American Museum of Natural History
Being An Anthropologist: Laurel Kendall
Imagine studying Korean culture, especially the role of women, as well as marriage and religious rituals from home! Anthropologist Laurel Kendall shares what she has learned from her many trips to this fascinating country half a world away.
Other
Wesleyan University: Learning Objects Studio: Virtual Instrument Museum
Access the world musical instrument collection of the Music Department of Wesleyan University through this virtual museum interface. Search for and learn about instruments by type, geographic location, instrument material, and genre....
Other
Discover Eso: Musical Instruments: Woodwinds
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.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science of Music: Accidental Scientist
Learning about the science of music is what this site is all about. With clever activities that lead to writing, mixing, and experimenting with music; with videos that explain tuning, stepping (or rhythmic movement), instrument building,...
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Students will enjoy this interactive website. There are many musical topics to explore while having fun. Learning how to make your own instrument, playing games and listening to music are just a few of the things you can do here.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Students will enjoy this interactive website. There are many musical topics to explore while having fun. Learning how to make your own instrument, playing games and listening to music are just a few of the things you can do here.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Music for Kids: Listen, Play, Learn
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.
Other
The Joy of Cello Playing
A great site with teaching examples, excerpts from his book and cartoons. Site promotes and endorses book, "The Joy of Cello Playing".
Curated OER
National Park Service: Gettysburg National Military Park: Camp Life
Colorful exhibit showcases the actual artifacts used by the Civil War soldiers at Gettysburg. View their camp materials, clothing, equipment, and personal items. Also, like soldiers of all wars, long hours passed when they were not...
South Carolina Educational Television
South Carolina Etv Commission: Artopia: Music
Enter a world of music in Artopia. Here, you can become a music critic, meet a musician, play a game, and even compose your own remix music in the virtual music studio.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Finding the Common Beat
The CyberSquad figures out how to represent the patterns of music played by four instruments in this Cyberchase video segment.
Other
Tomas Howie Drumming Web: Reading Music
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...
Other
J Music: Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute)
Provides information about Japan's traditional bamboo flute, the Shakuhachi. Includes a movie of the instrument being played.
Other
Beginning Band School Band and Orchestra Information
This is a great resource for beginning band and orchestra students. You will find informative articles, information about musical instruments and general advice about joining band and orchestra.
Other
Harmonica Info and Tips
Gives basic information about the harmonica in addition to tips for purchasing and playing one
Ducksters
Ducksters: Music for Kids: Violin Playing Basics
A site exploring the basics of playing the violin which is one of the most popular string musical instruments.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Music for Kids: Guitar
Kids learn about the popular string instrument the guitar. Types of guitars, different parts, how to play, and more.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Music for Kids: Piano Playing Basics
Kids learn the basics of playing the piano on this site. Find information about the keyboard, middle C, position, and practice.
Other
Guitar Lesson World
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.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Music for Kids: Basics of Playing the Guitar
On this site, students can learn the basics of playing the guitar. They can learn how to hold and play this musical string instrument.
Other
Dancedrummer: Traditional African Drumming and Dance
African drumming and dance are discussed in this interesting site. You can play with some of the interactive African style drums as well as access video and audio clips of the music.
Other
The Essential Guitar Guide
A great resource for guitar players, this site provides a lot of music theory, how to play chords, how to improvise and more. On the download page there is a chord calculator that displays the notes of many chords.
Other
Saxlessons
The complete saxophone resource. Students are guided through lessons. Also, a wealth of information about the saxophone.
Other
Piano Music Sight Reading Practice
Actually this clever site drills pianists on note names and note placement on the keyboard. Kids can access this site at home for practice. Both treble and bass clef are used.