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General Resources Staff paper with keyboard blanksheetmusic.net Another one Project Gutenberg online library Merriam-Webster dictionary/thesaurus w/pronunciation How to Study This is the title, but it encompasses how to learn! Music Scores IMSLP International Music Score Library Projet Sheetmusicfox.com Icking-music-archive Cipoo Sheet Music Archive Music-scores All of Mozart's Music - free Mutopia Project Free classical guitar music CPDL Choral Public Domain Library Historic American Sheet Music American Sheet Music Sheet-music.htm Sheet music section of this site | Midi/MP3s Classicalarchives.com Classiccat.net ClassicalMidi Classical music midi page Amclassical.com 20th Century Classical music mp3s Kunstderfuge classical music Music files Mp3 section of this site - also has midis and scores Public domain midi and lyrics Red ferret 1 million free, legal music tracks Drum grooves All styles Tuning Guitar Tuning Fork Tune your guitar to your computer AP Tuner for Windows Instruments Dolmetsch Instrument names (in several languages) and their abbreviations Transpose Instrument transposition table A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments Online Recorder Method |
Music Theory |
General Theory Dolmetsch.com/theoryindex Index to music theory and history topics http://davesmey.com/theory/ Freshman theory resources, SMTP Free Music Theory Workbook Counterpoint Harmony and Counterpoint I MIT Harmony and Counterpoint II MIT Intro to Counterpoint Rules for Species Counterpoint Melody Melodic organization and devices Illustrated with real music Melodic Contour with listening excerpts Mozart cells for composition ideas Nonharmonic Tones Real music examples http://www.colleges.org/~music/theory/15N.html Neighboring tones, escape tones, appoggiaturas in .swf Principles of melody http://www.tonalityguide.com/tkembellishing.php Decorative pitches (melodic embellishments) MusicTheory.net lessons: Nonharmonic tones How to develop a melody Nonharmonic tones Augmentation, diminution, inversion, retrograde Phrases and cadences Phrases and cadences Picardy thirds in flash Sequences excerpts in flash or pdf Sequence Keys Key signatures and other related fears Scales/modes Scales and modes Aural recognition in real music Scale degrees Illustrated in real music Scale degree games Scales and modes Build a major scale MusicTheory.net lessons: Major scales MusicTheory.net lessons: Minor scales Major & minor scales in classical excerpts MusicTheory.net lessons: Scale degrees Church modes Octatonic scale Jazz Keys Scales and chords on a virtual piano Notation Teoria Drills in clef reading, intervals, scales, key signatures, chords Keyboard Flash shows staff & octave designation Piano Mouse Online drill to identify notes in bass and treble clef Basic notation explained Treble clef flashcards Bass clef flashcards Alto clef flashcards Diagram of genesis of grand staff Octave registers Notecard Free software to download which teaches proficiency in reading notes in both clefs Mensural Notation Modulation Modulation Types A handy table for step-by-step analysis http://courses.wcupa.edu/abauer/modtypes.htm Modulation by diminished 7ths Modulation by augmented 6ths Modulation by Neapolitan 6 Miscellaneous Texture Great page with midi examples for each type Texture, aural recognition Illustrated with real music | Harmony The Amazing Chord Keyboard Chord Keyboard in minor Chord spelling Chords Table of chord functions for musical analysis Chord Calculator Suspensions Figured Bass in a nutshell Circle progressions Common chord progressionsl Harmonic function and progression Modulation Chord identification and labeling Secondary dominants Secondary dominants, aural recognition Illustrated in real music Basic rules of harmonic progression Harmonic progressions Cadences Sound files real music illustrate cadence types http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id60_en.html When to use triads in first inversion http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id61_en.html When to use triads in second inversion 6/4 chords MusicTheory.net lessons: Triad inversions MusicTheory.net lessons: Diatonic triads MusicTheory.net lessons: Intro to Roman Numeral Analysis MusicTheory.net lessons: Roman numeral analysis of "Oh Canada" MusicTheory.net lessons: Roman numeral analysis of "Auld Lang Syne" http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id40_en.html Building chords by intervals - M, m, d, A Mode mixture Borrowed chords Hilarious song http://www.colleges.org/~music/theory/mixture.html Modal mixture and borrowed chords excerpts in .swf http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id50_en.html Interchanging diatonic chords from the minor scales Augmented 6ths/Neapolitans Neapolitan 6th explanation and examples http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id120_en.html Building Neapolitan chords http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id121_en.html Using Neapolitan chords http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id122_en.html Neapolitan analysis - excerpt from Moonlight Sonata http://www.colleges.org/~music/theory/neapolitan.html Neapolitan examples in .swf, .pdf. & .mov http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id45_en.html Intro to 7th chords http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id46_en.html Diatonic 7th chords - analyze each type in a scale http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id47_en.html 7th Chord Inversions Dominant 7th chords, speed quizzes Seventh Chords 7th chord identification drill Harmonic dictation Real music Intervals Intervals aural recognition Illustrated in real music MusicTheory.net lessons: Intervals calculated by half-steps MusicTheory.net lessons: Intervals, enharmonic mistakes MusicTheory.net lessons: Interval inversions MusicTheory.net lessons: M, m, d, A intervals Interval Worksheet generates new ones each time Part-writing Principles of part-writing Partwriting Part-writing Quick Reference Guidelines Voicing chords writing chords in each inversion Voice-leading How to Harmonize a melody in 4 parts Rhythm/Meter Aural recognition of meters Real music Art Levine rhythms 2 measure rhythm patterns, Brazilian origin, for rhythm practice or ostinato http://www.omnidisc.com/MUSIC/TY/TY1.html Hear and identify meters from excerpts Odd meter Simple/compound meter irregular meter Simple and compound meter Syncopation Form Binary Form Acoustics http://www.scribd.com/doc/146862442/Physics-behind-Musical-Instruments |
Sight-Singing/Ear-Training |
Eyes and Ears Free sight-singing book! Nuottila Big Ears Use to drill musical intervals Musictheory.net Excellent practice in drills and ear-training. Musictheory.net chord section includes aural drill in recognizing all types of 7th chords (2484!) http://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/etg/et_guide.html melodic dictation exercises http://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/courses/aural/m265/ more melodic dictation | Good Ear On-line ear-training exercises Dictation Dictation drill in rhythm, bass line and melody Teoria Ear-training exercises Music/Ear Midi-based ear-training guide MusicMemoryDevices List of songs to remember intervals Analytical Listening |
Form - Analysis - Composition |
Form Video review of Form Stephen Lias Quick Guide to Musical Forms Tim Foxon Sonata form Theme and variations Rondo Fugue Form Form basics in order of size of section Variation and rondo form Analysis http://www.hindson.com.au download a free figured-bass font http://solomonsmusic.net/theory.htm | Composition Textures and accompaniment types Working with young composers Jazz improvisation Primer 10 Technical Blunders Songwriters Make http://cathedral.monroestreet.com/index.php Interactive composition of contemporary sounds Poems Poems in public domain for lyrics Finale Page Finale tips and instructions related to specific courses Composition and Improvisation in Cross-Cultural Perspective Film-Scoring Introduction |
Music Education |
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/ The best thoughts on education | Elephant in the Room FreeTechnology |
Musicology |
Music History Classical Music Timeline Music Timeline Music History online Drag cities onto the European map Gregorian chant Gregorian Notation in detail __________________________ General Classical Music Links Medieval Music Links Renaissance Music Links Baroque Music Links Classical Period Music Links Romantic Period Music Links History of Russian Music _________________________ Renaissance Music Musikkolleg-online Baroque Learning Center Mecklerd powerpoint Timelines NPR 100 The most important American musical works of the 20th century NPR Music Topics The most popular Classical Music Jazz The Blues PBS site Ken Burns Jazz Jazz at Lincoln Center Free Ellington scores for your band Delto blues Jazz photos Jazz chronology of most important events Jazz styles briefly described Jazz History Jazz History Timeline http://www.peanutsjazz.com/ Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz Popular Music Sociology of Rock Music Popular Music Interest Group CMT 100 Greatest Country Songs Emo music History of Rock Reason to Rock Rock music as an art form Popular music research materials Popular songs in American history Spirituals Musical Theater Minstrelsy Vaudeville Rock Jazz Blues Folk Country Swing Links The Dead Rock Stars Club Guide to Electronic Music metal-archives.com HonkeyTonk, Hymns and the Blues a 2 hr NPR on WC Handy | Musicology The study of music and its effect on society throughout the ages. This is a broad study, and covers ancient through modern societies including ethnic topics. This study includes the music itself, as well as the instruments used, the people who influenced the music, and the societies that produced it. The Origin of Music Site AMS Links American Musicological Society sites of interest Early recorded sounds and wax cylinders Performance practice in common practice periods Ron Anderson Folk music site Life and Times of Woody Guthrie Historical music, copyright free Folk Music info, midi and lyrics American Sheet Music Digitization Project Sacred Harp Singing links Sacred Harp Hymnal 1860 400 Years of American Song and Poetry Africa and the Blues entire book available through Project Muse Composers Composers List by Period Classical composers database Composers Composers online How to pronounce composers' names List of women composers lvbeethoven.com Excellent Beethoven site OurChopin.com great site w/ name the tune contests Romantic composers Piano Puzzler Opera Wagner's Ring Cycle for Dummies Opera videos (32) World Music African Music Encyclopedia Worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com Ethnomusicology, folk music, world music links Appreciation of world music, 12 videos National anthems of the world Folk Music Instruments and Styles from Around the World Traditional music around the world Online Magazine from UK 20th Century Microtonal Music Electronic Music Guide "Down Tempo" includes Musique Concrete and Minimalism The History of Electronic Instruments 20th Century Music Links Folk Folk tunes Some scores available http://33revolutionsperminute.wordpress.com/ |
Just for Fun |
This Day in Music History Fun Trivia Music Quizzes Funny Exam Answers Here are some very funny answers to some (supposedly) actual music exams. 11 Things You Didn't Learn in School 75 Signs You Might Be a Theory Geek I should give this list as a test! Instrument Jokes Insults with Class Sir Robert's Elizabethan insult creator (OK, it's not musical, but it's hilarious!) Visual puns (musical) Do You Have Perfect Pitch? Test yourself for "perfect pitch" potential Drum Keyboard Make up your own Dog Singing 11 Things You Didn't Learn in School The Story of Music | Play "Name That Tune" Rhythm Counter Very cool shockwave program Singing Horses Singing Guinea Pigs Guinea Pig Theater and other flash cartoon movies Play Handbells Use "ZXCVBNMASDFGHJK" computer keyboard keys to play this 2-octave set Guitar Canon Canon in D via electric guitar - Awesome! Pachelbel Rant Desktop blues Try this! Animusic Professor Brown would be proud Amazing juggler Drum/Piano Amateur timeline editing Merry Christmas Reindeer Dog tricks We Wish You a Merry Christmas juggler on keyboard |
Radio BBC Radio Discovering Music programs Windows media radio stations KCUB local Find the Music The Lied and Art Song Texts Page Find a song by composer, poet, title, lyrics, or language Catchy Tune Central Title Finder uses java keyboard to input tones http://hsearch.nayio.com/ Hum the tune, find the title | Misc. List of college and University homepages Classics from the silver screen Index of classical and opera music used in feature films naxosusa More classical music in the movies Merlot learning materials http://www.fullbooks.com/ Entire books with free access James Brown and Pavarotti Beethoven 5th Argument Does music communicate |
Textbooks TheCollegeStoreTextbookOrder This is the bookstore behind Dairy Queen 918/5253 CampusBookstoreTextbookOrder This is the Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Student Center 9007 http://www.campusi.com/ Find the cheapest online source | Graphics Artchive classical art database Art history links and images Powerpoint Presentation Link Music graphics and all things Theater Music Fonts CoolMusicFonts Free animations Artie's Animated gifs includes animated backgrounds and dancing letters Educator's Graphic Links |
Research and Writing |
Qualitative and Quantitative differences HyperStat Online Statistics Textbook | Most Common Errors: Checklist The Impotence of Proofreading ResearchGuide.com Citationmachine.net Automatically formats citations |