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Welcome to the MERLOT Music Portal, an educational resource for teaching and learning. You are invited to join MERLOT - it's free - and contribute to this growing Music community of instructors. As a MERLOT member, you can contribute learning materials and assignments, submit your own learning materials for evaluation, and get access to great ideas to help you teach online and in the classroom. Browse the MERLOT Music Collection to find the high quality online learning materials for music studies.
Bruce A. Whisler, Editor
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A TED video of Evelyn Glennie presenting her ideas on listening. This video is an excellent point of departure for student discussions on listening and the nature and purpose of music and music making. It is also an excellent model for students preparing outreach programs.
New Materials
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Open Music Commons | Ethnomusicology OER
"Open Music Commons features nine multimedia essays written by current students or alumni from the CUNY Graduate Center's...
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Musical Crossroads: African American Influence on American Music
Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory and variety is an intimidating—if not...
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Music in Evolution and Evolution in Music
Music in Evolution and Evolution in Music by Steven Jan is a comprehensive account of the relationships between...
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Terra Nostra Curriculum Resources
The curriculum shared here utilizes Terra Nostra, a multimedia symphony about climate change. Variations of the...
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Entrepreneurship in Organizations: Evidence from the Popular Music Industry on JSTOR
This paper identifies the leadership style, entrepreneurship, as a strategy employed by large organizations to cope with...
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THE STRUCTURE OF THE POPULAR MUSIC INDUSTRY
This paper is part of an ongoing study of the popular music industry and its audience now being conducted by the Survey...
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Rethinking the music industry | Popular Music | Cambridge Core
This article examines a very basic question for popular music studies: what is ‘the music industry?’ It surveys the usage...
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At Last . . . ?: Michelle Obama, Beyoncé, Race & History
In this essay, Griffin brings to the fore two extraordinary black women of our age: First Lady Michelle Obama and...
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A Survey of Music Theory for the College Classroom: Chromatic Harmony 1
A Survey of Music Theory for the College Classroom is a concise, practical, and readable text and workbook for use in the...
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A Survey of Music Theory for the College Classroom: Fundamentals
A Survey of Music Theory for the College Classroom is a concise, practical, and readable text and workbook for use in the...
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A Survey of Music Theory for the College Classroom: Diatonic Harmony
A Survey of Music Theory for the College Classroom is a concise, practical, and readable text and workbook for use in the...
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A Survey of Music Theory for the College Classroom: Chromatic Harmony 2 and 20th Century Music
A Survey of Music Theory for the College Classroom is a concise, practical, and readable text and workbook for use in the...
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The Power of Music: An Exploration of the Evidence
Building on her earlier work, The Power of Music: A Research Synthesis of the Impact of Actively Making Music on the...
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Understanding Music
The benefits of music in our lives are increasingly acknowledged by researchers and scientist. As human beings, we have...
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The Voice of the Century: The Culture of Italian Bel Canto in Luisa Tetrazzini’s Recorded Interpretations
The fields of performance studies, empirical musicology, and the musicology of recordings have seen a tremendous...
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A Philosophy of Cover Songs
Cover songs are a familiar feature of contemporary popular music. Musicians describe their own performances as covers,...
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Fundamentals, Function, and Form: Theory and Analysis of Tonal Western Art Music
Fundamentals, Function, and Form by Andre Mount—with editorial and pedagogical input from Lee Rothfarb—provides its...
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Tenuto
Tenuto is an enhanced version of the exercises and calculators for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Each of the 24...
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Top 10 Ukrainian folk songs list - Ukrainian Lessons
Ukrainians like singing a lot - we have around 200,000 folk songs! Check out our Top 10 Ukrainian folk songs list and see...
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MUSC 340 Weekly Schedule
This is a weekly class schedule for MUSC 340: Introduction to Music Technology. It includes weekly links to OER readings,...
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Music Tech Video Part 1: Wave Forms
Dr. Miller demonstrates an online oscilloscope responding to voice sounds as audio input. Sine waves are reviewed.
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Music: Its Language, History, and Culture
From Cohen’s proposal: In 2006 faculty of the Conservatory of Music wrote and published their own textbook for Core...
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Welcome : Sekuru's Stories
Sekuru’s Stories is a digital public humanities project featuring the renowned Zimbabwean mbira player, oral historian,...
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Open Access Musicology, Volume One
This open volume is the first release from Open Access Musicology and features chapters aimed at an undergraduate...
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Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (39)
- Composition (63)
- Music Appreciation (134)
- Music Education (98)
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- Performance (116)
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Music on the Web
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Pop punk proved its here to stay in 2023 - The Quinnipiac Chronicle
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Climb: '90s Alt-Influenced Massachusetts Hardcore Band Talks Debut EP - No Echo
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TCU's College Marching Band Makes History With Grammy Nomination - NBC New York
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School board tackles music education - Davis Enterprise
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Mashina's Yuval Banay Reveals New York City Concert Date, Documentary - Variety
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Jake Blount's new twist on Black American folk music - YouTube
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The Band's Massive Weight: On Martin Scorsese's “The Last Waltz” and Jeff Sellars and ...
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The Yips - Oxford American
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Penn State Laureate Velvet Brown to present 'MOJATUBA' Feb. 9 at Harrisburg
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California's Leading Conductors Come Together for a New Festival - The New York Times
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Third Coast Percussion's Smooth Playing Hits Stanford | San Francisco Classical Voice
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Music director sues US orchestra for religious discrimination - Slipped Disc
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WATCH: 'When Percussion Strikes': Educator helps connects Chinese community with their ... - Medill
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Choirboy William, 10, says singing in a cathedral choir helps manage his arthritis pain
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Chattanooga Boys Choir To Host 30th Anniversary Simmons–O'Neal Memorial Concert
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New Music From The Secret Six Jazz Band | wwltv.com
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So Percussion brings the noise to the Fortas Chamber series - The Washington Post
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Four must-see music performances at UNCSA this spring
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Angleton's Musical Prodigies Head to Prestigious Concert | News | thefacts.com
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Music on Twitter
- Urge your governor and other state elected officials, your school board and other local elected officials to presen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9 hours ago | NAfME
- In the current issue of ‘Music Educators Journal’ read “Theory as the ‘North Star’: An Introduction to Race Theorie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…13 hours ago | NAfME
- In “Mission Possible: It Is Never Too Late to Refresh the Vision,” NAfME member Dr. Lori Schwartz Reichl lays out 5… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- "It is not an exaggeration to say that without Jerry, we would not have OkMEA," said @OkMEA_Org President Leah McDo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- NAfME urges Congress to increase funding for Title I and Title IV, Part A and reaffirm that these funds can be used… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- Check out these special offers available for a limited time and get fresh ideas as you continue the school year.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- The early bird rate deadline for the NAfME Eastern Division Conference is March 17! Check out the sessions taking p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- “Music is an integral part of the education process...each music teacher...gives 100% of their energy daily to make… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Congratulations to NAfME member Adam Brooks, North Atlanta High School music programs director, who was recently ho… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME