Teaching and Learning
MENC: The National Association for Music Education - home page.
The Music Education Launch Site - lessons and resources for music educators with Allegro search site.
Classical music - amateur or professional, student or instructor - a musical textbook online featuring eras, composers and a fabulous glossary where you can can get definitions and even illustrations of musical terms.
The Symphony: An Interactive Guide - a webquest tour of the symphony online investigate composers, music, timelines and more.
The Music Room - read up on music history and listen to samples from each perios. Terms and definitions.
The
Music Education Resource Links -
provides links to curriculum resources for each of the nine national content
standards as presented by the National Standards for Art Education
Music Education Online - site for educators with resources and links.
Musical Research
Western Music - a brief overview of Western Music with an emphasis on the development of classical music.
A History in Song - connecting music amd artists to major events in American History. Site contains an index of time periods and events linked to representative music and also an index of artists.
Country Music - history and background. This exhibit looks at some of the influential artists and songs of the 1930's through the 1990's, era by era. Artists from Gene Autry and Roy Acuff to Willie Nelson and Garth Brooks. A good timeline for the history of country music.
Ballads and traditional folk music index.
Red Hot and Cool Jazz - all about jazz resources on the Internet.
Jazz - its roots and origins.
Music - Select style or group including country, jazz, rap, rock'n'roll, reggae, folk, blues, gospel, etc.
Musical Types and Styles - from reggae and rock to blues and hip-hop.
Musical Instruments - an encyclopedia.
Rock - history of rock music.
Lessons
PianoNanny - free online piano lessons divided by levels with over 40 lessons.
Whole Note : The Online Guitar Community - this site offers guitar lessons with notation and customizable music playback for all skill levels and styles.