Five traditional African musical instruments are highlighted at this Smithsonian site: two types of drums, the thumb piano (mucapata), harp, and whistles. Includes historical facts about the instruments.

Website with information on four woodwind instruments: clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and flute. Students learn about the history and qualities of the instruments and can listen to audio excerpts of the instruments being played.

This interesting site features the life and music of Woody Guthrie. Explore this online exhibit showcasing one of America's great folk singers.

This is a musical project about the resonance of closed-end air columns. Organ pipes, flutes, and brass instruments are examples of musical instruments of this type. In this project, you'll learn how the pitch of the note produced...

See and hear the instruments of the orchestra.

On this site, students learn about brass, string, and woodwind musical instruments. Listen to tunes, discover artists, and find out how music and notes work.

Learn general information about various string instruments, including the viola and cello, and hear audio clips to hear what these instruments sound like when played.

Website describing the oud, also known as an ud or Arabic lute.

Bring music-making activities home or to school. Check out how to guess instruments by their sounds and learn how to make a rain stick at this resource. It gives great directions on what you'll need and what to do.

Ali really loves to make music. Help make Ali's dream come true. Together, answer questions about musical instruments.

This tutorial from Bill Nye explains how a coconut (and the air inside it) can transform the energy of movement into a variety of interesting sounds.

Kids learn about the musical instrument the piano on this site. Learn about the styles of music, history, and how it works.

In this very detailed lesson plan, students explore and create a stringed instrument that demonstrates their understanding of sound waves and how energy is transferred. Multiple videos are included showing this lesson in action in a...

Kids learn about how brass instruments work. Musical notes made with slides, valves, and bells.

Read about how the viola fits into the string family of musical instruments. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to listen to samples of the viola solo and with the orchestra. There are also pictures of the viola. Does it look like...

This site is provided for by Tomas Howie and Drumming Web. Although originally written for the drummer, any aspiring musician could benefit from the explanation of how to read music and the examples it contains. Drummers will want to...

What are the main components of this string instrument? Kids learn about the parts of the violin on this site.

Read about the violin, as well as a few other string instruments. Use Windows Media Player or Real Audio to listen to three violin samples. Pictures of the instrument are also provided.

A great multicultural art lesson plan that also connects visual art to music. Pupils create a set of paper mache maracas emphasizing rhythm and expression in the painting details. Upon completion students will have the opportunity to try...

Making homemade instruments is always fun for young kids. Help them make these percussion rain sticks using ordinary materials. Kids will have fun decorating and playing their rain sticks.

Your students will enjoy making their own rainstick while learning about poetry and expressing their feelings about rain. This three-part lesson gives step-by-step instructions, as well as an assessment rubric.

An in-depth look at guitar playing. Includes exercises, lessons, resources, and much more! Whether you are a beginner or more advanced, this site is definitely worth seeing.

Without going into specifics, this article provides general ideas on how to begin writing your own music. A few of the ideas discussed are recording yourself playing around, learn a new scale or pattern, and apply some new music theory...

You have just written a cool guitar lick and you want to play it in your favorite song, however, it just doesn't sound good in the song. This article explains how you can break down your lick into the key components and refine it to suit...