Music Encyclopedia

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

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Music Links

DSO Kids: A magical doorway to a world of musical fun and learning

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

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

Music Sites: Lots of links to informational sites about music

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

PlayMusic.org: A tour of the orchestra through games, animation, audio, and more; demonstrations of the various instruments; descriptions of individual instruments through animation; Ask a Mentor section; a musical greeting card section; From the Jukebox, users can go directly to sound clips for orchestral, percussion, woodwind, string, or brass music; Meet Composers and Meet Musicians; Links to other relevant music sites.

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Classical Music

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. Created in cooperation with W.W. Norton and Company; built around essential classics; designed to introduce the user to the best music of every period.
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Composers

Essentials of Music: Overviews of the six main periods in music history -- Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Twentieth Century; Brief biographies of nearly 70 composers, which will bring to life the artists and their works; Glossary: 200 definitions with numerous musical examples - requires Real Audio

Music Learning Zone: Look for an A-to-Z list of composer biographies, a glossary of musical terms, and music used in movies. Click on Introduction to Classical Music and then Musical Instruments for the history of strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and keyboard.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A musical biography of Mozart also contains in-depth discussions of his most famous compositions. The media library contains free scores, libretti and music.

Andrew Lloyd Webber: A collection of information about this famous composer and his works

Official Phantom of the Opera Website: Graphics; sound clips; story summary; interesting facts

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Famous Singers

Eyeneer Music Archives: An educational archival site that seeks to make comprehensive information about music publicly available; background info, biographies, discographies, new releases for all types of music genres; photos, Quick-time video, and sound samples

Musicians: Links to information

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Guitar Lessons

Chord Find: Find any kind of guitar chord.

Music and Guitar: An interesting as well as enjoyable program; Make your own kit instruments and use them to earn how to play and how to communicate with music

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Karaoke

\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

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Lyrics

Lyrics World: Find just about any music lyrics.

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Piano Sites

Internet Piano Page: Lots of classical pPiano files in the common General MIDI format.. Most of the pieces have been played by professional concert pianists so that best quality is guaranteed. The music includes all brilliant and familiar tunes and works beginning with Bach and ending with Rachmaninoff.

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

Play Piano on the Net: Learn how to play the piano and how to read music

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Popular Songs

Popular Songs in American History: Tunes, Lyrics, Information, Historical Background, and related links

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Record Sites

BMG Classics: Up-to-date information about the music world; recording artists, new music releases, music news, and more

Disney Records: Classic Disney songs, new titles and songs

Oldies Music: Number One Songs: Learn about oldies music on the net, with articles and links designed to help you find more of that fabulous era

Antique Phonograph Gallery: An interesting exhibit of photographs, information, and facts about early phonograph music

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...no one knows exactly why music pleases or displeases us, and some people wonder what the world would be like without music?
...three thousand years ago, a Chinese prince was the first to reproduce the human voice for someone else to hear. His invention was a magical box that he spoke into, and when the lid of the box was raised, his message could be heard?
...in 1632, natives of the South Sea islands spoke into sponges and then squeezed them to hear their own voices?
...in late 1877, Thomas Edison created the first phonograph?
...the first words Thomas Edison recorded were: "Mary had a little lamb?"
...Thomas Edison had no idea that his phonograph was the device which would lead to today's modern reproductions of musical melodies?
...stereo sound appeared in the 1950's?
...until the early 1900's recording artists were not identified on record labels? They were paid a minimal recording fee?
. ..the first musician to ask for a recording fee was a young tenor by the name of Caruso? His fee was $480; and during his lifetime he earned more than $2 million in royalties?
...Johnny and the Moon Dogs was the original name of the Beatles?
...Carl and the Passions was the original name of the Beach Boys?
...The Rolling Stones never won a Grammy?
...Elvis Presley made 12 multi-platinum albums?