A&HM 4029 Spring 2010 - Question #3 February 8, 2010
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List five websites that could be used in the music classroom with a brief description of each site.
http://childrensmusicworkshop.com/ A website very useful no necessarily for teaching, but I’ve found a lot of tools useful as a music educator including help with instrument maintenance and grants.
www.dci.org I have sent numerous students to this site for information on Drum Corps…especially the DCI fan network which provides archived audio and video of over 20 years of Drum Corps performances.
http://www.philtulga.com/ This site has a lot of activities and lesson plans specializing in cross-curriculum education (something big in NJ right now).
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/games/games.htm
A website providing some simple music theory games and activities for students
http://www.hotfrets.com/songanator.asp
A website that provides pre-generated chord progressions in various styles. All the student has to do is pick and choose then play along.
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http://childrensmusicworkshop.com/ A website very useful no necessarily for teaching, but I’ve found a lot of tools useful as a music educator including help with instrument maintenance and grants.
www.dci.org I have sent numerous students to this site for information on Drum Corps…especially the DCI fan network which provides archived audio and video of over 20 years of Drum Corps performances.
http://www.philtulga.com/ This site has a lot of activities and lesson plans specializing in cross-curriculum education (something big in NJ right now).
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/games/games.htm
A website providing some simple music theory games and activities for students
http://www.hotfrets.com/songanator.asp
A website that provides pre-generated chord progressions in various styles. All the student has to do is pick and choose then play along.
Artsalive.ca/en/music
Website put together by the National Arts Centre (NAC). It has information on the instruments in the orchestra, information on composers, NAC bios, and games that are all interactive. It also has great links for music resources.
www.classiccat.net
You can download free mp3’s and sheet music by composer, genre, instrument, top 100, and by the performers themselves. The free classical catalogue with 6000 free classical music performances.
Classicsforkids.com
It has a featured composer for the day, questions information about the orchestra, look things up in the music dictionary, read interviews with famous composers, opera singers, and conductors, play games, and you can create your own radio show!
Songfacts.com
Learn the stories behind songs. It’d be great to have kids listen to a song and try to create their own version of what they think the song is about and then look it up!
Teoria.com
My theory 1 teacher suggested this website for his students. Music theory help is definitely its purpose. Free exercises in note naming, interval practice, music theory references are available, and free articles about music distinguished by analysis and theory, analysis by composer, instruments, and music history.
http://www.naxos.com- information on works and composures including audio files
www.oxfordmusiconline.com- recordings, info on works and composures, pdf files, and music dictionary
http://www.sfskids.org/- teaches children instruments, orchestra works and composers through games
http://www.teoria.com/- theory drills and exercises for many skill levels
http://www.quia.com/web- allows for student’s to test their musical knowledge through games and quizzes. Also, allows for music teacher to create and monitor scores.
http://www.naxos.com- information on works and composers including audio files
www.oxfordmusiconline.com- recordings, info on works and composers, pdf files, and music dictionary
http://www.sfskids.org/- teaches children instruments, orchestra works and composers through games
http://www.teoria.com/- theory drills and exercises for many skill levels
http://www.quia.com/web- allows for student’s to test their musical knowledge through games and quizzes. Also, allows for music teacher to create and monitor scores.
http://www.songsforteaching.com/
This site is really neat because it encourages teaching ANY subject through music. I know memorizing songs is a really quick way to learn anything, like the 50 states song, for instance.
http://www.gopiano.com/
Piano is a basic musical learning method. This site allows you to learn the piano/keyboard for free online and you can even take quizzes after our lesson!
http://www.8notes.com/theory/
This site has 46 lessons to teach the most important concepts of musical theory.
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/dinsing.html
This site is super cute for kids because you can sing along to songs, play along to sheet music and play fun games like making your monkey dance to the right beat!
http://www.vocalist.org.uk/voicetraining.html
This site allows you to take voice lessons for free as well as provide tutorials and exercise to do.
www.teachers.net
You can find free lesson plans (mostly for general music) and ask any question related teaching music.
https://urresearch.rochester.edu/browseCollectionPersonNames.action;jsessionid=BA0CE0CFF160BAC73FE6F01B936DC425?collectionId=25&CATEGORIE=240&TITRE=University+of+Rochester+Libraries+(sheet+music+section)
You can download different kinds of string and band music for free!!
www.uvm.edu/~mhopkins/string/
This website is for string pedagogy. You can get the information about how to teach string instruments.
www.good-ear.com
This website is for ear training. You can find intervals, chords, scales, cadences, jazz chords, and etc. Very interesting website.
http://ababasoft.com/music/
This website provides drum games for kids. Children can play drum online, record it, and listen to it.
www.teoria.com
-music theory website that gives tutorials, exercises, etc.
www.metronomeonline.com
-Free metronome. Easy for students to use at home.
www.blanksheetmusic.net
-Free printable staff paper in different set ups
http://www.seventhstring.com/tuner/tuner.html
-Free tuner online. must have a microphone to use it acoustically or plug a instrument directly into your computer
http://www.rehearsalarts.com/index.html
-Allows you to order recordings of voice parts from many choral pieces for learning at home. The parts are sung by professionals and gives the students something to emulate and listen to at home. So, if you don’t have a lot of time to teach something in class this could be a good alternative.
1.http://www.menc.org
This is a great website for all music educators who want to know the latest information on current issues impacting music education today. It is also a great forum for music educators all over the world to build a community through conferences, links, and resources.
2.http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
This website offers free lesson plans that incorporate the arts and standards with other core subjects. This is a great alternative approach for students to make connections through the arts with their subjects.
3.http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/
A great resource page for elementary school teacher who are looking for a list of children’s songs, lyrics, and recordings. There are tons of games, activities, and riddles to explore.
4.http://www.playmusic.org/
An impressive website full of beautiful pictures and images on learning about the instruments of the orchestra. There are even sections where you can “meet the musicians and the composers” and listen to excerpt of their music.
5.http://www.sfskids.org/
This is a kid-friendly website, created by the San Francisco Symphony. Although it is geared towards kids, I find that people of all ages can use it to find information on music, hear different instruments, and play interactive games. There is even a music lab for kids to explore and compose music with no prior musical skills on an instrument.
http://www.menc.org This is a great website for all music educators who want to know the latest information on current issues impacting music education today. It is also a great forum for music educators all over the world to build a community through conferences, links, and resources.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ This website offers free lesson plans that incorporate the arts and standards with other core subjects. This is a great alternative approach for students to make connections through the arts with their subjects.
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/ A great resource page for elementary school teacher who are looking for a list of children’s songs, lyrics, and recordings. There are tons of games, activities, and riddles to explore.
http://www.playmusic.org/ An impressive website full of beautiful pictures and images on learning about the instruments of the orchestra. There are even sections where you can “meet the musicians and the composers” and listen to excerpt of their music.
http://www.sfskids.org/ This is a kid-friendly website, created by the San Francisco Symphony. Although it is geared towards kids, I find that people of all ages can use it to find information on music, hear different instruments, and play interactive games. There is even a music lab for kids to explore and compose music with no prior musical skills on an instrument.
www.musicouch.com - this website is an all new music content. It offers the latest topics concerning favorite bands and genres, popular and obscure songs, instrumental geektalk, and live music review.
www.classicsforkids.com - Offers material information for those interested in music education for children, interactive musicking activities and games, including program on Scheherezade.
www.musicovery.com - this website offers the ability to listen to or build their ouwn playlist via its own radio channels, students can discover new styles of music from different eras and or by selecting favorite genres.
www.livemusicarchives.com - this website provides students the highest quality concert downloads on the internet. There are more than 49 thousand items to choose from, and an excellent tool to use when developing music materials for modern music.
www.tagoo.com - offers its music listener various genres of musical styles, build one’s playlist featuring the biggest names in the business or from the least known garage bands that are just starting out in the music industry.
http://pbskids.org/jazz/ - an introduction to jazz history and its notable musicians.
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp- an introduction to theory and composition
http://www.teoria.com/- is comprised of learning tutorials and exercises in music theory.
http://www.playmusic.org/- provides valuable feedback on the instruments of an orchestra
http://www.classicsforkids.com/index.asp- an introduction to the music classics that incorporates learning about history, listening to music and creating your own composition.
www.playmusic.org A website with games, information on orchestras, composers and a section about how to write your own music.
www.blanksheetmusic.net A website for printing free staff paper
www.teoria.com A great resource for music theory. Includes training in dictation, reading music, chord recognition etc.. Useful for all levels
www.sphinxkids.org Includes information on composers, videos of performances and practicing and sections for creating your own band and orchestration.
www.nashvillesymphony.org/nsokids Website with a meet the musicians section, recordings and pictures of instruments and information on upcoming performances.
Wow, these websites were awesome!!! Thanks for posting some great ones class!
www.nyphilkids.org
This was by far the most user friendly, fun kids website. It was very interactive and entertaining, and held your attention. I enjoyed the interactive features that allow you to create your own music, make your our own instrument and click on other fun activities.
www.skskids.org
This is a fun website for kids. It is very straightforward, and I like how it focuses specifically around the orchestra, including links to what kind of of concerts and events are happening for kids and parents in SF and with the orchestra. I also liked the radio portion of the website because it gives a unique playlist of orchestra music for kids to listen to.
http://pbskids.org/jazz/
This is a great website for kids that are learning Jazz, or are interested about Jazz. It includes some videos about people talking about Jazz and playing their instruments. This is an informative website, but still fun for kids to check out and learn fun facts about jazz. It also includes a sections where you can click on different instruments and hear the different sounds and then put them all together and create your own jazz music.
http://www.sprocketworks.com/topics/default.asp?topic=2
This is an general educational website for kids, but includes a music portion to the site. You have the option of learning world music and picking a country on the map and listening to the music of that country/area. It also has a portion where you are able to learn musical terms, learn about the orchestra, play musical games, and learn about the history of classical and modern music.
www.hobnox.com
I feel this would be the perfect website for young teenagers who are interested in electronic music and electronic composition. This is a fun interactive website that allows for you to produce your own electronic music, and I liked that it gives you a matrix to play with, but you can also completely create your own work and fool around with the mixer and sound board. Even though I think this is a creative website and is great for high school students, I think this is a fun website for anyone of any age!
www.good-ear.com
This is a great website for any teachers who are teaching ear training. It includes sounds and information on intervals, chords, scales, cadences, jazz chords and it tests your ear by quizzing you on your ear training skills.
http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Online music library which contains classical sheet musics. Print out musics and scores for small ensemble groups or solo.
http://www.good-ear.com/
Students can practice ear training through this website.
http://www.get-tuned.com/online_tuners.php
Online tuner for string instruments.
http://www.playmusic.org/
For childrens to learn about music and have fun.
http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm
Can use this website to compose music.
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