Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Scales That Are Not Major or Minor
To explain the various musical scales that cannot be classified as major or minor such as chromatic, whole-tone, pentatonic, blues, and scales from non-Western music
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Scoring Music: Writing for Specific Instruments
To provide basic guidelines for writing music for particular instruments
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Standing Waves and Musical Instruments
To provide an explanation of standing waves in intruments and how music is produced with particle pitches and timbres
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Standing Waves and Wind Instruments
To explain how musical sounds in aerophones are created by standing waves
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: The Circle of Fifths
To understand the circle of fifths and to identify key signatures, related keys and order of sharps and flats in key signatures using circle of fifths
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: The French Horn
To provide an introduction and history of the French horn
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: The Staff
To understand and learn about the staff and how it is used in writing music
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Timbre: The Color of Music
To provide an introduction to the concept of timbre and words used to describe
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Time Signatures
To explain and understand the role of the time signature on a musical staff
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Transposing Instruments
To understand transposing instruments, their purpose, and to provide examples of transposing instruments
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Transposition: Changing Keys
To provide an overview of transposition and examples of its use
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Wind Instruments: Some Basics
To introduce the different wind instruments and the components of the instruments
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: What Kind of Music Is That?
To provide an explanation of terms used in classifying music and the various types of music
Naxos Digital Services
Naxos Digital Services: Jean Baptiste Lully
A biography of composer Jean-Baptiste Lully. Also provides a description of both his stage and church music.
Naxos Digital Services
Naxos Digital Services: Arthur Honegger
Short biography on composer Arthur Honegger including links to recommended recordings of Honegger's work.
Naxos Digital Services
Naxos Digital Services: Darius Milhaud
This resource provides a brief biography of composer Darius Milhaud. A discography and links to some of his pieces are provided at the bottom of the page.
Other
Canadian Content: Famous Musicians
Featured is a list of well known Canadian musicians with brief biographies included.
Other
Afro Disc: Africa Music Reviews
A radio host talks about new music from West Africa. While profiling four popular artists, the substance in this site describes the flavor of the popular music.
Other
Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar: Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar
Homepage for a website dedicated to those who play fingerstyle guitar. Includes links to related essays, tablature, books, videos, and audio clips.