW! On sale until September 4th!
10 pieces
2 classical pieces per levels 7-10, 2 hymn pieces per level 8
These reproducible sight reading pieces are similar to the revised KMTA Music Progressions (and WSMTA Musicianship Examinations) sight reading pieces.

These sight reading pieces come as a PDF file of 10 pages. An encrypted link to the pieces will come to you via email after you pay. After downloading this PDF, print as many pieces needed for your students.


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This game is excellent for beginning, elementary, and early intermediate students. Stinky Sox cards are come in 2 levels, divided into 4 categories:

• Keyboard Skills
• Theory Knowledge
• Singing / Ear Training
• Acting
  
  To play, place the Stinky Sox cards in an old, dirty looking sock. Students sit in a circle and pass around sock while listening to music. When the music stops playing, the student with the sock pulls out a card and follows the instructions.
  
  These cards come as a PDF file of 6 pages with 18 cards per page and are divided into primary and secondary levels. Instructions are included. An encrypted link to the game will come to you via email after you pay. After downloading the PDF, print the cards on colorful card stock paper and laminate. A grid to show cutting lines is included as is the Stinky Sox logo for the back of the cards.
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This game is excellent for elementary, intermediate, and advanced students of all ages.

To play, divide players into 2 teams and sit in a large circle alternating team members. The first player is given a stack of cards and has 1 minute to describe as many of the words on the cards so that their team members are able to guess the correct word. The player to the right of the student (on the opposite team) should watch to make sure the student does not use any form of the word in their descriptions. After 1 minute, points are calculated and the next student in the circle (on the opposite team) gets a turn. The game is over when a given time period has elapsed or everyone has had a turn to “Affirm-a-term.”

These cards come as a PDF file of 15 pages with 18 terms per page divided into primary and secondary levels. Instructions are included. An encrypted link to the game will come to you via email after you pay. After downloading the PDF, print the cards on colorful card stock paper and laminate. A grid to show cutting lines is included as is the Affirm-a-Term logo for the back of the cards.

Students can fish for these fun flashcards with a fishing pole made from a pole, string and magnet. Students must correctly identify the cards that are caught. Students can earn points for their team by correctly identifying the flashcards. Young students love this great carnival game!

These flashcards come as a PDF file of 15 pages with 4 fish per page. Instructions are included. An encrypted link to the flashcards will come to you via email after you pay. After downloading the PDF, print the cards on colorful card stock paper, laminate, and cut. You can purchase a magnet and pole at your local hardware store.

The 60 fish cover dynamics, steps and skips, half and whole steps, note names, note and rest values, and various other beginning musical concepts.

10 arrangements for solo piano
Late Intermediate
Published by Augsburg Fortress

Pieces include:

• Day of Arising
• How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds with Amazing Grace
• Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
• Tis So Sweet
• This is My Father’s World
• Take Up Your Cross the Savior Said
• There is a Balm in Gilead
• Thine is the Glory
• We Walk by Faith and Not By Site (Dunlap’s Creek)
  See Music Samples.
  
  Please note that the table of contents incorrectly lists “Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee” as a piece in the book. The correct piece that you will find on page 26 is "There is a Balm in Gilead."
  
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7 Arrangements for solo piano
Early Advanced
Published by Concordia Publishing House

If you are looking for spirited and thought-provoking arrangements for the whole year, this is the book for you. "Absolutely fresh, delightful interpretations of well-known hymn tunes—reflective, reverent, memorable!" These samples are played at a frantically fast and fun tempo, but the arrangements sound just as spirited at slower tempos.

Listen to samples:

• Holy Manna (Brethren We Have Met to Worship)
• America the Beautiful
• Fairest Lord Jesus
• Christ the Lord is Risen Today
• Come Thou Fount

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13 arrangements for solo piano, 64 pages
Late Intermediate/Advanced

"Innovative, fresh and sophisticated settings of holiday music," these pieces will keep keep your mind, heart and fingers engaged during the Christmas season. Read the reviews.

Listen to samples:

• Angels We Have Heard on High
• It Came upon a Midnight Clear
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• Deck the Hall Hoedown
• Ding Dong Merrily on High

Wendy Stevens performs 13 arrangements of Christmas tunes on the piano. These arrangements are the same as are in the above book, All is Calm, All is Bright

"Innovative, fresh and sophisticated settings of holiday music," these pieces will keep keep your mind, heart and fingers engaged during the Christmas season. Read the reviews.

Listen to samples:

• Angels We Have Heard on High
• It Came upon a Midnight Clear
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• Deck the Hall Hoedown
• Ding Dong Merrily on High

Plus 8 more arrangements!

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