Music
Teacher's Resource Website: This excellent website was created
by Rob Jones in 1996. There is a wide range of free music teaching
materials for KS3 and KS4 pupils including songs, royalty free sheet
music, arrangements and documentation for music teachers. Also, there
are sections on reviews of equipment, instruments and software and
an on line help desk staffed by various experts in areas of music
education. Complete and structured schemes of work, written by top
UK music teachers are available on a subscription basis. This represents
the largest collection of music teaching resources on the internet
which includes all supporting materials, flashcards, pupil worksheets,
teacher manuals, audio clips, video clips and interactive pupil interfaces.
8
Notes: This website provides free classical & traditional
sheet music, popular and jazz riffs, music lessons and music resources.
The material can be accessed by instrument: Guitar (291), Piano (1034),
Violin (117), Cello (64), Trumpet (48), Clarinet (76), Saxophone (54),
Flute (95), Recorder (47), Oboe (37), Trombone (24). The material
is also organized under genres: Classical (1,895), Rock & Pop
(113), Film & TV Themes (16), Jazz (24), World (43) and Traditional
(201).
Music
for Teachers: The Music for Teachers website is being developed
to provide practical support for the design of Music Schemes of Work
to match the requirements of the revised National Curriculum in England.
Clear teaching objectives are suggested to provide a series of progressive
'steps' within the seven 'elements' of music and these are applied
from Key Stage 1 to the end of Key Stage 3. This attempts to address
the difficult issues of skills progression over the whole of the 3
key stages. Many other files and support materials, including extensive
databases of songs and teaching ideas, are also available to download
and the entire series of support materials can be made available on
CD/ROM."
Music
at School: Liza Shannon's excellent website containing downloadable
worksheets and schemes of work together with online quizzes and lessons
plus categorized links to topic areas.
Staffordshire
Music, the LEA's award winning music and music education website.
Local and national news, information articles and features. A listening
room, an interactive on-line forum, an "Ask a Musician"
service, some downloadable resources and much more.
Cris
Freeman Music: A website that describes itself as a website for
music teachers by music teachers. The site contains information for
all types of music teachers, old and new, giving advise and equipment
reviews. The site contains links to a wide variety of sites most music
teachers need to survive. The site provides on line lesson plans,
schemes of work, homework sheets and a way for students to upload
work to the instructor. There is an online chat room and a monthly
equipment review. Starting in April there will be a feature on equipping
a department which will run for 12 months. With the online classrooms
this is a site for every Music Teacher.
Music88
Recorder Resource: Most people do not consider the recorder to
be serious musical instrument. The mission of this website is to promote
the understanding and learning of recorder as a serious yet versatile
musical instrument suitable for everybody. Even King Henry VIII played
and collected recorders and Shakespeare used it in his plays! A brief
history and interesting facts as well as FAQs about the recorder can
be found here. There are pictures on the different types of recorders
and a mention of their sizes. There is a section on composing, methodology,
fingering charts and recommendations of recorder instructional books
and music. The presentation of content is geared towards teachers
and students researching on recorders for the first time. They may
then choose to visit our featured links to other specialized sites
for more in depth information.
The
Music Land: Gavin Richards provides a wide range of teaching and
learning resources for students and teachers plus online tests and
aural exercises. The website now features the popular GCSE Music Net.
South
Hunsley Music Department: Ray Burrell's website contains online
guides for KS3, GCSE and AS/2 level students. Uses exciting graphics,
MIDI files, and downloadable MP3s of students' work, and links to
other useful sites.
Classical
Net: Dave Lampson has produced a marvellous website for all lovers
of classical music. He has created over 5,500 files himself and provides
links to another 3,800. There is a Composer Master Index that list
an amazing number of classical composers. Each biographical entry
includes several pages of hyperlinked text, a portrait of the composer
and a list of their major works. The website also includes sections
on Reviews & Articles, Books & Scores, Classical CD Buying
Guide and Recommended Classical CDs.
BUBL
Music Reference Library: BUBL
Information Service, based at Strathclyde University Library, is a
searchable database of Internet resources of academic relevance. The
websites are organized by Dewey Decimal Classification and is browsable
by subject or class number. The music main page has twenty-one categories
that include: Music: General Resources, Journals and Magazines, Ethnomusicology,
Composers, Vocal Music, Opera, Musical Instruments, Chamber Music,
Keyboard & Percussion Instruments, Stringed Instruments, Wind
Instruments and Brass Instruments. Each website listed has a brief
review with information on the people and organizations that have
created the website.
Rough
Guide to Rock:
The Rough Guide to
Rock Music was first published in October 1996. It is currently being
revised and expanded and the publishers have decided to make this
major work in progress, available online. The Rough Guide to Rock
Music website currently contains details of the careers and recordings
of more that 1200 bands and artists. If you discover that your favourite
musician is missing, you can either request it to be added or you
can write and submit your own entry. If it is good enough, it will
be added online and will appear in the next edition of the book.
Naxos
Learning Zone: The website includes a very comprehensive Glossary
of Musical Terms. Other sections include An Introduction to Classical
Music, Composers' Biographies, Chinese Music, and Classical Music
in Films. As one would expect, the website includes details of the
CDs published by Naxos.
Encyclopaedia
of Percussion: An
encyclopaedia of percussion instruments from all over the world. If
you want to find out what a angklung is, this is the place to visit
(its an Indonesian instrument consisting of tuned bamboo tubes hung
from a frame). The instruments are listed alphabetically and contains
descriptions, photographs and links to other relevant websites.
Sony
Music: This website has been produced to promote the Sony Music
company. However, it includes a wealth of information for anyone teaching
or studying music. Visitors will find a complete list of Sony Music
artist websites where they can obtain the latest news, sample audio
and video clips and communicate with other fans. They can also find
information about the recent releases, hear unreleased music by their
favourite bands, search the Sony catalogue, and watch the latest music
videos.
Music
Education: Created
by Deborah Kay Jeter, the editor of Diversified Learning, this website
is a collection of hypertexted articles on music education. Articles
include Multiple Intelligences (using music to teach other subjects),
Sound Stories (musical story telling), ESL Songs (music and special
needs), Does the Gesture Matter? (directing musicals), Songs to Soothe
the Savage Beast (using music to reduce school violence) and Musicals
for the Musically Timid! (teacher's guide to the musical).
Music
Education Launch Site: Created by Jeffrey S Brenan, The Music
Education Launch Site was created to serve as a launching point for
web travelers interested in music and music education. It includes
lesson plans and Mr. Note's Gameland to teach children musical notation.
Songfile
hopes to establish itself
as the website that "brings the entire world of music to everyone
with Internet access." Songfile currently has seven channels
of music information on lyrics, sheet music, recordings, live events,
instruments, licensing and music business links.
African
Music Library: The International Library of African Music is based
at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. You can take a tour
of the library or search the archive. This includes the Sound of Africa
and the Music of Africa. A sound sampler of African instruments is
also under construction.
Internet
Chinese Music Archive: The Great Empire of China website provides
a large collection of Chinese music under the headings: Traditional
Music, Modern Music, Popular Music, Ceremonial Music, Music from Other
Places (Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Anthology.
Music
India Online: A comprehensive website on Indian music. The material
is organized under the categories: Carnatic, Hindustani, Jugalbandhi,
Light Music (Devotional, Folk Music, Ghazals, IndiPop, Qawwali, Patriotic)
and Regional (Assamese, Bengali, Gujarathi, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,
Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Sindhi, Tamil and
Telugu).
Music
in Latin America: An impressive website run by the University
of Texas. The material is organized under the categories: Latin American
Resources, Regional Resources (Andean, Caribbean, Hispanic/Latino)
and Country Resources (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago,
Uruguay and Venezuela).
Silent
Night Museum:
Silent Night has become an anchor for Christmas celebrations throughout
the world. Its lullaby-like melody and simple message of heavenly
peace can be heard from small town street corners in mid-America to
magnificent cathedrals in Europe and from outdoor candlelight concerts
in Australia to palm thatched huts in northern Peru. This cyber-museum
was created by historian Bill Egan to provide a world wide audience
with the true story behind the composition of "Silent Night"
by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber.
Pure
Eighties Pop:
Relive your memories of the decade that gave the world the sound of
pop, the unforgettable 80s! Try the quick quizzes, search for that
certain song through our sound files, tell us your top tens or look
at our links to find out about those eighties icons. All this and
loads more at the ultimate UK tribute to the decade of pop. This site
is regularly updated, so always check out the noticeboard and the
what's new section for latest additions.
Richard
York - Musician: Richard York’s slightly unusual site has
a large section offering resource information, though it was first
intended to show his work as a education workshop leader & historical
interpreter. Since he deals mainly in medieval, Tudor and Victorian
periods through music and drama, these are the periods featured, together
with much information about the instruments of the times, and an eclectic
mix of other social history. The Instruments section is not period-specific,
but shows how a wide range of instruments developed; e.g. the harp
section shows a very early harp image, from Iraq, about 4,000 years
ago, with modern reproductions of renaissance and medieval harps.
This whole instruments section is written by a practising musician
regularly using such instruments, not just looking into reference
books. The Victorian section offers a variety of source material,
pictures, references, and links to other sites, and some period English
Language.
Herbert
Von Karajan Center: Herbert Von Karajan became famous when he
was conductor of the Berlin Staatsoper (1932-1942). As he was a member
of the Nazi Party he was not allowed to work for a time after the
war. However, in 1955 he was made principal conductor of the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra. This website provides a biography of Herbert
Von Karajan, brief multimedia clips of his recordings and a chronology
of his life. It also has a complete archive of his musical recordings,
searchable by composer, composition title, or musician.
Music
Teacher Resource Exchange: This website is designed to help teachers
develop and share ideas for activities and resources. Contributions
take the form of simple ideas and questions, to complete lesson plans
or schemes of work, which will enable other teachers to use these
resources within their own lessons. You can browse and download resources
without registering. You will, however, need to register if you would
like to submit new resources and add comments or materials to existing
resources.
Vocalist:
This site for singers of all standards provides free online singing
lessons, vocal exercises and singing tips for beginners, whilst the
more advanced performer can find repertoire books, news, humour plus
articles on various aspects of the music industry including music
law, management, marketing, advertising and merchandising your act.
Even voice teachers have their own sections with a free online singing
teachers listing service, resources and links to free online lesson
plans.
Classical
Music Archives: This website provides 24,203 full length classical
music files by 1,558 composers, in MIDI; live recordings downloadable
in HiFi MP3, and streamed in Windows Media Audio. The website also
has illustrated biographies of J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Chopin,
Brahms, Debussy, Delius Handel, Haydn, Liszt, W.A. Mozart, Mendelssohn,
Satie, Scarlatti, Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi.
About
Music: This outstanding BBC website allows you to discover everything
you wanted to know about your favourite artists, with music clips,
interviews, images, buyer's guide and more. Features presents in-depth
coverage of music, with Echoes of Africa, Paris In The 1920s, A History
of Vinyl, The Reykjavik Underground and Reggae Memories. The Rock
& Pop Years presents exclusive audio & video clips from the
BBC archives, putting music into context. You'll also find key events
of the year and legendary sessions and unofficial charts with audio
clips revealing what tunes are hot from Havana to Helsinki.
Beauville
Arts: This performing arts company runs international Summer Schools
for 8-18 year olds in South West France. Bringing together numerous
nationalities from a broad academic background - schools across Europe,
international schools, home-schoolers etc. students keep in touch
via the site's 'Beauville Reunited' webpage. Founder, Jonathan Mallalieu,
former Director of Performing Arts at the International School of
Toulouse, also provides INSET training in Music Technology for teachers.
During the academic year the company welcomes school groups for tailor-made
educational and recreational courses. These range from rehearsing
and producing musical shows within the week, to choir/orchestral tours
and welcoming exam classes to complete and record to CD compositional
course work in the company's recording studio. Summer school dates
for 2003: 12th - 19th July: West Side Story, 19th - 26th July: James
Bond 007. For further information contact: claire.mallalieu@wanadoo.fr
Piano
on the Net: This excellent educational site is a free public service
brought to you by PianoNanny.com and The Nanny Group. Your instructor
for the course is film composer and jazz musician, Clinton Clark.
Each lesson takes about 35 minutes to complete. However, work slowly
and at your own pace. It's important to learn each lesson before moving
on to the next. Beginning with Lesson Number 5, this course uses audio,
with the Apple QuickTime(TM) plugin, and 4.0 browser enhancements
including JavaScript. Some of the classroom accessories, such as the
12 note keyboard companion, require FLASH 5.0.
Black
History & Classical Music: It's a little-known fact that composers
and musicians of African descent have been contributing to classical
music since Mozart's time! Marie-Antoniette's music director was Black.
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote a violin sonata for a Black violin virtuoso,
and accompanied him on piano at its first performance. This website
provides an excellent introduction to Black History and Classical
Music.
American
Lynching and Music: Lynching is the illegal execution of an accused
person by a mob. It was originally a system of punishment used by
whites against African American slaves. There was a decline in lynching
during the First World War but more than seventy blacks were murdered
in this way in 1918. Ten black soldiers, several still in their army
uniforms, were amongst those lynched. Between 1919 and 1922, a further
239 blacks were lynched by white mobs and many more were killed by
individual acts of violence and unrecorded lynchings. This website
provides recordings that deal with lynching: Strange Fruit (Billie
Holiday) The Death of Emmett Till (Bob Dylan), Vigilante Man (Woody
Guthrie), Taneytown (Steve Earle), Ballad of Medgar Evers (Phil Ochs)
and A Pawn in their Game (Bob Dylan).
The
Music Finder: The search engine has a database of over 13,000
bands and artists. Enter the names of several bands or music artists
that you like. Based
on your preferences, the search engine finds new bands or music artists
that are likely to fit your taste. You can then refine the results
by eliminating bands that you already know. You can also search albums
by a particular band or artist.
Music
By Women: This website provides a catalogue of recordings (CDs
and tapes), books and resource packs in 12 main sections, including
acappella, feminist and political, folk, world music and women composers
from the 11th century to the present day. Women composers featured
include Hildegard of Bingen, Francesca Caccini, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella
Leonarda, Lucretia Vizzana, Maria Margherita Grimani, Anna Amalie,
Maria Agata Szymanowska, Louise Farrenc, Louise, Josephine Lang, Clara
Schumann, Cecile Chaminade, Ethel Smyth, Amy Beach, Alma Mahler, Rebecca
Clarke, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Elizabeth Lutyens, Grazyna Bacewicz,
Minna Keal, Lili Boulanger, Germaine Tailleferre and Priaulx Rainier.
Lionel
Hampton is one of the most extraordinary musicians of the 20th
century and his artistic achievements symbolize the impact that jazz
music has had on our culture in the 21st century. Hampton had a long
association with the School of Music at the University of Idaho, and
this website serves as a testimony to his talents. It includes a biography
and material about his long performing and recording career. There
is also a video section that provides some clips of Lional Hampton
performing at the University of Idaho.
Duke
Ellington: By the time he died, Duke Ellington was considered
amongst the world’s greatest composers and musicians. The French
government honored him with their highest award, the Legion of Honor,
while the government of the United States bestowed upon him the highest
civil honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. By the end of his
50-year career, he had played over 20,000 performances worldwide.
This website is devoted to the life and works of Duke Ellington. The
material is divided into seven sections: Biography, Music, Quotes,
Achievements, Photos, Library and Orchestra.
Ralph
Vaughan Williams Society: This website is dedicated to promoting
the music of Vaughan Williams, along with providing a great deal of
material about the man and his life. The site offers a brief biography
of Vaughan Williams, a timeline, and a complete list of his hundreds
of compositions. Another section provides audio clips of his compositions,
including The Lark Ascending, Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra,
Sea Symphony, London Symphony, Pastoral Symphony, Sinfonia Antartica,
Norfolk Rhapsody and English Folk Song Suite.
The
Music House: This brand new interactive resource is a musical
activity aimed at young children. The software is for PC. Click on
the picture to use the music programme online or click below to download
it onto your own computer. The activity is in four parts: Listen to
and learn the names and sounds of four percussion instruments. Hear
a sound and match it to an instrument. Listen to a rhythm and copy
it on the onscreen drum. Hear
a piece of music which uses three of four instruments and find the
instrument which doesn't play.
BUBL
Music Reference Library: BUBL Information Service, based at Strathclyde
University Library, is a searchable database of Internet resources
of academic relevance. The websites are organized by Dewey Decimal
Classification and is browsable by subject or class number. Each website
listed on BUBL Music Reference Library has a brief review with information
on the people and organizations that have created the website.
iTunes:
You can set up iTunes to automatically add tunes from a CD to your
library when you insert a disc into your computer. iTunes will even
eject the disc when it’s done. Of course you can start the import
process manually, too; it’s your preference. By default, iTunes
compresses your music so you can fit thousands of songs on your computer
or iPod, and stores your music in the same format as the iTunes music
store. It’s called AAC, and builds upon state-of-the art signal
processing technology from Dolby Labs.
Freeplay
Music: It is claimed that Freeplay Music is the biggest, the best
and the fastest growing "free" broadcast music production
library in the world. Freeplay recently announce the launch of it's
new web portal and online music library to the masses. Based on global
acceptance, it has added a number of exciting new features, including
our newly refined Terms Of Use, Rate Card and Automatically Generated
Licensing Contracts. It has also added support for the entire library
in Apple's new MPEG-4 AAC audio format.
FARNE:
Folk Archive Resource North East (FARNE) is home of Northumbrian music
online. From here you can access 4,000 songs, tunes, sound recordings
and photographs from across North East England, bringing the musical
heritage of the region alive. Sections include Learn, a beginners
guide to the music, instruments and dance traditions of the region
and Listening Post where you can hear and read about Northumbria's
musician.
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