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| America's Jazz Heritage | A 10-year initiative to research, preserve, and present the history of jazz through exhibitions, performances, recordings, radio, publications, and educational programs at the Smithsonian and across the nation. Use the links to hear audio clips and to find recommended jazz-related sites. |
| Classical Music Navigator | New concept in music education. Very useful and offers a host of interesting entries: by composers, by notable works library, by geographical location, by style and form of music and glossary. | |
| EScholarship | Has full text of 1,400+ books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction. | |
| Essentials of Music | Basic information about classical music. You'll find: Eras: Overviews of the six main periods in music history -- Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Twentieth Century. Composers: Brief biographies of nearly 70 composers. Glossary: 200 definitions with numerous musical examples. |
| Ethnomusicology, Folk Music and World Music | Links to organizations,institutions, archives, research centers bibliography, print & online publications, recordings, Anglo-American folksong, Native American music, music of Asia, music of the Middle East, music of Eastern Europe and Russia, music of Europe, music of Africa, music of the Caribbean, Latin and South America, music of Oceania, dance. |
| Gateway to Reggae Music | Compiled by the Reggae Librarian: archives, sounds, Reggae, regional, Roots, dancehall, systems, dub, artists, broadcast, labels, business, Bob Marley, charts, catalogs, reviews, periodicals, schedules, history, MP3, writers, other. |
| Medieval and Renaissance Instruments | History and information about the instruments, with images, and links to related sites. |
| Instrument Encyclopedia | Browse to learn about instruments in general; they are arranged by four major instrument types: Percussion, String, Wind, and Electronic. Browse by Geography (country of origin). Start your search by selecting a continent of interest on a clickable world map. |
| Introduction to Reading Music | These pages introduce the most important topics in reading music in an easy to understand way. Includes: clefs, time signatures, note types, rest types, basic counting I, basic counting II, symbols, shaping. |
| LyricsSpot.com | 62,000+ song lyrics and 1,600+ artists. Search by Artist, Album or Song. |
| Mariachi Music | What is Mariachi?, The History of Mariachi Music, Most frequently asked questions about strings, The Rhythm Instruments of the Mariachi Ensemble and more. |
| Music Notes: Interactive Experience | This interactive, online musical experience puts the world of music at your fingertips. Theory, history, styles, professions and Instruments. Note reading and chords. Explore historical information from Medieval era to present. Music Styles section is very in-depth, giving the definition and background on all music, from Caribbean to Rock. |
| Music of the Southwest | Includes Instruments & Musicians, Ethnic Groups and Musical Genre. Explore and enjoy audio clips, images, video and information. |
| Music Thoughts | A quiet place to think about music. Read inspiring quotes by famous composers or any musician on the street. Add your own favorite quotes. Read thoughts randomly or by category. When I clicked on Random, I got this: "If you're going to sweep the floor, sweep it better than anybody in town. And if you're going to play the guitar, really, really, really get in it, and don't be jivin'. - Carlos Santana |
| RhythmWeb | Percussion instruments, cultures and features that will take you as far into rhythm as you want to go. |
| Singing Articles | Resonance, Breathing 101, Getting Past the First 30 Seconds, Own the Song, Performance Power, Productive Vocal Practice Techniques, Head or Chest Voice, Tone Placement, Warming up the Voice and more. Click "Next" at the bottom of the page for A to Z Singing Tips. |
| Ska History | Click on "Ska History" in the left frame. Then you can find info on the 3 stages of ska music: The West Indies, 2 Tone and The 3rd Wave. Excellent documentation of the origins of ska through the present. |
| Symphony: An Interactive Guide | A journey into the great composers' finest symphonies. Symphony history, timeline, complete guide to the instruments, list of symphonies with RealAudio files, crash course in symphonic form and much more. |
| Ultimate Guitar Chord Chart | Over 1200 guitar chord positions. 14 pages of chords with diagrams, in HTML or PDF formats. |
| WholeNote | If you're a guitar player, this site is a "do-not-miss"! A place where all the some-time, full-time, part-time, and not-enough-time guitarists can go to grok musical knowledge and contribute what they know to their fellow players. Features customizable music playback of all examples on the site to help you learn faster. Your own "home" where you can store your lessons and more. There's not enough room in this little box to tell you everything that's on this site, so go see for yourself! |
| Yodel Course | Free online lessons, levels 1 through 10. Download and listen to MP3, WAV or AIFF files. |
| Zworks Lyrics Source | When you can only remember some of the lyrics, but can't place the song, try this search engine. You can search by Artist, Song Title, Phrase from song or 2nd Phrase from song. |