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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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Resonances: Engaging Music in its Cultural Context
Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context offers a fresh curriculum for the college-level music appreciation...
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Music Appreciation
Each instructor of music appreciation brings unique expertise in differing genres. I encourage you to utilize this text...
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Music and the Human Experience
The authors of this text have selected music carefully in order to make your experience as positive as possible. First,...
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Acoustemologies in Contact: Sounding Subjects and Modes of Listening in Early Modernity
In this fascinating collection of essays, an international group of scholars explores the sonic consequences of...
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Welcome to the Beatles
Organized, authored, and edited over the course of five months by a class of eighteen Virginia Tech undergraduate...
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Foundations of Hip-Hop
Deejaying, emceeing, graffiti writing, and breakdancing. Together, these artistic expressions combined to form the...
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MUS 101-Elliott Jones | Lumen Learning
Welcome to Music 101. I think you’ve made a smart choice to spend some weeks studying some of the greatest music ever...
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Vocal Literature (online course)
This is a service-learning vocal music course designed mainly for music students who wish to learn and perform the genre...
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Jazz Focus • A podcast on Anchor
A focused look at some specific moments in recorded Jazz history . . Jazz Recording history and how it has both impacted...
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Open Research Library: Open Access Books
The Open Research Library (ORL) will eventually contain a scholarly collection of 20,000+ Open Access books available to...
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24 Preludes op. 28 by Frédéric Chopin
Analysis of Chopin's 24 Preludes Op. 28
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Inventions BWV 772-786 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Musical analysis of Bach's Inventions BWV 772-786
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Music Appreciation: Its Language, History and Culture
Introduction to works representative of a variety of music traditions. These include the repertoires of Western Europe...
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Fundamentals of Acoustics for Sound Engineers and Music Producers
This website provides a set of course materials (in english and german) for undergraduate (bachelor) students in sound...
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Discover the Arts, vol.1: Intro, Visual Art, Music and Dance | Unit 3: Dance
This is Volume 1 of a textbook for a Fine and Performing Arts survey, an introductory course.
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Music and the Child
Children are inherently musical. They respond to music and learn through music. Music expresses children’s identity and...
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Tutorial Logic: vocal transformer
Video tutorial sobre la herramienta de transformación de voz de Logic
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Tutorial Praat: Introducción
Tutorial sobre las funciones elementales de Praat, herramienta de análisis de voz y del sonido.
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Descomponiendo música preexistente: la sonata "claro de luna" de Beethoven
Análisis de la utilización de la sonata claro de luna de Beethoven en la película Lacombe, Lucien de Louis Malle
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Erik Satie y la música incidental
Análisis del uso de obras para piano de Erik Satie en varios contextos cinematográficos
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Cadencias suspensivas y conclusivas
Descripción de algunas de las funciones que tienen las cadencias musicales en el lenguaje audiovisual, aplicándolo al...
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Chopin, una música diegética
Análisis del uso de la música de Chopin como elemento diegético en varias películas
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Moodle Music
Music theory and ear training courses and exercises.
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CSU San Marcos - MUSC 120: Introduction to Music Resources
CSU San Marcos compiled a list of resources used in their Introduction to Music course.
New Members
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Denise DirkesHolmes Middle School -
Sky marketingskymarketing
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Franklin LareyIllinois Wesleyan University
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Hillary VermillionSt. Cloud Technical College
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Jillian BaxterUniversity System of Georgia - Albany State University
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sixkriki lincolnBangkok Suvarnabhumi College
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Kadir Tolga TemTennessee State University
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Milton BrownLEGEND LOC
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Milton BrownLEGEND LOC
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Giuseppe RIccucciIstituto Comprensivo Ugo Foscolo
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Arturo martinTheBelleMusic
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Matthew FontanaIndependent Study
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JOANA GOMESUniversidade Estácio de Sá
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jaberbindw baghoncheaminre
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Hal MillerMilwaukee Area Technical College
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Shadi SherifAcademy of Arts (Egypt)
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Marina SchroedingerBunker Hill Community/Technical College
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Roula BaakliniHoly Spirit University
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Giuseppe CirasoNone
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Leilani ToulsonNorth Caroline High School
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Hope DavisImperial Valley College
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Keith CokerUniversity of South Florida
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Chin TanNone
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Eugenia GubkoMinsk
Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (37)
- Composition (63)
- Music Appreciation (128)
- Music Education (92)
- Music History (101)
- Music Technology (61)
- Performance (110)
- Theory and Analysis (124)
- World Music (19)
Music on the Web
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'I'm excited for the future': WAPS takes steps to empower music teachers to improve their program
Jan 27, 2021 02:07 PM PST
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Watch the United States Navy Band turn a Taylor Swift classic into a Sea Shanty
Jan 27, 2021 01:45 PM PST
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Shaggin' at the Station featuring the Special Occasion Band
Jan 27, 2021 12:37 PM PST
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Duval County cancels after-school activities Wednesday for severe weather
Jan 27, 2021 12:26 PM PST
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Refresh Your Sonic Palette: Contemporary Black Composers You Should Know
Jan 27, 2021 12:03 PM PST
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Glenville State College Department of Fine Arts to hold virtual auditions for music program
Jan 27, 2021 11:52 AM PST
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Orlando fusion band Leisure Chief drops new album 'Cosmic Comics'
Jan 27, 2021 11:30 AM PST
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San Antonio band Monomials gets help from some of city's best known musicians, artists on its ...
Jan 27, 2021 11:18 AM PST
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Sheridan family-like pep band punctuates Broncs, Lady Broncs game days with cheers and chasers
Jan 27, 2021 11:11 AM PST
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PMT and HERO® Partner to Bring Live Virtual Shopping to Musicians
Jan 27, 2021 10:45 AM PST
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Boise Rock Legends Release Cover Track Ahead of New Album
Jan 27, 2021 10:33 AM PST
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UK Music Education Charity Announces New Ambassador
Jan 27, 2021 10:00 AM PST
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The return of Chilly's ICE Cool Band
Jan 27, 2021 08:51 AM PST
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Uncle Walt's Band Reunites Digitally For 'What Have You Done With My Love' Music Video ...
Jan 27, 2021 08:18 AM PST
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Eight Houston music releases you need to hear in 2021
Jan 27, 2021 08:11 AM PST
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Philadelphia Orchestra back with performance featuring new principal oboist
Jan 27, 2021 08:01 AM PST
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Encounter Choir To Offer “Season of Hope”
Jan 27, 2021 07:45 AM PST
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Geneva College hosts virtual music conference
Jan 27, 2021 07:43 AM PST
Music on Twitter
- Read “How COVID Actually Improved My Large Ensembles” by Stacy K. Dziuk on pages 18-23 in the January 2021 issue of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…53 minutes ago | NAfME
- NAfME, along with members from the Music Education Policy Roundtable, sent a letter to President-Elect Biden’s educ… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5 hours ago | NAfME
- This Friday! Register now for the 2021 Arizona Music Educators Association conference “Connecting through Music,” t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…10 hours ago | NAfME
- New blog: “Music is often our students’ 'home' within the school where students feel safe, they feel that they belo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- Reminder: 2 free @librarycongress Teaching with Primary Sources webinars Jan 26–27, 7PM ET each evening: “Responsiv… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- Submit your proposal for the Maine Music Educators Association spring virtual conference taking place in May! Deadl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- Members in the Eastern, Northwest, and Southwestern Divisions: Have you voted? Check your email for a message from… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- The NAfME PreK–12 Learning Collaborative will take place virtually alongside the NAfME Music Research and Teacher E… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Reminder: “Finding Joy: The Power of Music!” the Missouri Music Educators Association conference Jan 27-Feb 3! Open… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Get ready for Music In Our Schools Month® with lesson plans, social media digital graphics, resources for “Sing fro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 days ago | NAfME