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Classical Music

Classics for Kids: Listen to the Music; Play musical games, Learn about musical instruments

The Classical Music Pages: Provides almost everything you need concerning classical music- its history, biographical information about composers (with portraits and short sound examples), explanations of the various musical forms and a dictionary of musical terminologies. It is designed to be of use for everyone from "beginners" to the music professional

Essentials of Music: The site for basic information about classical music; Designed to introduce the user to the best music of every period; Organized by eras and composers; glossary included

Sphinx Kids: Learn about Musical Instruments, Composers, Listen to instruments, and MORE



Composers

ArtsAlive.ca: Select the composer you would like to learn more about. As you read along find yourself transported to another country and another time!

Classical Composers Database: Learn about composers; Listen to music; Latest news about composers

PBS: I Hear America Singing: Biographies of the key composers, poets and writers, artists, and artistic and cultural movements that define the American song saga. These profiles are organized alphabetically within categories.


Guitar Lessons Online

Chord Find: Find any kind of guitar chord; See the written chord, and listen

eHow: How to Play Guitar Videos

How Stuff Works: A Major Chord, Beginner Guitar Lesson Video

Music and Guitar: Play Guitar: Each page is considered as a lesson! The best way to practice is directly from your monitor screen so you can hear each piece by clicking the: "play" button.


Karaoke Online

Disney Karaoke: Choose to Listen by: Artist Karaoke, Disney's Karaoke Series; Disneymania, Baby Einstein, Radio Disney James

PBS Karaoke for Kids: A place for singers, and songwriters; Sing solo, or gather the family for a music festival; Show off your talents by performing songs you wrote


Music Downloads
Music Downloads Apple iTunes
Amazon.com MP3 Downloads Zune

Musical Encyclopedias

African Music Encyclopedia: Learn about African music by artist or country; Glossary included

Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music: Alphabetical listing of terms, people, instruments important to the music world, and MORE

Encyclopedia of Traditional Celtic Music: Meanings of Celtic music, instruments used, and MORE

Musical Instrument Encyclopedia: Find out about almost any musical instrument ever made; listen to short song played by each instrument


Music Lyrics

Lyrics Universe: Search alphabetically, or enter artist/album/song

Lyrics World: Find just about any music lyrics.


Music Museums

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

National Music Museum Virtual Tours


Music Resources

Children's Music Web: For kids and families, featuring a wealth of web-based channels, archived audio, podcasts, and links - all free and commercial free; Requires Real Audio - free download

DSO Kids: A magical doorway to a world of musical fun and learning: Listen to audio, games, and MORE

Eric's Treasure Trove of Music: A list of musical sites by subject: chords and notes, intervals, musical instruments, musical notations, scales and modes, and MORE



Music Education at DataDragon: Online tutorials and guides to learning music - and MORE

New York Philharmonic Kidzone: Learn about the instruments, listen to the music of the instruments, interactive video, and MORE

Sound Junction: The AWARD-WINNING site for listening to, exploring, discovering, and creating music


Piano Sites

eHow: Piano Lesson Videos

Learn Piano Lessons Online: Free online piano lessons with online sheet music, mp3 example sound files and video demonstrations.

Piano Education Page: One-stop resource for teachers, students, parents of students and fans of the piano with over 250 pages of free information, updated biweekly

Phonograph Museum

Antique Phonograph Gallery: An interesting exhibit of photographs, information, and facts about early phonograph music; Listen to a song played on the historic phonograph



Popular Songs Throughout American History

Popular Songs In American History: American Folk and Traditional Music with Lyrics, Midi Files, Tune Information and History behind the folk songs and ballads. With folk songs arranged by time period.

Educational Music Powerpoints

Educational Music Videos
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