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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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Sky marketingskymarketing
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Franklin LareyIllinois Wesleyan University -
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
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Eta LinNone
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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Fine Arts Student of the Week: Senior challenges herself to stay motivated by tackling flute ...
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Paul O'Sullivan found people with his name on Facebook. Naturally, they formed a band.
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Levon Helm grew up in Arkansas before finding fame in The Band
Jan 25, 2021 02:52 AM PST
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The maestro makes a sound suggestion for the arts. Biden should listen. | Editorial
Jan 25, 2021 02:40 AM PST
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Technology in the elementary music classroom after the pandemic
Jan 25, 2021 02:30 AM PST
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Legendary Las Vegas band Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns takes the music online
Jan 25, 2021 01:56 AM PST
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Tulsa Band Saugeye, Led by Jared Tyler, Bring Well Oiled Originals & Covers To S/T Debut ...
Jan 24, 2021 10:33 PM PST
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Rhye
Jan 24, 2021 10:00 PM PST
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Honor ensemble goes virtual, gives students unique opportunity
Jan 24, 2021 09:15 PM PST
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BSO's Third “New Beginning”
Jan 24, 2021 08:07 PM PST
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Movies in Concert | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Jan 24, 2021 07:38 PM PST
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James S. Ressler
Jan 24, 2021 07:00 PM PST
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How Much Random Music Theory Knowledge Do You Have?
Jan 24, 2021 06:47 PM PST
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New Music Alert: Punk Band Rest Easy Featuring Members of Shook Ones and Daggermouth ...
Jan 24, 2021 06:03 PM PST
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New Whyte collection is essential
Jan 24, 2021 05:18 PM PST
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Inauguration a special moment for Marine Band clarinetist, EHS grad
Jan 24, 2021 05:17 PM PST
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All Together Now: How campus a cappella groups are making music and forging communities
Jan 24, 2021 04:54 PM PST
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UNC's music department gets creative to teach students remotely
Jan 24, 2021 04:11 PM PST
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Bringing a world of sound around the globe
Jan 24, 2021 03:48 PM PST
Music on Twitter
- 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 hours 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…7 hours 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…21 hours ago | NAfME
- Congratulations to Craig McCaffrey, named @INMusiced Outstanding Administrator of the Year! ow.ly/NySA50Dg5tT… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- “The thought that came to my mind was in their silence, their emotion and voice could not have been louder.” Read “… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- “Challenges Lead to Opportunities: Creative and Engaging Experiences for Student Teachers” by @stognerneff and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- New blog: “We believe the best teaching comes from passionate teachers, and students can certainly be passionate te… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- “Right now, we get to take advantage of the circumstances to truly transform music to all that it can be.” Read “An… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- New blog: In “This Week in the States: Governors’ Budget Proposals,” NAfME State Advocacy Engagement Manager Matt B… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Two more NAfME “Music Education Days” sessions take place today at 1 and 5:30 PM ET bit.ly/NAfMEBelievein… Registe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 days ago | NAfME