PBS
Pbs: Elements of Music: Exploring the Composer's Tools
This online lesson will help middle schoolers understand how composers write music by engaging in a project which culminates in their own compositions.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Les. 8: Using Rock as Primary Source Material
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag' by Country Joe McDonald has been played with great success in classrooms for over twenty years. While it conveys literary elements such as theme, point of view, and irony, it also functions as an...
Other
Harmonic Analysis of Chopin's Prelude #8
This analysis is well done with clear diagrams, concise text and online sound clips. Also available in Spanish.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Musical Instrument
This wooden musical instrument is in two parts. The main part is a kind of long curved stick to which strings might be attached. The second element of the instrument is a rounded wooden bow, that was used to make music on the strings.