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Personal Site: David Seville and the Chipmunks
This personal site provides information on the creator of Dave Seville and the Chipmunks, Ross Bagdasarian, and how he started The Chipmunks.
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Arranger/stylists Who Made Contributions
This large site offers biographical and professional information on such arrangers as Percy Faith and Andre Kostelanetz.
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Zuckermann Harpsichords International
This site from Zuckermann Harpsichords contains a wide variety of harpsichords with descriptions and images, as well as specific information on materials and how they are assembled.
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Soldiers' Songs Archive of Military Folk Music
Specialized site dealing in folk music connected to military history and various wars. Gives audio samples and brief history/bios of songs and singers. Limited but interesting archive site.
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Myriad Software: Quantizing
Offers information on what quantizing is, how it works, when it's used. Also discusses its effectiveness.
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Thumbnail History of the Banjo
Site that focuses on the development of the banjo instrument, but also traces its role in minstrel shows of the 1800s. Offers different viewpoint of this genre.
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The Origin of the Name "English Horn"
This site gives you a detailed description of how the English Horn was named.
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Homemade Instruments
Do you want to make an egg shaker? Come to this website and find out how. Homemade instruments can be made from different household items. Don't miss out on all of the music that can be made at home or school.
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Avatar Consultants, Inc: Definition of Intensity
Power, loudness, and decibel levels of sound waves are described and explained. The relative power output of various musical instruments is given.
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Avatar Consultants, Inc: Tuning, Scales, and Temperament
A discussion of the composition of complex sounds produced by a musical instrument. Good illustration of how music is applied to physics. Quite a bit of good information, several pages linked together with good definitions as well as...
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Musical Math
This site includes 14 activities which explore how math and music are related. Great exercise opportunity for any student to sharpen their math and musical skills.
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Baroque Music: Composers
Short bio with listing of works by genre with dates composed. Just click on "Lully".
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English Folk and Traditional Music on the Net
This is a resource for English traditional music. It includes libraries, archives, magazines, and discographies and provides access to many other connected links.
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Classical Music Navigator: Forms and Styles
This alphabetized list of musical forms and styles briefly defines and describes the types of musical sounds and genres created throughout history.
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Gotta Dance: American Rumba
This site from Gotta Dance offers an easy-to-read history of rumba.
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Alligator Records: Koko Taylor
Biographical information about Koko Taylor. Links to pages with information about each of her albums.
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The Land of Music: Homepage
Principally an e-commerce site, although free sample lessons and music clips are available from this award-winning provider of music education tools. The Land of Music teaches how to read, write, and enjoy music through songs, stories,...
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Maryl Neff: Definition of Folk Music
This resource provides an excellent introduction to the folk music genre and its elements.
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The Mudcat Cafe: Gourd Rattlers
What is a calabash? Use this website and find out what it is but also how to make it. This gourd rattler can be constructed with the easy to follow directions.
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The Minstrel Show: Preface
Richard Moody does a fine job with a general description of a minstrel show. He gives background information on the history and development over the years. There are many links in the left-hand column for more information.
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Mt. Holyoke College: Enunciation Exercises
A few exercises to develop enunciation with the singing voice. This site takes you through a five step exercise.