11th Grade Vocal Music Resources

“If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.” ~ J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan Make your band, chorus, music class, or studio pop with this set of 25 beautifully-made posters featuring quotes about music! Each 7.5 x 7.5 (square) PDF poster contains a provocative quote imposed over a stunning photograph that will spruce up your classroom. The square format is reminiscent of Instagram and makes for an eye-catching arrangement on your wall or bulletin board. I suggest laminating the posters and using them year after year! Quotes from famous figures such as: Heinrich Heine Maya Angelou J. M. Barrie Victor Hugo Ludwig Van Betthoven William Shakespeare Kahlil Gibran Friedrich Nietzsche John Green Modest Mouse Lao Tzu Zora Neale Hurston Edward Bulwer-Lytton Henry Wadsworth Longfellow __________________________________________________________________________ Also, check out these great resources for your band, chorus, or music class by Language Arts Excellence: First Day of School "Music Talk" Activity End of Year "Music Talk" Activity

In this Imagine Dragons Percussion MEGABundle, you will get great resources, a mix of bucket drumming arrangements, rhythm basketball, rhythm stick read-alongs, and body percussion at a 15% discount off of each one!

WHY IMAGINE DRAGONS?

• Great compositions, safe for ears, and engaging music for all grades (battle anthems for most of the boys as well -- surely a hit for them!)

Arrangements are designed from 4th grade all the way up to middle school, so these are typically designed for some of the older kids.

For notation:

• All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish),

• The X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)

• The X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

For the Rhythm Basketball:

• Your students will each have a basketball (can be regulation size or smaller) and bounce their ball on the ground each time they see an ornament icon. Each ornament icon is denoted as a quarter note. The rests are in between each ball for the students to hold the ball. Any smaller ornaments (grouped in two) will be played as 2 eighth note pairs and students will have to lower themselves a foot or two to dribble eighth notes on the floor

• There's also a "pat" icon with a hand below the ornament icon itself, so you will have the student hold the basketball in one hand and pat the ball on the beat

In this Dance Hits Bundle, you will get great resources, a mix of 9 custom bucket drumming arrangements @ 15% each when bundled together here!

Arrangements are designed from 4th grade all the way up to middle school, so these are typically designed for some of the older kids.

For notation:

• All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish),

• The X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)

• The X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

Looking for a load of 2022 repertoire (that's clean!) for your bucket drums? Look no further to keep all of your kids drumming throughout the year!

In this megapack, you will receive 8 custom arrangements of the most recent popular music from the leading artists at a 20% discount when bought all together here...

All music can be found on YouTube (or Amazon music, Apple Music, Pandora, etc) as the accompaniment tracks and played in the background.

You can preview the music in the store by browsing through the bucket drumming arrangements (most are designed for upper elementary, middle, and can easily be played by high schoolers)

Have a great time with this!

For notation:

• All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish),

• The X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)

• The X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

In this GnArLy 90s BUCKET DRUMMING BUNDLE, you will get great resources, a mix of bucket 90s drumming arrangements at a 15% discount off of each one!

Great compositions, safe for ears, and engaging music for all grades (battle anthems for most of the boys as well -- surely a hit for them!)

Arrangements are designed from 4th grade all the way up to middle school, so these are typically designed for some of the older kids.

For notation:

• All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish),

• The X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)

• The X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

In this Christmas Remix (TRAP Version), you will get great 7 resources all Christmas Themed re-envisioned with a TRAP Remix hip-hop background with a 10% discount off of each one!

For notation:

• All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish),

• The X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)

• The X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

With the boy band crazy you grew up with, we now feature the BOY BAND BUCKET BUNDLE, a collection of six bucket drumming arrangements to popular Boy Bands from the 80s and 90s your kids will ask to play over and over again!

Youtube links and mp3s can be found on the individual pages -- your kids will LOVE this, and at 15% off here when it's all purchased together, it's a win-win!

(and how cool could you stage it for a BOY BAND concert?) :D

Yep, it's TS!

With the engaging attributes of Taylor Swift's music, we now feature the Taylor Swift Bucket Drumming MEGAMix!, a collection of eight bucket drumming (and one rhythm basketball) arrangements to some of her best known hits!

Youtube links and mp3s can be found on the individual pages -- your kids will LOVE this, and at 20% off here when it's all purchased together, it's a win-win!

You're looking at it! An entire year (or MORE!) worth of Rhythm Basketball arrangements!

When bought all together here, you save over 40% of 48 arrangements of Rhythm Basketball from Movies to Holidays to TV shows to Pop Songs to Cartoons and MORE!

This is a #buyitforLIFE sale! One and done and they're all yours! :)

The #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music!" has multiple follow versions! In addition to the Original Version, you can download Part THREE (2015), Part FOUR (2017), Part FIVE (2018) Part SIX (2019) and Part SEVEN (2021) below:

Identify Form in Pop Music PART THREE

Identify Form in Pop Music PART FOUR

Identify Form in Pop Music PART FIVE

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SIX

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SEVEN

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Redone and remodeled from the beginning to end with more colorful layouts and updated music, the 2014 follow-up to the #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music"... here's part TWO!

Kids love their pop music, right? Want to integrate it into your classroom? This is great lesson to do with 4th and 5th graders that lets them listen to their favorite pop music while learning about musical form!

The lesson begins with a video introduction to form and then talks about elements of pop music and how it ascribes to a specific form. We talk about the intro, verse, chorus, bridge, and outro, and include (different from the 2013 version) the collision and the channel and then go onto our activity.

I cut out cards... a whole bunch of intros, verses, chorus, bridges, outros, channels, and collisons (or you can do it with a whiteboard/marker, or even as a unison class response) and give them to each student, then have have the kids sit on the floor. I then play an mp3 of a song which has 10 second clips of each of the sections (there is about a 2 second gap in between each clip and all clips are safe for little ears -- no profanity!) and have the students identify them by spelling them out on the floor in front of them

A great compromise to having your kids listen to their music and still satisfy a 4th and 5th grade standard in identifying the structure of music!

The 2014 hit list:

Best Day of My Life - American Authors

Burn - Ellie Goulding

Neon Lights - Demi Lovato

Let it Go - Idina Menzel (this will SURELY get your class sold!)

Happy - Pharrell Williams

Counting Stars - OneRepublic

Pompeii - Bastille

Light 'em Up - Fall Out Boy

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at jasonlitt@gmail.com

Have fun, kids LOVE this!

The #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music!" has multiple follow versions! In addition to the Original Version, you can download Part TWO (2014), Part THREE (2015), Part FOUR (2017), Part SIX (2019) and Part SEVEN (2021) below:

Identify Form in Pop Music PART TWO

Identify Form in Pop Music PART THREE

Identify Form in Pop Music PART FOUR

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SIX

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SEVEN

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We're BACK and our high tech theme has taken over the layout for 2018 in the follow-up to the #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music" series, we now bring you

Part FIVE!

Kids love their pop music, right? Want to integrate it into your classroom? This is great lesson to do with 4th and 5th graders that lets them listen to their favorite pop music (as always, kid friendly 100% CLEAN!) while learning about musical form!

The lesson begins with an introduction to popular music and how the music is formulated by the artists songwriters. We talk about the intro, verse, chorus, bridge, and outro, and include the collision and the channel and then go onto our activity.

I cut out cards... a whole bunch of intros, verses, chorus, bridges, outros, channels, and collisions (or you can do it with a whiteboard/marker, or even as a unison class response) and give them to each student, then have have the kids sit on the floor. I then play an mp3 of a song which has 10 second clips of each of the sections (there is about a 2 second gap in between each clip and all clips are safe for little ears -- no profanity!) and have the students identify them by spelling them out on the floor in front of them. This works great if you're putting kids into groups of 2 or 3 as they try to figure out the form of the song.

It's a great compromise to having your kids listen to their music and still satisfy a 4th and 5th grade standard in identifying the structure of music!

The 2018 hit list:

Believer - Imagine Dragons

Feel it Still - Portugal

For the First Time - Darius Rucker

Good Old Days - Mackelmore

Let You Down - NF

Lights Down Low - MAX

Meant to Be - Bebe Rexha ft. Florida-Georgia Line

New Rules - Dua Lipa

Perfect - Ed Sheeran

If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment email me at jasonlitt@gmail.com

Have fun, kids LOVE this!

The #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music!" has multiple follow versions! In addition to the Original Version, you can download Part TWO (2014), Part THREE (2015), Part FIVE (2018) Part SIX (2019) and Part SEVEN (2021) below:

Identify Form in Pop Music PART TWO

Identify Form in Pop Music PART THREE

Identify Form in Pop Music PART FIVE

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SIX

Identify Form in Pop Music PART SEVEN

Tweaked from the 2015 version from the beginning to end with more eye catching layouts and updated music, the 2017 follow-up to the #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music" series, we now present to you

Part FOUR!

Kids love their pop music, right? Want to integrate it into your classroom? This is great lesson to do with 4th and 5th graders that lets them listen to their favorite pop music while learning about musical form!

The lesson begins with an introduction to popular music and how the music is formulated by the artists songwriters. We talk about the intro, verse, chorus, bridge, and outro, and include the collision and the channel and then go onto our activity.

I cut out cards... a whole bunch of intros, verses, chorus, bridges, outros, channels, and collisions (or you can do it with a whiteboard/marker, or even as a unison class response) and give them to each student, then have have the kids sit on the floor. I then play an mp3 of a song which has 10 second clips of each of the sections (there is about a 2 second gap in between each clip and all clips are safe for little ears -- no profanity!) and have the students identify them by spelling them out on the floor in front of them. This works great if you're putting kids into groups of 2 or 3 as they try to figure out the form of the song.

It's a great compromise to having your kids listen to their music and still satisfy a 4th and 5th grade standard in identifying the structure of music!

The 2017 hit list:

Can't Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake

Love on the Brain - Rihanna

This Town - Niall Horan

Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes

Don't Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers

Heathens - Twenty-One Pilots

Water Under the Bridge - Adele

May We All - Florida-Georgia Line

The Greatest - Sia

If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment email me at jasonlitt@gmail.com

Have fun, kids LOVE this!

PS - Need more and haven't been to Part 3, Part 2, and Part 1? Here are the links below!

Identify Form in Pop Music - Part THREE!

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Identify-Form-in-Pop-Music-PART-THREE-1808420

Identify Form in Pop Music - Part TWO!

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Identify-Form-in-Pop-Music-PART-TWO-1213858

Identify Form in Pop Music

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Identify-Form-in-Pop-Music-677524

Need to connect with your kids with their pop music through general music? Involve them in bucket drumming with Lady Gaga's 2009 hit song "Bad Romance" !

There are three all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 2, 4, or 8 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uxEMmJGMVk

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

Need to connect with your kids with their pop music through general music? Involve them in bucket drumming with Bruno Mars' 2012 hit song "Treasure" !

There are three all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 3, 5, or 7 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

All notation with a note head AND X are to be played like a rimshot

A couple of rhythms are tricky in here (as you know, Bruno Mars; songs contains a lot irregular rhythms and syncopation, but your kids can be taught it quite easily)

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_zmgxme33uw

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

More on the hit list with your bucket drumming kids, we present Bruno Mars' hit song from 2010, "Grenade"!

There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 2-6 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

This one is quite advanced and may take a few lessons to get solidified. There are multiple sixteenth note phrases throughout the piece so the students aren't constantly playing the same rhythms -- lots of variety! It'll take a few lessons to line everyone up for the younger ones, but a chance to practice some good steady rhythms!

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5olfnVeYfgg

More on the hit list with your bucket drumming kids, we present PSY's hit song from 2012, "Gangnam Style"!

There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 3 or 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument).

Notation with a note head and X is treated like a rimshot

This one is easy with a few challenges in a couple of measures with some repeated 16th note passages... but still fun!

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

More on the hit list with your bucket drumming kids, we present Taylor Swift's hit song from 2019, "ME!"

There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)

Here's the track so you can play along...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJrejf8blAA

More on the hit list with your bucket drumming kids, we present Katy Perry's hit song from 2010, "Firework"!

There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 3 or 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)

There are some syncopations in here, but hey... you teach it by rote, it'll sound fantastic ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1lfYh-aUk0

More on the hit list with your bucket drumming kids, we present to you one of the smash hits from the 2014, Fall Out Boy's "Centuries" (as heard on ESPN College Gameday/College Football)!

There are six all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 2 or 3 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)

Here's the track so you can play along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR18NP-acL4

More on the hit list with your bucket drumming kids, we present Owl City's hit song from 2012, "Good Time"!

There are three all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 4 or 8 times). Then, apply it to drums!

All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)

Note: It feels like the sixteenth notes should be swung a bit, but they may go so fast you (and your audience) may not know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7HmzwI67ec