Sites on
Instrument Care
How
to take care of your instrument:
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Sites About
Instruments
Follow these
links for information on modern and ancient
instruments.
A guide to Medieval and
Renaissance instruments. Want to
know what a crumhorn looked like? How about a
hurdy-gurdy or bagpipe? Check out this site for
pictures and details. Do a report on the history
and development of an instrument for enrichment.
This site is a
jumping off point for finding other
sites about a type of
instrument. Want to find the
clarinet page or something about flute history?
How about checking out the sackbut page!
(Remember that a sackbut is an early form of the
trombone - this page has trombone links, too!)
You can find history of instruments, jokes,
recordings and lots of other info.
The Instrument
Encyclopedia
gives the origin of instruments,
present-day information, pictures, and
information on families of instruments.
The Clarinet
Pages
includes lots of
interesting information and even a section for
beginners & intermediate players (including an
article about getting the high notes on bass
clarinet!)
Play Music
has info about and sound clips from the
different instruments, games, a musician of the
month, movies of kids who play, a juke box where
you can hear different pieces featuring
particular instruments and lots more!
Percussion
Information has
all kinds of info for the percussion student!
Check it out!!
Percussion - Vic Firth
has lots of resources for
students, everything from how to properly play
rudiments to how to play the bass drum.
Percussion - timpani
The Ludwig site has information
specifically on how to play and take care of
timpani
Online Trombone
Journal - A site
for and about trombonists & their instruments.
Advice for brass players
of all levels. Lots of advanced information for
those who are really serious.
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Performing
Groups
Follow these links
for information on
performing groups.
Boston Brass
- World renowned brass quintet (2 trumpets,
French horn, trombone, tuba) that arranges and
plays all styles of music with their own
entertaining twist.
Nuclear Whales
- Saxophone players... don't miss this one! This
group plays every instrument in the saxophone
family, including the tiny sopranino saxophone
and the HUGE 6 foot 8 inch contrabass saxophone.
Talk about needing air to play!!!
Nexus -
World renowned percussion ensemble that plays
all styles of music; some original compositions;
some arrangements of Classical or Jazz music.
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General Sites
Follow these
links for lots of different musical information.
Essentials of Music
- Whether
you're a casual listener or a serious music
student, here's the site for basic information
about classical music.
ClassicalWorks.com
- This site is devoted to the love and knowledge
of classical music. Look around, you will find
extensive history pages, bios, links, resources
and more.
MusicTheory.net
- this site helps you learn almost
everything there is to know about reading music!
http://www.teoria.com/
- Teoria serves as both Computer Aided
Instruction (CAI), and "drill and practice." In
the "Tutorials" section, the site explains a
variety of music theory concepts in a sequential
approach. Embedded within the tutorials are
graphic and aural representations of the topics
covered. In addition, the site contains a
glossary of musical terms, and selected music
theory articles. In the "Exercises" section,
students can apply the concepts covered in the
tutorials. Students can also work on ear
training via rhythmic and melodic dictation.
Students can also download the entire site
(membership required) so that an internet
connection is not always required to access the
material.
http://www.smu.edu/totw/
- Much like Teoria, Theory on the Web is a CAI
website designed to present music theory in a
sequential approach. This site also contains a
glossary of terms, and suggested activities for
the students. In addition, visual and aural
examples are included for each topic covered.
Topics range in difficulty from an introduction
to the fundamentals of music through chromatic
harmonies and modulations. This site will prove
to be an invaluable resource to help accentuate
what I am teaching my students in my music
theory class. It also has the possibility of
serving as an advance organizer (Ausubel).
Students can be assigned a specific unit to
discover on their own (Bruner), and return to
the class ready to learn the new material (Law
of readiness/Thorndike).
Naxos Classicals
- This site includes a
glossary of music terms, composer bios, an intro
to classical music and another to opera, a
section on film music & lots more!
WGBH
- Information
about classical music on the radio station and
channel 2 TV.
Classical Net
- There are some
biographies here and the site is a great source
of links to other classical music sites.
Yahoo!
has and excellent web search section for
classical music. This link takes you right to
that jumping off point.
WCRB
- lots of classical music links and information
about classical music
http://KarlKing.us
- A great site with tons of information
(letters, pictures, etc.) related to composer
and band leader, Karl King.
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Suggest a Link!
Help me
fill in more great web sites!! Email me with the
address, name of the site and a short
description & I will add it to the list. Email
me at:
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Music
Writing Software
Finale Notepad
- a FREE music writing software program
available to download for all of you budding
composers out there.
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