Electronic Dictionaries & Music Encyclopedias
Electronic Dictionaries & Music Encyclopedias
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An extensive glossary of terms associated with classical music. |
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An alphabetical list of terms, composers, musical styles, and forms. |
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A concise list of Italian terms used for tempo, dynamics, and articulations. |
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One-paragraph overviews of historical periods of Western art music, illustrated with artwork from each period. |
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A short list of common musical forms with concise definitions. |
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Detailed descriptions of instrument families and individual instruments. |
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A brief description of classical genres. |
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This site offers practice on the aural recognition of intervals. |
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Listeners identify short audio excerpts of famous classical pieces. |
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This game (designed for K-3) offers opportunities to match sounds with pictures of musical instruments. |
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Sponsored by the Indianapolis Symphony, this site offers three games dealing with orchestral instruments. |
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This site offers descriptions of various sections of the orchestra. Requires quite a bit of reading. |
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Here students can practice aural and visual recognition of intervals, chords, and scales. |
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This site features a number of games and quizzes on music theory, instruments, and composers. |
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Learn songs online -- recordings and notation provided, together with suggested learning activities. |
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An extensive collection of songs classified by topic. |
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Take an imaginary trip back through time to meet classical composers. |
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Biographies and photos of composers, questions to guide students' listening, and suggested activities for the class. |
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Biographies and photos of noted jazz musicians. |
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Select a country and be provided with a brief description of the music found there. Links to sound files and detailed descriptions of instruments. |
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Resources on the music of Africa, South America, and Asia. |
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Students research the history of jazz in order to create a time line, juxtaposing jazz styles with important events in U.S. history. |
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Resources and links related to classical styles. |
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Classical music at a "down-to-earth" level. |
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Background information on a large variety of operas. |
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Resources on the music of African American composers and performers. |
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Native American performers, composers,and recordings. |
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