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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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PlayByFingering
PlayByFingering is a free browser-based music practice resource for beginning ocarina, recorder, and tin whistle...
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Interactive guitar theory platform
FaChords is an interactive platform designed to help guitar players learn music theory through practical, hands-on tools...
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Interactive music learning tool: guitar chords theory, diagrams and exercises
Free interactive online resource that helps guitarists explore, learn, and master chords visually. With a dynamic...
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HarmoLyze
Interactive and gamified web app where you can practice harmonic function analysis (Riemann) using musical examples from...
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Music Theory and Aesthetics for the General Student
This open textbook is being utilized in a Music course for undergraduate or graduate students by Maria Briggs at Fresno...
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Aural Skills: An Open Educational Resource
Aural Skills: An Open Educational Resource is meant to accompany a typical first-year, undergraduate curriculum for Aural...
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AI for Music Education
AI for Music Education is a free collection of custom GPT tools designed to support general education music courses...
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Performance Research Methods: Interdisciplinary Methods for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies
'Performance Research Methods' is the first comprehensive guide to contemporary methodologies in performance studies,...
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A Survey of Music Theory for the College Classroom
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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Hylo Narrans: Echoes of Material Marronage
This book explores the acoustic agency of brass as a vital medium through which histories of extraction, resistance, and...
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Sounding the Bookshelf 1501: Music in a Year of Italian Printed Books
'Sounding the Bookshelf 1501' explores how everyday texts in Renaissance Italy engaged with music, sound, and hearing. Of...
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Améliorer l’inclusivité et l’accessibilité dans les arts de la scène
Cette ressource constitue une boîte à outils complète et pratique pour favoriser l’inclusivité et l’accessibilité dans...
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Improving Inclusivity and Accessibility in the Performing Arts
This resource provides a comprehensive and practical toolkit to support inclusivity and accessibility in the performing...
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Introducing Opera for Beginners
This multimedia-rich OER module offers an engaging introduction to opera for general education and beginning music...
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German Lyric Diction Performance Project
This project-based assignment guides voice students through an applied exploration of German lyric diction by integrating...
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Foundational Ear Training
Overview:This book is intended to facilitate the development of aural skills in a variety of ways over the course of a...
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Improvising Otherwise: A Decolonial Feminist Approach to Improvisation in Early Modern English Culture
This volume redefines how we approach early music and cultural histories, intertwining feminist, decolonial, and creative...
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ABJ en Música: Componer con dados
Para comenzar con el nuevo apartado de Aprendizaje Basado en Juegos (ABJ), os traigo un recurso muy sencillo pero eficaz...
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Un proyecto de película | La música en el cine.
Proyecto donde el alumnado aprende sobre la historia del sonido y la música en el cine y realiza su propio corto de...
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Kit Musicografía | Musicografía3D
Impresión tipográfica de Musicografía Braille en 3D.
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UkeAula | Educación Musical y ukelele
UKEAULA es un proyecto de aula invertida ludificada para el aprendizaje de los contenidos de Educación Musical con...
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Music, Religion and Politics at Worcester Cathedral, 680-1950
This book provides a comprehensive history of music and liturgy at Worcester Cathedral, from its foundation in the...
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Gratis ad Parnassum: A Free Workbook for 18th-Century Counterpoint
A free workbook with exercises for the study of 18th-century counterpoint. It is most useful in conjunction with a...
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Listening to The World
Listen to the world. Explore music from around the globe. Acquaint yourself with a variety of international music styles...
New Members
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Mar LaMarLa -
明 姚unkown
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Adam SnowCalifornia State University, Los Angeles
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Dorami SaraSamsung
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Aleksandr PolyakovHendrix College
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cakhiatv clubcakhiatvclub
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Yuning LIPlayByFingering
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Giancarlo FacoettiFaChords Guitar
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Kuvip777 bizKUVIP777
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Florian ReussDHBW Stuttgart
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CRS RecordsLicensing
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jon snowVirgin
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Zach GattoCSULB
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Al BreseeCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Yuan PengCalifornia State University, Long Beach – Single Subject Credential Program
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Micaela DuarteIndependent Contractor
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Fernando TavaresUniversidade de São Paulo
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Aurelia RochaCoastal Bend College
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Alex DiCiccoOrange County Community/Technical College
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Michael ZelenakUniversity of South Florida
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Jakir HussainFilmmaking
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Toan LuuToan Luu
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Zora FreemanFisk University
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Sean DunnahoeCSULB
Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (42)
- Composition (65)
- Music Appreciation (137)
- Music Education (109)
- Music History (114)
- Music Technology (67)
- Performance (123)
- Theory and Analysis (152)
- World Music (28)
Music on the Web
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Discovery of Strings program brings free music education to Rapid City - KOTA
Jun 11, 2026 09:07 PM PDT
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The Pops Orchestra's Summer Music Camp Brings Young Musicians and Professionals Together
Jun 11, 2026 09:01 PM PDT
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MARGARITAVILLE AT SEA AND ZAC BROWN BAND LAUNCH ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME ...
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Austin Chanu selected to be Syracuse Orchestra's new Music Director - CNY Central
Jun 11, 2026 08:09 PM PDT
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He collected hundreds of the worst album covers of all time. Now they're in a British museum
Jun 11, 2026 07:19 PM PDT
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they wrote this after 3 hours bruh - #band #music #newmusic #altrock - YouTube
Jun 11, 2026 06:52 PM PDT
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Aspen Music Festival Announces LA Phil Exec Meghan Umber as Its Next CEO
Jun 11, 2026 05:37 PM PDT
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Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could Grammy Awards and Nominations, Song & Bio
Jun 11, 2026 04:06 PM PDT
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15 Father's Day gift ideas for your music-loving, pop culture-obsessed dad - Louder
Jun 11, 2026 03:36 PM PDT
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New Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra CEO brings community-first vision to Kalamazoo - WMUK
Jun 11, 2026 03:14 PM PDT
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Allegaeon Drops Dark New Music Video | Metal Blade Records
Jun 11, 2026 03:07 PM PDT
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Cheney School District cuts 5th grade band, orchestra, citing instructional time impact - KHQ
Jun 11, 2026 03:05 PM PDT
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The Syracuse Orchestra has hired Austin Chanu as its new musical director
Jun 11, 2026 02:28 PM PDT
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Not mere 'echoes:' band brings the music of Pink Floyd to Lansing - WKAR.org
Jun 11, 2026 02:25 PM PDT
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Westwinds Brass Band of Lubbock continues 66th season with new conductor
Jun 11, 2026 02:23 PM PDT
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Utah Arts Festival at 50: Elevating the art of the tribute band, The Discographers set to pay ...
Jun 11, 2026 02:22 PM PDT
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SC State Concert Choir set to make debut at Carnegie Hall - Live 5 News
Jun 11, 2026 01:53 PM PDT
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Tried to tell em #strum #guitar #musicology #music #guitarhouse #acousticguitar - YouTube
Jun 11, 2026 01:37 PM PDT
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20+ Free Concerts in Philly This June & July | Visit Philadelphia
Jun 11, 2026 01:30 PM PDT
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Conductor Slatkin, 81, and violinist Goosby, 29, talk concert music, golf, blues, politics and more
Jun 11, 2026 12:59 PM PDT