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Metronome Online
This free online metronome is ideal for anyone who does not have a metronome. It allows you to choose any tempo so you can practice at a steady pace.
Music Theory
Music theory.net: Note Trainer
A fabulous tool for music teachers and students! This online quiz tests students knowledge of the various musical notes. (Click on "toggle" to check your answers along the way.)
Music Theory
Music theory.net: Interval Trainer
This online quiz is a fantastic tool to check your knowledge of intervals. Keeps score, and can be customized to fit specific lessons (augmented intervals, diminished intervals, double accidentals.)
Music Theory
Music theory.net: Keyboard Trainer
A fantastic resource for music teachers and students learning to play the piano. This online quiz can be customized to test students on specific keys. Students can click "Toggle helpers," to check answers along the way.
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Music Fundamentals
This is like a music theory textbook online. It includes great explanations and assignments, although there is not a way to check your completed assignments. It begins with the basics and goes through triads. Midi files are included.
Music Theory
Music theory.net: Chord Ear Trainer
This online quiz gives students a chance to recognize triads and seventh chords, by listening to audio clips. Teachers can customize this quiz and print out progress reports.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Musical Dictionary
This online music dictionary offers more than just definitions. Most terms have vocalized pronunciations and audio examples, as well.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Fundamentals of Music
A complete undergraduate-level online course on the fundamentals of music.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Heartstrings, Music of the Holocaust
Music brought comfort and unity to the Jewish people during the Holocaust. The same songs later helped document this time period. Listen to medleys of these songs in this online exhibit.
Library of Congress
Loc: Hispano Music & Culture of the Northern Rio Grande
Collection of online resources on the Hispanic arts and culture of the Southwestern United States. Exhibits include essays, audio files, and links to related sites.
Other
Morton Subotnick's Creating Music
This site is an effective and fun way to help children understand music better. There are several online interactive games to play to better understand rhythm, pitch, scales and much more.
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Tone Savvy
You will find many free games that will help you develop your music theory knowledge. Learn rhythmic dictation, key signatures and intervals as well as several other topics concerning music theory.
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Old Time Jazz Online
Choose and listen to jazz music from the 1800s to today. Listen to artists such as Buck Johnson, Kid Ory, Woody Herman, Ella Fitzgerald, and many more.
PBS
Pbs: Elements of Music: Exploring the Composer's Tools
This online lesson will help young scholars understand how composers write music by engaging in a project which culminates in their own compositions.
Music Theory
Music theory.net: Key Trainer
A terrific tool for music teachers and students! Test students' knowledge of key signatures with this online quiz. Click "toggle" to check answers along the way, or click "setting" to customize the quiz.
Other
Online Practice Record
[Free Registration/Login Required] If you would like to be able to keep track of the amount of time you practice, you will want to visit this site. Students can create a free account and keep an online record of the amount of time they...
Other
Choral Net: The Internet Center for Choral Music
A large web portal of online resources and information on choral music worldwide.
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Museum of Musical Instruments: Woody Guthrie
This interesting site features the life and music of Woody Guthrie. Explore this online exhibit showcasing one of America's great folk singers.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Every Day Gems: A Collection of New Music by R. B. Mahaffey
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Every Day Gems: A Collection of New Music by R. B. Mahaffey (c1885), a collection of music for public schools.
PBS
Public Broadcasting Service: Latin Music Usa
A website for the Latin Music USA series shown on PBS. Includes links to episodes of the show, music, and online resources.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Musical Families
Learn about the different groups of musical instruments. Book includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Straw Pipe
Instructions to create a pan pipe made from straws. Also included is music to play songs using the pan pipe and a brief background about sound vibrations.
Other
E. L. Easton: The Music of English
Extensive collection of recommended links to online English language resources for learners with specific native languages or purposes. Also contains links to ELL sites from around the world.
Emory University
Emory University: Odyssey Online
Odyssey Online is a resource for both students and teachers as they explore world mythology in reading, writing, history, and art classes. Providing sections on Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and African mythology, Odyssey uses...