Music Composition Handouts

Decorate the room, a bulletin board, or a music center with these composer posters!

You will find a bright, rainbow-heart background for each page, with a black-and-white border of classic swirls. The information includes the composer's name, lifetime, the musical period, and a composition or play/opera.

These full-color pages are 11x8.5 (landscape orientation,) and can be adjusted to your preferred printing size. Print multiple pages per sheet for flashcard or notebook sizes.

The featured composers and title posters are listed below:

Title Posters:

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th Century

Composers:

Leroy Anderson

Johann Sebastian Bach

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Leonard Bernstein

Georges Bizet

Johannes Brahms

Benjamin Britten

Frédéric Chopin

Aaron Copland

Debussy

Antonín Dvořák

Edward Elgar

George Gershwin

Edvard Grieg

George Handel

Joseph Haydn

Scott Joplin

Zoltán Kodály

Franz Liszt

Gustav Mahler

Wolfgang Amadus Mozart

Modest Mussorgsky

Orff

Prokofiev

Gioachino Rossini

Camille Saint-Saëns

Franz Schubert

Clara Schumann

Robert Schumann

John Philip Sousa

Johann Strauss

Igor Stravinsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Vivaldi

Wagner

John Williams

This music-note-themed program booklet template will prepare you for your next chorus or band concert! Compatible with Google Slides™, we've taken the guesswork out of the design so you can focus on the concert and, most importantly, your musicians!

Features:

• Compatible with Google Slides™ to easily edit
• 11"x8.5" US letter size, landscape orientation, folds into a half-sheet 5.5"x8.5" booklet
• Print, save or share electronically
• Choose to print in black-and-white or color
• Includes instructions on recoloring any design feature
• Easily add important information like your school name, date, location, and time
• All resources use Google Fonts™ and can be downloaded for free from fonts.google.com.

Printing directions: Adjust your print settings to US letter size and landscape orientation. To print two-sided, flip on the short edge. Printing one sheet front-and-back creates a 4-page folded booklet; printing two sheets front-to-back creates an 8-page folded booklet, and so on.

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In this package, you will receive 36 music music symbol and sign cutouts for your classroom white/chalkboard, images to embed in your media presentations, manipulatives for class, anything you can imagine!

Decked out with high quality clip art and modern fonts, this is sure to be a welcomed addition to your elementary classroom! Can either be printed out full page or shrunken to a size of your preference

Included terminology in this resource:

• Eighth Note
• Quarter Rest
• Whole Rest
• Diminuendo
• Staff
• Meter Sign
• Fermata
• Quarter Note Triplet
• Eighth Note Triplet
• Crescendo
• Mezzo Piano
• Natural
• Half Note
• Eighth Rest
• Tremelo
• Mezzo Forte
• Accent
• Ending ("1st Ending")
• Quarter Note
• Sixteenth Note Triplet
• Tie
• Bass Clef
• Treble Clef
• Repeat Sign
• Whole Note
• Eighth Note Pair
• Forte
• Piano
• Half Rest
• Dot (dotted quarter note)
• Sixteenth Notes
• Down Stem
• Up Stem
• Sharp
• Flat
• Chord

Looking for a way for students to remember where they're at in their book? How about an awesome gift for completing a challenge? Or even a cool freebie to hand out to prospective families?

Check out our Piano Chord Bookmarks!

This set of bookmarks allows you to make a variety to hand out to your piano students kids during their lessons and classes including front and back bookmarks, or one-sided bookmarks.

You'll find in the document one page with Major Chords which includes cut lines, one page with Minor Chords without cut lines, and one page with Minor Chords with cut lines. This way, you can make bookmarks however you see fit!

We've included the C Major, F Major G Major, A Minor, D Minor, and E Minor Chords.

Here's what's inside the document

• Print and Assembly instructions page (so you don't make the same mistakes I did!)
• 1 Page of 5 Bookmarks with major chords with cut lines
• 1 page of 5 Bookmarks with minor chords without cut lines
• 1 Page of 5 Bookmarks with major chords without cut lines
• 1 page of 5 Bookmarks with minor chords with cut lines

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! The set of bookmarks IS a reproducible resource, but you may not share this with colleagues or other teachers/schools. Please direct them here so they can buy their own set.

ZSMP Catalog: MTP-PBMS-DG

© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

For inquiries, please send us a message here on TeachShare, or e-mail: zsmusiceducation@gmail.com

Piano Cliff Notes is your one-page, front-only cheat sheet to piano essentials, perfect for students just starting out or those needing a quick refresher! This guide covers the core basics of piano playing and music literacy, ensuring you're always prepared at the keyboard.
Included:

• B/W & Color Option Available
• Finger Numbers: A simple diagram showing which fingers correspond to numbers (1-5) for both hands, making hand positioning easy.
• Treble & Bass Clef Notes: Clear visuals of note names on both staves, helping you read music with confidence.
• Rhythm Durations: Quick references for quarter, half, whole notes, and more to keep your timing spot on.
• Notes on a Staff: Identify notes on the grand staff with mnemonic devices to remember their placements.
• Notes on the Piano: A piano keyboard graphic showing note names, helping you connect what you read on the staff to what you play.
• Dynamics: A guide to understanding musical dynamics, from soft to loud, with examples like piano, forte, and crescendo.

Tuck this guide into your piano binder for a handy reference before lessons or practice sessions, and take the guesswork out of reading and playing music!

New Style! This recently updated set of cards features a bright rainbow background with a swirled border. As requested, there are now full page posters for each music term. Great for music centers and bulletin boards!

Product Includes:

+ 30 flashcards to print, cut, and laminate (6 per page)

+ 30 full-page musical term posters

Featured Terms:

01. Rhythm

02. Beat

03. Meter

04. Measure

05. Accent

06. Sound

07. Improvisation

08. Baton

09. Tempo

10. Pitch

11. Dynamics

12. Range

13. Interval

14. Tone

15. Ritardando

16. Note

17. Accelerando

18. Notation

19. Bass Clef

20. Treble Clef

21. Grand Staff

22. Score

23. Climax

24. Theme

25. Harmony

26. Form

27. Scale

28. Style

29. Key

30. Sequence

Looking for a way for students to remember where they're at in their book? How about an awesome gift for completing a challenge? Or even a cool freebie to hand out to prospective families?

Check out our 6-String Guitar Chord Bookmarks!

This set of bookmarks allows you to make a variety to hand out to your guitar students kids during their lessons and classes including front and back bookmarks, or one-sided bookmarks.

You'll find in the document one page with Major Chords which includes cut lines, one page with Minor Chords without cut lines, and one page with Minor Chords with cut lines. This way, you can make bookmarks however you see fit!

We've included the C Major, F Major G Major, A Minor, D Minor, and E Minor Chords.

Here's what's inside the document

• Print and Assembly instructions page (so you don't make the same mistakes I did!)
• 1 Page of 5 Bookmarks with major chords with cut lines
• 1 page of 5 Bookmarks with minor chords without cut lines
• 1 Page of 5 Bookmarks with major chords without cut lines
• 1 page of 5 Bookmarks with minor chords with cut lines

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! The set of bookmarks IS a reproducible resource, but you may not share this with colleagues or other teachers/schools. Please direct them here so they can buy their own set.

ZSMP Catalog: MTP-G3MS-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

For inquiries, please send us a message here on TeachShare, or e-mail: zsmusiceducation@gmail.com

Help your students master drumset notation with this clear and engaging Drumset Notation Poster Set! This resource includes two separate posters: one highlighting cymbal notation and another focusing on drums like the snare, toms, and bass drum.

Designed with flexibility in mind, this set includes cutout labels for each drum and cymbal, allowing you to tape the names over the corresponding notes as students learn them—perfect for gradual skill-building in your classroom.

Whether you print them as standard posters or enlarge them using tools like rasterbator.com or local print shops, these posters will become an essential part of your music room!

What's Included:

• Poster 1: Cymbal Notation (hi-hats, ride, crash, etc.)
• Poster 2: Drum Notation (toms, snare, bass drum, etc.)
• Cutout Labels: Drum & cymbal titles to add as students learn

This product is ideal for drum students of all levels and provides a visual aid that makes learning percussion notation more accessible and fun!

Looking for a way for students to remember where they're at in their book? How about an awesome gift for completing a challenge? Or even a cool freebie to hand out to prospective families?

Check out our SINGLE SET of Piano, Guitar, and Ukulele chord bookmarks!

This set of bookmarks allows you to make a variety to hand out to your kids during their lessons and classes including front and back bookmarks, or one-sided bookmarks.

For each instrument, we've included the C Major, F Major G Major, A Minor, D Minor, and E Minor Chords. There are also piano key bookmarks that feature key names as well!

What makes this set complete? Here's what's inside:

• Print and Assembly instructions page (so you don't make the same mistakes I did!)
• 12 Pages of combined instruments:
  • Set 1: 2 Piano bookmarks, 2 6-String Guitar bookmarks, 1 Ukulele bookmark which comes with cut lines and no cut lines.
  • Set 2: 1 Piano Chord Bookmark, 1 Piano Key Bookmark, 1 6-String Guitar Bookmark, 1 3-String Bookmark, and 1 Ukulele Bookmark. Each set has pages with cut lines and pages with no cut lines.

This single set is perfect for teachers or music school owners who teach multiple instruments and need to produce these bookmarks for such a variety of instrument students.

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! The set of bookmarks IS A reproducible resource, but you may not share this with colleagues or other teachers/schools. Please direct them here so they can buy their own set.

ZSMP Catalog: MTP-PGUC-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

For inquiries, please send us a message here on TeachShare, or e-mail: zsmusiceducation@gmail.com

Choir Cliff Notes is your ultimate one-page guide to mastering the basics of music literacy! Designed specifically for choir students, this front-only cheat sheet covers all the essentials you need to navigate your sheet music with confidence.

Included:

• Diatonic Solfege: A quick reference to help you nail those scales and sightreading.
• B/W & Color Option Available
• Treble & Bass Clef Notes: Learn to recognize note names with fun memory aids from a familiar treble clef song, and bass clef rap.
• Dynamics: A clear breakdown of musical dynamics, from pianissimo to fortissimo, and everything in between.
• Note Durations: Visual examples of quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, and eighth notes to keep your rhythm sharp.
• Real Sheet Music Example: An annotated section of actual music, highlighting key elements like Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, bar lines, and measures for easy reading and practice.
• Chromatic Solfege: Includes hands signs of the chromatic solfege in order for students to reference.
• Key Signature: Teaches students to identify key signature quickly and easily.

Keep this guide in your binder for quick reference before rehearsal or performances, and never miss a beat!

Looking for a way for students to remember where they're at in their book? How about an awesome gift for completing a challenge? Or even a cool freebie to hand out to prospective families?

Check out our Ukulele Chord Bookmark set!

This set of bookmarks allows you to make a variety to hand out to your ukulele students kids during their lessons and classes including front and back bookmarks, or one-sided bookmarks.

We've included the C Major, F Major G Major, A Minor, D Minor, and E Minor Chords.

Here's what's inside the document

• Print and Assembly instructions page (so you don't make the same mistakes I did!)
• 1 Page of 5 Bookmarks with major chords with cut lines
• 1 page of 5 Bookmarks with minor chords without cut lines
• 1 Page of 5 Bookmarks with major chords without cut lines
• 1 page of 5 Bookmarks with minor chords with cut lines

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! The set of bookmarks IS a reproducible resource, but you may not share this with colleagues or other teachers/schools. Please direct them here so they can buy their own set.

ZSMP Catalog: MTP-UBMS-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

For inquiries, please send us a message here on TeachShare, or e-mail: zsmusiceducation@gmail.com

Elevate your piano teaching with our comprehensive Accelerated Piano Adventures Bundle! This all-in-one bundle includes everything you need to guide your students through Books 1 and 2 of the Accelerated Piano Adventures series, offering a structured, engaging, and effective learning experience.
Bundle Includes:

1. Accelerated Piano Adventures Book 1: Comprehensive Student Guide & Vocabulary Review

• Detailed unit-by-unit instructions
• Vocabulary and review pages for reinforcing key concepts
• Designed to be used alongside the Theory, Performance, Sightreading, and Lesson Books

1. Free Progress Tracking Poster

• Visual tracking system for Books 1 and 2
• Students place stickers to track their progress, keeping them motivated and engaged
• Matches the design of other products for a cohesive classroom look

Key Benefits:

• Structured Learning: Provides clear, step-by-step guidance for each unit, helping students understand and master key concepts.
• Enhanced Engagement: The progress tracking poster motivates students by visually representing their achievements and encouraging them to advance at their own pace.
• Seamless Integration: All resources are designed to work together, offering a complete teaching toolkit that aligns with the Accelerated Piano Adventures series.
• Motivational Tools: Includes practical classroom tools like the progress poster and stamp system to boost student morale and track progress effectively.

Perfect For:

• Group piano classes
• Individual piano lessons
• Teachers looking for a cohesive set of resources to support students through the Accelerated Piano Adventures series

Invest in this bundle to streamline your teaching process, keep students motivated, and create a productive learning environment. Download the bundle today and provide your students with everything they need to succeed in their piano adventures!

You need to print

All. The. Sticky. Notes!

These sticky-note templates are staffs with the Bass Clef that you can print on and use for anything you need to show to students to place in notebooks or method books, or whatever other needs you have with your students!

The PDF file allows you to print off a master copy of the page you want to use. After printing the master page, simply place blank sticky-notes on the master page and put the page back into the printer!

This entire document is 5 pages, which includes:

1. Document information and Printing instructions
2. 3"x3" page with a title line
3. 3"x3" page without a title line
4. 2"x2" page with a title line
5. 2"x2" page without a title line
6. A Blank 3"x3" page to line up your sticky-notes
7. A Blank 2"x2" page to line up your sticky-notes

The 3"x3" pages hold 9 sticky notes on the page. the 2"x2" pages hold 12 sticky notes on the page.

You can print as many masters as you need to print multiple sticky-notes at a time. However, you may not share this document with teachers, so please encourage your coworkers to purchase their own copy of this sticky-note template.

Looking for a way for students to remember where they're at in their book? How about an awesome gift for completing a challenge? Or even a cool freebie to hand out to prospective families?

Check out our Guitar Chord Bookmark set!

This set of bookmarks allows you to make a variety to hand out to your guitar students kids during their lessons and classes including front and back bookmarks, or one-sided bookmarks.

You'll find in the document one page with Major Chords which includes cut lines, one page with Minor Chords without cut lines, and one page with Minor Chords with cut lines. This way, you can make bookmarks however you see fit!

We've included the C Major, F Major G Major, A Minor, D Minor, and E Minor Chords.

Here's what's inside the document

• Print and Assembly instructions page (so you don't make the same mistakes I did!)
• 1 Page of 5 Bookmarks with major chords with cut lines
• 1 page of 5 Bookmarks with minor chords without cut lines
• 1 Page of 5 Bookmarks with major chords without cut lines
• 1 page of 5 Bookmarks with minor chords with cut lines

This set includes both 6-string and 3-string guitar chord boxes for your students.

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! The set of bookmarks IS a reproducible resource, but you may not share this with colleagues or other teachers/schools. Please direct them here so they can buy their own set.

ZSMP Catalog: MTP-GBMS-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

For inquiries, please send us a message here on TeachShare, or e-mail: zsmusiceducation@gmail.com

Looking for a way for students to remember where they're at in their book? How about an awesome gift for completing a challenge? Or even a cool freebie to hand out to prospective families?

Check out our 3-String Guitar Chord Bookmarks!

This set of bookmarks allows you to make a variety to hand out to your guitar students kids during their lessons and classes including front and back bookmarks, or one-sided bookmarks.

You'll find in the document one page with Major Chords which includes cut lines, one page with Minor Chords without cut lines, and one page with Minor Chords with cut lines. This way, you can make bookmarks however you see fit!

We've included the C Major, F Major G Major, A Minor, D Minor, and E Minor Chords.

Here's what's inside the document

• Print and Assembly instructions page (so you don't make the same mistakes I did!)
• 1 Page of 5 Bookmarks with major chords with cut lines
• 1 page of 5 Bookmarks with minor chords without cut lines
• 1 Page of 5 Bookmarks with major chords without cut lines
• 1 page of 5 Bookmarks with minor chords with cut lines

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! The set of bookmarks IS a reproducible resource, but you may not share this with colleagues or other teachers/schools. Please direct them here so they can buy their own set.

ZSMP Catalog: MTP-G3MS-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

For inquiries, please send us a message here on TeachShare, or e-mail: zsmusiceducation@gmail.com

You need to print

All. The. Sticky. Notes!

These sticky-note templates are staffs with the Treble Clef that you can print on and use for anything you need to show to students to place in notebooks or method books, or whatever other needs you have with your students!

The PDF file allows you to print off a master copy of the page you want to use. After printing the master page, simply place blank sticky-notes on the master page and put the page back into the printer!

This entire document is 5 pages, which includes:

1. Document information and Printing instructions
2. 3"x3" page with a title line
3. 3"x3" page without a title line
4. 2"x2" page with a title line
5. 2"x2" page without a title line
6. Blank 3"x3" to help place your notes
7. Blank 2"x2" to help you place your notes

The 3"x3" pages hold 9 sticky notes on the page. the 2"x2" pages hold 12 sticky notes on the page.

You can print as many masters as you need to print multiple sticky-notes at a time. However, you may not share this document with teachers, so please encourage your coworkers to purchase their own copy of this sticky-note template.

Looking for a way for students to remember where they're at in their book? How about an awesome gift for completing a challenge? Or even a cool freebie to hand out to prospective families?

Check out our COMPLETE SET of Piano, Guitar, and Ukulele chord bookmarks!

This set of bookmarks allows you to make a variety to hand out to your kids during their lessons and classes including front and back bookmarks, or one-sided bookmarks.

You'll find in the document there is one page with Major Chords which includes cut lines, one page with Minor Chords without cut lines, and one page with Minor Chords with cut lines. This way, you can make bookmarks however you see fit!

For each instrument, we've included the C Major, F Major G Major, A Minor, D Minor, and E Minor Chords.

What makes this set complete? Here's what's inside:

• Print and Assembly instructions page (so you don't make the same mistakes I did!)
• 3 Pages of combined instruments (2 Piano bookmarks, 2 6-String Guitar bookmarks, 1 Ukulele bookmark).
• 3 Pages of Piano bookmarks
• 3 Pages of Ukulele bookmarks
• 3 Pages of 6-String Guitar bookmarks
• 3 Pages of 3-String Guitar bookmarks

This combined set is perfect for teachers or music school owners who teach multiple instruments and need to produce these bookmarks for such a variety of instrument students.

Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! The set of bookmarks IS A reproducible resource, but you may not share this with colleagues or other teachers/schools. Please direct them here so they can buy their own set.

ZSMP Catalog: MTP-PGUC-DG

© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

For inquiries, please send us a message here on TeachShare, or e-mail: zsmusiceducation@gmail.com