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What’s new in QuaverMusic?
The QuaverEd team is always working to refine our resources and curriculums. On each of our Release Notes pages, you’ll find an organized list of relevant updates, improvements, and releases with links to more information and help pages.
QBackbeat now has two new features!
First, we’ve added a zoom function. This allows for variations in view, from 1 measure at a time to 4!
Second, a new option for changing the time signature is available when creating a new project, and is also a button at the bottom of the screen to allow users to change the time signature while creating a project. (A popup will appear if users are unable to change the time signature.)
Lessons in QuaverMusic have received an upgrade! While no individual resources have been removed, and the standards have not changed, the lesson screens listed below have been slightly modified, with some songs replaced, a few screens reordered, and new movement games added.
Hoping to still find the previous resources? No problem! These can still be found in your Resource Manager. You can customize your lessons to add them back at any time!
Kindergarten
Lesson 1: Welcome to Music!
Lesson 2: Beat
Lesson 3: Steady Beat
Lesson 4: Whisper, Talk, Shout, and Sing
Lesson 7: Rhythmic Introduction
Lesson 8: Beat or Rhythm
Lesson 10: High and Low
Lesson 17: Patterns of 3
Lesson 20: Woodwinds and Brass
Lesson 22: Loud and Soft
Lesson 32: Singing, Voice, and Timbres
Second
Lesson 1: Welcome to Music!
Lesson 9: Ostinatos 2
Lesson 10: My Voice is an Instrument
First
Lesson 1: Welcome to Music!
Lesson 4: Meters of 2 and 4
Lesson 5: Meter of 3
Lesson 15: Pitches and Intervals
Third
Lesson 10: The Classical Period
Lesson 11: Classical Period Music
Lesson 12: Classical Composers & Orchestra
Lesson 14: Whole Notes and Whole Rests
Fifth
Lesson 3: Meter of 6/8
Lesson 16: Performance Evaluations
Lesson 35: Year-End Assessment
Lesson 36: Family Day
Fourth
Lesson 16: Articulation Review
Lesson 17: Tricky Tempos
Lesson 18: Timbre
Lesson 20: Guitars and Fretted Instruments
Lesson 22: Major and Minor Chords
Lesson 24: Playing Accompaniment Parts
Lesson 34: Keyword and Activity Review
Lesson 35: Year-End Assessment
Lesson 36: Family Day
QuaverMusic has added 8 new documents to the Curriculum Features & Best Practices app, as well as an update to Rhythm Counting and Notation!
New documents include:
Quaver is making two important improvements to help educators find relevant materials in Resource Manager.
First, we’re introducing an improved search experience that uses new tools to better understand what you’re looking for. Instead of returning hundreds of loosely related resources, searches will prioritize the materials that are most relevant to your search terms. These updates are intended to make it easier to find high-quality resources more quickly.
Second, resources are also being reviewed and updated so they are available only to the grade levels for which they were designed. If your school licenses a specific grade, you’ll now see resources that align with that curriculum rather than materials intended for unrelated grade levels.
Get ready! Get Loud! A new instrument has entered the QuaverMusic curriculum! Quaver now offers lessons and resources featuring bucket drumming! Bucket drumming is a fun and energizing activity that reinforces rhythm, teaches basic notation, and allows students to perform as an ensemble.
Take a look at the new lessons by selecting the Bucket Drumming toolbox on your dashboard, or searching “bucket drumming” in your Resource Manager.
Teachers now have access to ELEVEN more Songhubs!
Five previously released recorder songs and six completely new songs for kindergarten, first, and second grade can now be found in your Classplay app.
To see all new additions, open the filter pop-up and select “New Song Content”
Educators can now include Video Instructions within the Notes of their custom screens! In Screen Studio, select Notes, then Video Instructions to upload a video and include a transcript!
When this resource is selected in Resource Manager, there will be a video icon above the preview, which opens the video instructions.
There’s a new application available now in Resource Creation! Screen Studio can be used to create and customize your own Quaver screen.
It contains a variety of helpful templates to get you started, as well as the File Upload, Web Link, Video Link, and Multimedia functionalities from older versions of Resource Creation.
The Student Rewards application has been redesigned, with old buttons replaced with an easier to navigate menu! This is just a visual update and does not change functionality, but if you find yourself needing assistance, check out our updated help page (linked to the left) for a full tour and walkthrough of the application.
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QuaverMusic’s lessons and resources have been improved to replace holiday content and strengthen pedagogical elements!*
You can now find all holiday songs in ClassPlay, Resource Manager, or the Holiday and Special Songs toolbox on your Dashboard!
Lessons updated include:
*Currently available in the national curriculum. State-specific accounts will receive these updates soon.
There’s a new addition to the Audio Playlist screens! You can now shuffle and loop custom and premade audio playlists. These buttons can be found next to the playback bar at the bottom of the screen.
Teachers can now edit the total amount of QuaverNotes awarded for completing an assignment!
By default, a student will be rewarded 10 QuaverNotes once completing an assignment; educators can alter that reward amount to 20, 30, 40, or 50.
Educators can do so by selecting a new button found in the upper righthand corner of the Assignment Creation screen, next to the Menu and Help buttons.
ClassPlay song filters have been updated to work smarter. Selecting multiple grades broadens your results, while adding filters like genre or style narrows them, so the more you filter, the more relevant your results become.
Students will now be rewarded with QuaverNotes when they complete an assignment or win a contest!
Bronze Level contest winners will win 10 QuaverNotes, Silver Level contest winners will win 20 QuaverNotes, and Gold Level contest winners will win 40 QuaverNotes. The winners will receive a notification in their Inbox, much like how they would if rewarded the QuaverNotes from their teacher, via QRewards.
Teachers now have more Boomwhacker Resources with Flip Flop Hip-Hop!
Flip Flop Hip-Hop in an additon to the Boomwhacker Resources icon meant to further introduce playing chords, Rhythms (quarter notes, paired eighth notes, and quarter rests), and lastly form! Use the resource link above to check it out!
Zoom – You can use your computer keys, your fingers on a smartboard, or the Options menu to increase the size of the score.
Select Area – Use your computer mouse or fingers on the score to select and highlight an area with a green box. This area will then display. (example below)
Print – You can print the whole score or a selected area.
Horizontal Scrolling – You have the option to scroll the score horizontally. This feature is best for scores with multiple parts. (example below)
Measure Numbers – You can select whether measure numbers are not shown, shown over every measure, or shown over alternating measures.
March, 2026
3rd–5th Screen Updates
ImprovementWe’ve rolled out a series of visual updates across grades 3–5 to better align with the intended age group. This includes refreshed backgrounds, photos, and artwork across key screens such as Media Slide Shows, Sound N Pic, Metronome, What Did We Learn Today, and Welcome Screens, along with updates to interactive activities like Quaver Five, Staff Champion, and Tic Qac Toe.
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These changes are visual only; there are no updates to instructional content or screen layout.