This is a search engine database of commonly used "licks" in jazz that can be used for specific functions. For instance, you may type in ii V I and bopland will search for all licks in its database that can satisfy a ii V I progression. It is very helpful for jazz classes and for students stuck on improvisation creativity.
This is a search engine database of commonly used "licks" in jazz that can be used for specific functions. For instance, you may type in ii V I and bopland will search for all licks in its database that can satisfy a ii V I progression. It is very helpful for jazz classes and for students stuck on improvisation creativity.
This website provides a collection of operatic midi files and/or scores on Aria collections of Berlioz, Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, and Wagner, as well as partial collections of over 50 other composers, for a total of 1,288 Arias.
The Aria Database has: 1288 Arias ,177 Operas , 65 Composers, 389 Translations,1027 Aria Texts and 223 MIDIs. The search features on this site are impressive. You can search using the name of the aria, opera, or the role. You can also search by voice part or vocal range. While the website is not adding new material, most vocalists will be able to find what they are looking for with the depth of material already entered.
The Aria Database is a free website to find useful material for music educators, students, and performers. It has a huge library of Aria and Opera roles that are easy to search. It comes with very useful information such as range, translations, setting, synopsis, and recordings. Searching is easy and can vary in degree simple search, Aria search, Opera search, Role search, or browse the many selections. People can contact or contribute to this website. I do not see any scores, but there are links that do provide them.
Database of information about many composers. Includes biographical information as well as a detailed list of composers according to the styles of music he or she composed as well as a list of where composers are geographically. Could be used as a great online scavenger hunt website, or a database for students to select composers for a research project.
This lesson plan database developed by NAfME and its members has a large resource of lesson plans. You must be a NAfME member in order to access and contribute to this lesson plan database.
This is a resource to gather public domain sheet music and lyrics. It is good for developing your own lessons and avoiding copyright, and also for programs which may not have a lot of money for new music. There are also composer pages, although I don't think these are exactly helpful. It lacks information other than birthdays and a general sentence explaining who the composer is.
Choral teachers have access to countless public domain music, ranging from ancient classics to modern compositions released to the public domain by the composers.
This is a free sheet music website specializing in choral sheet music. Most of the music in the database is public domain. Great resource for choir teachers.
This is a free sheet music website specializing in choral sheet music. Most of the music in the database is public domain. Great resource for choir teachers.
This site is potentially an excellent resource for classical music recordings. I checked out a few of the links to recordings and discovered that they were not completely intact, however, it is a great starting place when looking for specific recorded materials or to share with students.
This is a large database filled with the names of many classical composers. The website provides names from a variety of genres and includes free mp3s for listening examples.
This is a large database filled with the names of many classical composers. The website provides names from a variety of genres and includes free mp3s for listening examples.
This database of women composers includes links to further research. Links include further study opportunities with articles and links to musical examples of these composers.
After reading about this in chapter 5 this week, I want to use this project with my students. They can create this page for a composer and include pictures, quotes, his/her contemporaries and recordings.
This website allows users to create fake facebook profiles. This is a great tool to get students interested in sharing information they have learned about historical figures. This site could be used to share information on composers, choreographers, musicians, etc. There is also a database of profiles of various figures throughout history.
(a) The purpose of the resource is to have provide a database of articles and interviews covering an array of musical subjects for use in and outside of the music classroom.(b) This resource covers EVERY national music standard! (c) I would use this site for instructional use in the classroom and outside of the classroom.
a) The purpose of the resource is to have provide a database of teacher materials including lesson plans and materials inside of the music classroom.(b) This resource covers most national music standards including note reading, pitch identification, and music vocabulary. (c) I would use this site for instructional use in the classroom and outside of the classroom.
This is a simple online metronome tool that can be used in a pinch during practice. The makers of this website are also currently working on a database where musicians can share practice tips.
This is a simple online metronome tool that can be used in a pinch during practice. The makers of this website are also currently working on a database where musicians can share practice tips.
Metronome online provides users with free access to a metronome for performance practice. This is a site I use a lot with my students. The metronome is a facilitator for developing technique, especially with a musical instrument or voice. Users can adjust tempos in order to practice passage at various speeds.
This is a good free online metronome for students requiring a browser based metronome. There It also contains articles about metronomes and tempo. There are links to other products and downloads on the metronome page.
An online metronome ideal for quick and easy use while practicing music, this music tool helps with your rhythm as well as tempo selections and it is always available for free to all students of music at metronomeonline.com
Database of children's songs appropriate for elementary level which includes recordings as well as lyrics and sheet music. Large collection of music, but beware of pop ups.
Finding choral pieces can be a difficult task. This site offers (through membership) access to thousands of scores specifically for choral ensembles. It allows you to hear a demo of the piece and also provides information about the composers.
Finding choral pieces can be a difficult task. This site offers (through membership) access to thousands of scores specifically for choral ensembles. It allows you to hear a demo of the piece and also provides information about the composers.
We spend hours searching the Internet for great jazz videos so you don't have to. Jazz on the Tube provides three free services:
(1)A searchable database of thousands of carefully hand picked and annotated jazz videos; (2) A free Video-of-the-Day service. Love jazz? We deliver a great jazz video to your mailbox every day; and (3) An up-to-date directory of jazz clubs, jazz festivals, and jazz organizations world-wide.
This section of the NAfME website gives members access to lesson plans attached to standards. You can search the database based on specific content (band, chorus, collegiate, etc.), based on specific standards, or based on grade level. This area of the website also brings up relevant articles to what you are searching to give you helpful tips and/or links to relevant websites.
This is a helpful website for students interested in jazz. Students can read more about the history of jazz, learn about specific artists, and get tips for improving their own playing.
Collection of 428 folk songs organized by categories (origin, subject, grade level, melodic, elements, sequence of concepts, etc.) The songs follow Kodály Method sequence of introducing music concepts/elements. Excellent resource for elementary teacher.
This website has an extensive collection of folk songs organized and searchable by various categorizations. You can search by origin, region, state, subject, song type, school grade level, tonal center, scale, tone set, melodic range, melodic element, melodic motive, rhythmic element, meter, form type, formal analysis, or game time. These indexes can save music teachers a great deal of time by helping them significantly narrow down their searches.
This website has an extensive collection of folk songs organized and searchable by various categorizations. You can search by origin, region, state, subject, song type, school grade level, tonal center, scale, tone set, melodic range, melodic element, melodic motive, rhythmic element, meter, form type, formal analysis, or game time. These indexes can save music teachers a great deal of time by helping them significantly narrow down their searches.
A searchable database of 501 American Folk Songs. Many have master copies analysis and audio recordings. Game descriptions are included. The collection can be searched by song origin region state subject type grade level tonal center scale tone set range melodic or rhythmic element/motive meter form game type.
HNU's Kodaly Center Collection is one of the music education websites that I frequent. This website allows the view to search through a vast collection of Kodaly songs to use in the classroom. These songs can be searched based upon grade level, type of song, origin and many more filters. Song types include dance and partner games, as well as call and response songs. There are songs in many different languages, some that may be familiar to students and some that would be brand new.
This is a collection of American Folk songs. The use of this would be to give a library of music for general music for elementary students to perform and practice. It would help fulfill many standards within the general music class.
This is a collection of 599 Folk Songs that can be used in the General Music Classroom. Each Song link contains rhythmic and melodic resources teachers can use to teach the song in class. Most of the links also contain recordings of the songs for the students to listen to.
This is the entire American Folk Song collection. This excellent resource can be used by educators to print out folk songs to use to teach their students specific music skills such as singing, audiating, pitch, and rhythm. The website even gives activity ideas to use for each specific song.
This is a great resource for music educators that shares thousands of free works of music. Educators can access thousands of compositions along with translations. Many of these compositions are no longer in print.
CPDL is an bottomless vat of choral music, most of it older than 100 years old and thus in the public domain. Not all music on here is in the public domain. The music that isn't is clearly noted as such.
CPDL is a website devoted to choral music in public domain. All the music on the website free to download and use. Composers can also upload new music that is still free to the public. Donations are appreciated and used to keep the website running.
This website offers many free choral pieces that can be used in the classroom. It assists in a budget-friendly way for performance classrooms to still have repertoire available.
The purpose of this resource is to categorize and house a large quantity of choral music. As a resource this site could be used to find a range of music for performances, warm up exercise, chorales and instrumental playing. The options for voicing and parts in very broad which makes the amount of music available vast. When searching composers, it is best to know specifics as some composers share similar surnames.
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