BrainPOP is perfect for elementary general music teachers. Topics include basic note reading, scales, and harmony as well as famous musicians and instrument families. Each topic comes with several interactive activities/games and a video lesson. Some activities and lessons are free, but the teacher account has access to full lesson plans with standards.
Teachers Pay Teachers
Marci Major2026-05-13T18:22:02+00:00Teachers Pay Teachers is the world’s most popular online marketplace for original educational resources with more than four million resources available for use. It features ideas for every topic: lesson plans, worksheets, games, and other activities for any age.
Price: Free and paid resources
Link: Teachers Pay Teachers
In Tune Monthly
Marci Major2026-05-13T18:33:18+00:00This magazine for teenage students incorporates popular music and classical music and also includes a podcast. Each edition contains a listening list, guitar chords for a song, articles about a modern artist and more. There is also a teacher edition that explores these topics in more detail.
Price: Paid subscription
Link: In Tune Monthly
Noteflight Learn
Marci Major2026-07-07T23:56:20+00:00Noteflight Learn is an extension of Noteflight Premium where students can create scores as well as play/sing along to a library of digital scores for choir, band, orchestra, guitar, piano, and modern music ensembles. Students can record themselves and embed their recordings into the scores using MIDI. They can then share their recordings with their teacher and classmates through a Noteflight Learn personal website. Additionally, this program offers lessons for students.
Price: $69 per 10 students (minimum)
Link: Noteflight Learn
MSL Masterclass Videos
Marci Major2026-07-08T00:35:20+00:00This video offers a sample elementary-level french horn masterclass. If you want a customized masterclass series for your band students, fill out the request form on this site. As always, MSL helpers are available to fill any need or vision you have for elementary through secondary videos on all instruments.
Price: Free
Link: Music Service Learning Sample Masterclass Video
Music Education Resources Facebook Group
Marci Major2020-04-11T18:20:04+00:00Music Education Resources is a Facebook group for music teachers of all areas and levels. It features lots of informational articles, links to additional teaching resources, and some entertainment to lighten the mood. This group should prove helpful to many music educators due to its wide range of content. A Facebook account is necessary for full access.
Price: Always Free
Link: Music Education Resources on Facebook
Music Educators Creating Online Learning Facebook Group
Marci Major2020-04-14T21:30:41+00:00All music teachers can find something of value in the “Music Educators Creating Online Learning” Facebook group. It contains resources for instrumental, choral, jazz, private instruction, general music, and more! This group is a “teachers-help-teachers” setting where anyone can post about a resource or ask a question to get advice. All one needs to access this is a Facebook account!
Price: Always Free
Link: Music Educators Creating Online Learning on Facebook
Online Spinner Music Wheel
Marci Major2020-04-15T00:57:14+00:00This resource is ideal for elementary and secondary instrumental teachers but would require some modification for use in online/distance instruction. One can use this board game-like spinner to randomly select an option to play a passage a certain way (staccato, quietly, loudly, and more). There is lots of room to modify this for different musical selections and instructional situations.
Price: Always Free
Link: Wheel Decide | The Playing Challenge
Online Spinner Music Wheel
Marci Major2020-04-15T00:57:21+00:00This resource is ideal for elementary and secondary instrumental teachers but would require some modification for use in online/distance instruction. One can use this board game-like spinner to randomly select an option to play a passage a certain way (staccato, quietly, loudly, and more). There is lots of room to modify this for different musical selections and instructional situations.
Price: Always Free
Link: Wheel Decide | The Playing Challenge
Online Spinner Music Wheel
Marci Major2020-04-15T00:57:30+00:00This resource is ideal for elementary and secondary instrumental teachers but would require some modification for use in online/distance instruction. One can use this board game-like spinner to randomly select an option to play a passage a certain way (staccato, quietly, loudly, and more). There is lots of room to modify this for different musical selections and instructional situations.
Price: Always Free
Link: Wheel Decide | The Playing Challenge
SmartMusic
Marci Major2020-04-13T21:03:28+00:00SmartMusic is a software that allows students to record and submit themselves making music, which can be used for assessments. Teachers can upload parts and full scores that students can use to submit a recording of themselves performing their part. This user-friendly program can be downloaded onto a computer or utilized as an online website, but requires that students have the appropriate materials for recording from a remote location.
Price: Free during COVID-19. Normal cost is $40-$80/teacher/year depending on package
Link: SmartMusic
SmartMusic
Marci Major2020-04-11T21:06:20+00:00SmartMusic is a software that allows students to record and submit themselves making music, which can be used for assessments. Teachers can upload parts and full scores that students can use to submit a recording of themselves performing their part. This user-friendly program can be downloaded onto a computer or utilized as an online website, but requires that students have the appropriate materials for recording from a remote location.