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My Resources
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Music writing software: all are free
MuseScore
Soundtrap
Notepad for Finale
Noteflight
Zamzar - conversion for mp3 files
Find Scores and Music
imslp.org
Online Music Dictionary
http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/
Sheet music
http://www.freesheetmusic.net/
Composition - writing a good melody
Music History
Great Online Music History Review Site:
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/learnlisteningonline/index.asp
Info about composers: http://www.keepingscore.org/
Beyond the score: http://cso.org/beyondthescore/about.html
http://www.thereelscore.com/PortfolioStuff/PDFFiles/HistoryWesternMusic_Grout.pdf
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/music/grout7/home.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/music-history.htm
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/
http://guides.lib.washington.edu/MusicHistory
Schoenberg analysis
http://mathcs.holycross.edu/~groberts/Courses/Mont2/Handouts/Lectures/schberg-web.pdf
Music Theory
http://www.musictheory.net/ - basic music theory lessons and exercises
https://www.teoria.com/ - extended jazz theory
http://www.earmaster.com/products/free-tools/interval-song-chart-generator.html - great place for intervals!!!
http://www.drspikesmusictheoryclinic.com/lessons/part-writing-exercises/
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/theory/theory.htm
Practice Hearing types of Cadences:
Cadences: http://youtu.be/YlfwS75tQWw
Deceptive Cadences: http://youtu.be/9VwCEz0yQ6U
Simple I IV V:http://youtu.be/Q8hv3kkMZzg
Jazz
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/timeline.php?&width=1024
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/history_of_jazz.htm
http://academy.jazz.org/
http://www.apassion4jazz.net/jazz_styles.html
World Music
Companion website to use with text:
http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/miller%2D9780415808231/ch01.asp
Ghana drum ensemble: http://thisworldmusic.com/agbekor-african-drumming-and-dance-from-ghana/
MLI research - Online Jackson Library resources: Questia and Ebsco
Attend an interactive Indian Classical Music concert: http://aliakbarkhanlibrary.com/concert_experience/
Instruments of China and Japan http://www.silkroadproject.org/MusicArtists/Instruments/tabid/164/Default.aspx
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singing bowls http://www.himalayanbowls.com
video clip - the road to Bejing
http://www.silkroadproject.org/Education/Resources/emTheRoadtoBeijingem/TheRoadtoBeijing/tabid/407/Default.aspx
Listen to music from the silk road http://www.silkroadproject.org/tabid/168/default.asp
Chinese opera
http://www.english.cciv.cityu.edu.hk/beijingopera/role.php
National Geographic World Music: http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com
BBC Radio 3 World Music http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/
World Music Network http://www.worldmusic.net/
Roots World http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/
Folk Songs (some non-western musical cultures) http://pdmusic.org/folk.html
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