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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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Music on the Move
Music is a mobile art. When people move to faraway places, whether by choice or by force, they bring their music along....
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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.
New Members
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Lyford RomeFrancis Parker School -
Sarah TattoSarah Tatto
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Anamika ShuklaEscorts in Gurgaon
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Ariana SmithSaint Louis School
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Melissa Ursula Dawn GoldsmithWestfield State College
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Forrest BairdNone
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Douglas RoseAustin Peay State University
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Denise DirkesHolmes Middle School
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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
Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (37)
- Composition (63)
- Music Appreciation (128)
- Music Education (92)
- Music History (102)
- Music Technology (61)
- Performance (110)
- Theory and Analysis (124)
- World Music (19)
Music on the Web
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Crossroads Community Band serenades during first springtime concert
Mar 07, 2021 06:48 PM PST
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deFrance wins MAD Battle, first live show at venue since pandemic began
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Eli Young Band to play in Valparaiso this summer
Mar 07, 2021 06:03 PM PST
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Livermore-Amador Symphony presents 'Peter and the Wolf'
Mar 07, 2021 05:41 PM PST
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Area Students Listed on WCSU Fall 2020 Dean's List
Mar 07, 2021 04:45 PM PST
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HBCUs to take center stage at NBA All-Star game in Atlanta
Mar 07, 2021 04:00 PM PST
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A night at the opera
Mar 07, 2021 03:20 PM PST
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Ralph Peterson Jr., Jazz Drummer and Bandleader, Dies at 58
Mar 07, 2021 02:30 PM PST
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Knoxville Symphony Orchestra hits play button on live music with return to Tennessee Theatre
Mar 07, 2021 02:18 PM PST
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San Diego mariachi bands struggle through the pandemic, helping to relieve heartache
Mar 07, 2021 01:22 PM PST
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Logic Pros Marketplace — FREE instruments, discounted creative tools, FX, and more
Mar 07, 2021 01:11 PM PST
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Live Stream Review: Mary Timony Live from St. Mark's In Washington DC
Mar 07, 2021 11:52 AM PST
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#IWD2021: Norwegian pianist Ingrid Steinkopf
Mar 07, 2021 11:46 AM PST
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See Foo Fighters Cover Andy Gibb's 'Shadow Dancing' for Rock-N-Relief Livestream
Mar 07, 2021 11:30 AM PST
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3/7/21 Study and Snacks
Mar 07, 2021 11:18 AM PST
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Electronic cities: between COVID and gentrification, dance music is struggling to find its groove again
Mar 07, 2021 11:07 AM PST
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Anderson .Paak & Bruno Mars Discuss The Origins Of Silk Sonic In 'Apple Music' Interview [Watch]
Mar 07, 2021 09:26 AM PST
Music on Twitter
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- Register now for the 2020 Young Composers concert taking place virtually and free to the public, March 29, 7PM EDT:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…16 hours ago | NAfME
- Happy #MIOSM! In 1994 the US Supreme Court ruled that song parodies are covered by fair use. Celebrate today by lea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…18 hours ago | NAfME
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- Looking for guidance on teaching early childhood music education in current school environments? See this document… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME