How do musicians talk to each other?
How do they know what to play?

Well, there is a language of music that helps them. This language provides a way for musicians talk to each other. It tells them what sounds to play and how to play those sounds: long or short, loud or soft, fast or slow.

It's a way to organize sounds. So instead of noise, you get music.

Start with the Basics and you'll meet some of the most familiar characters in music: staff, clefs, time signatures, measures and notes.

	Start here and meet the staff, the notes, and more Speed it up or slow it down Hear patterns that make music move Play around with sounds Mix it up with the Harmonizer Make it louder, softer, or play it again Decide what the instruments will play Play a tune or two Make your own tune

Task

Write down the new vocabulary in your language as well.

1. Matching Symbols and Rhythms
2. Rhythms Adding It Up
3. Fun with Musical Terms (Quiz)
4. Music Theory for Beginners (Quiz)
5. Rhythm Time (Multiple choice quiz)
6. Santa's Delivery (Game)
7. Music Rhythms HoopShoot Quiz (1 or 2 players)
8. Rhythm Quiz Show (Can play up to 10 players/groups)
9. Rhythm Billionaire Quiz (1 or 2 players)
10. Music Rhythm Terms Scramble Half-a-Min Quiz
11. See-Sawing Note Values (Rhythms Quiz)
12. Going Nuts Over Time Signs Quiz
13. Add It Up Rhythms Multiple Choice Quiz (1 or 2 players)
14. Rhythms Concentration Game
15. Skips, Steps and Repeats Music Quiz
16. Rhythmic Math Quiz
17. Rhythms - Fill in the Measure
18. Rhythms - Find the Correct Measure
19. Music Patterns (Listening Test)
20. Listening to Rhythm Patterns Quiz
21. Rhythm Sound Match
22. Counting Rhymes (Game)

For advanced students:

1. Tempo Walk (Quiz)
2. Tempo Marks (Word search)
3. Music Terms and Expressions (Pick-a-letter)
4. Music Definitions - Choose the correct term
5. Music Terms (Quiz)
6. Music Terms and Expressions (Mathching game)
7. Word Warrior: Treble Clef (Multiple choice questions)
8. Word Warrior: Bass Clef (Multiple choice questions)
9. Treble Clef Notes
10. Treble Clef - Matching words and notes

• Free Music Theory Worksheets (in PDF)
• Music Theory - Games and Activies for Kids
• Musicmoz - further collection of links
• Ricci Adams' Music Theory lessons with online exercises
• The Basics of Reading Music
• Music Tech Teacher (Music Information and Theory pages help you learn the names of music notes, rhythms, terms and the names of famous musicians and composers.)