Instruments of the Orchestra first grade - YouTube link (opens in new tab) The Listener's Guide - YouTube link (opens in new tab) Wakeland High School AP Music Theory - YouTube link (opens in new tab) Two Minute Music Theory - YouTube link (opens in new tab)Ĭhris Wright - Understanding Music - YouTube link (opens in new tab) TED-Ed Music Education - YouTube link (opens in new tab)

Below is just a small list of some helpful music-related YouTube channels and playlists to get started with: This is a fantastic way to expose students to music from around the world and throughout time, as well as learn about topics in music theory.

Of course no list of music resources would be complete without mentioning YouTube.

Finally, fractions can be visualized using the groove pizza, as well as the option to change the number of 'Slices' which can be applied to comparing fractions and equivalent fractions.

This can tie into the study of different polygons.

You can also click the 'Polygon' button to shade in the shapes on your pizza.

This can be a helpful way to teach or reinforce the concept of the sum of the interior angles of a polygon.

If you click on the 'Angle' button, the angle measurements for each vertex will be displayed.

WAV file.Īnother neat feature of Groove Pizza is its math application:

When done you can even download your creation as a.

You can adjust the 'Volume', 'BPM' (beats per minute), the 'Swing' (to slightly offset some of the beats), and the 'Slices' (number of beats).

You can change instruments including 'Rock', 'Techno', 'Afro-Latin', 'Hip-Hop', and 'Jazz'.

You can make up to four groove pizzas at a time that will play one after the other.

You can add beats to three different tracks.

Or you can start with a 'Plain' pizza where you make your rhythm from scratch.

You can begin with premade 'Specials' to see what can be created and then modify those as desired.

You start with a 'pizza' and then add beats to three different rings, which can then be played back.

Groove Pizza is a fun tool to create beats.

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