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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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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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International Journal of Music
The International Journal of Music (IJM) is the first online archive specializing in Music Performance. The IJM provides...
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Technologie musicale DSFM
Destiné aux élèves avec une base en musique (niveaux intermédiaire ou avancé), le cours Technologie musicale explore la...
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Introduction to Pitch Systems in Tonal Music
This series is one part of UC Irvine's Musicianship 15 ABC sequence for music majors. An understanding of music notation...
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Music and Psychology
This YouTube channel hosts a series of short (about 15 min) talks and performances for the Pavlov/Tertis Project, which...
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Free Music Dictations (Aural Skills I-IV)
This is an open set of music dictation assignments, practice assignments, and supplemental videos. Topics covered...
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Music Appreciation
Welcome to the Music Appreciation (MUSC 1100) LibGuide! This guide is intended to help you with your study and analysis...
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Replanteando la acción social por la música: la búsqueda de la convivencia y la ciudadanía en la Red de Escuelas de Música de Medellín
¿Cómo podemos comprender mejor el pasado, el presente y el futuro de la Acción Social por la Música (ASPM)? Este libro...
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Kinderscenen opus 15 by Robert Schumann
Analysis of Schumann Kinderscenen
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The Art of the Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge)
Analysis of Bach's Art of the Fugue
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Préludes, premier livre, Claude Debussy - Index
Musical analysis of Debussy's first book of preludes.
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Vivaldi - Le quattro stagioni
Musical analysis of Vivaldi's Le quattro stagioni
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The effects of the study of popular music on music education
In this article we propose that the introduction of popular music into Australian music syllabuses during the 1970s...
New Members
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Melanie MarshallUniversity College Cork -
Diane LeeCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Kevin Spener800 Steeles Ave West Thornhill, Ontario L4J 7L2
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Jefferson RibeiroDJ Karkiro
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kathy t.ajihat
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Katey Aeronone
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Tsai-Ying LiDawson Community/Technical College
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Molly Olney-ZideUniversity of Delaware
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Denise CopelandCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Sri aditya VuppalaSKEMA Business SChool
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Ivan SearUnknown
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Carlos PimentelInstituto Federal Ma
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Abba SmithAbba Smith
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Sterling BeckwithYork University
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Domingo LagomazziniMTD Entertainment
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Heather MannSaint John's University
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Ken DouglasSaint Mary's College,Notre Dame
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Koyal PakistanUnknown
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Matt SmithViewSonic
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Scott PassarellaCollege of the Canyons
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Leizel TedriaDominican School of Apalit
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Hannah HeadlandUnknown
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Jessica BuenrostroUnknown
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Taryn williamsonUniversity of Arizona
Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (39)
- Composition (63)
- Music Appreciation (132)
- Music Education (97)
- Music History (107)
- Music Technology (65)
- Performance (116)
- Theory and Analysis (135)
- World Music (25)
Music on the Web
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WATCH: The Ohio State University Marching Band performs music from 'Grease'
Sep 24, 2022 07:30 PM PDT
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Kings of Brass wins Red Bull's Street Kings 2022 brass band competition - NOLA.com
Sep 24, 2022 07:15 PM PDT
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VIDEO: 8-Bit Brass Band plays in The Junction - West Seattle Blog…
Sep 24, 2022 07:08 PM PDT
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8-Bit Brass Band in the West Seattle Junction - YouTube
Sep 24, 2022 06:48 PM PDT
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National Jug Band Jubilee returns to Louisville | News - wdrb.com
Sep 24, 2022 06:39 PM PDT
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BREAKING BENJAMIN on touring with a band you grew up on, bringing kids on stage ...
Sep 24, 2022 06:26 PM PDT
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Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra member: Music and love are going to save this world
Sep 24, 2022 05:55 PM PDT
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Review: Minnesota Orchestra opens season with Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln ...
Sep 24, 2022 03:48 PM PDT
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National Repertory Orchestra auditions open Oct. 17 | SummitDaily.com
Sep 24, 2022 02:41 PM PDT
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Valčuha and Bell bring power and glow to Shostakovich, Sibelius - Texas Classical Review
Sep 24, 2022 02:35 PM PDT
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Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performs iconic Led Zeppelin music - CBS 58
Sep 24, 2022 02:10 PM PDT
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Music, Art & Craftsmanship Flourishes with Out East
Sep 24, 2022 02:00 PM PDT
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Classical Wyoming
Sep 24, 2022 01:54 PM PDT
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Local music director "retires" from Choral Society of West Georgia - LaGrange Daily News
Sep 24, 2022 12:22 PM PDT
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Music & the Spoken Word: Better families, better people - Church News
Sep 24, 2022 12:09 PM PDT
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Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra member: Music and love are going to save this world
Sep 24, 2022 11:40 AM PDT
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Live music in multiple venues throughout St. Tammany Parish - NOLA.com
Sep 24, 2022 11:37 AM PDT
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Billy Keane's music career was poised to take off, then a pandemic shut down the world ...
Sep 24, 2022 11:36 AM PDT
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The treacherous feud at the heart of The Eagles - Far Out Magazine
Sep 24, 2022 11:10 AM PDT
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Randy Rogers Band Releases “Know That By Now” Ahead Of Upcoming 'Homecoming' Album
Sep 24, 2022 10:41 AM PDT
Music on Twitter
- Did you miss the #NAfMECollegiate Kickoff Week opening celebration and awards ceremony? Watch it online now:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7 hours ago | NAfME
- New blog: “First Steps in Green Screen Technology: An Exciting and Creative Way to Engage Your K–6 Students!” by NA… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…12 hours ago | NAfME
- RT @DVUSDFineArts: @NAfME #NAfMEHillWeek #advocacy #musiceducation @DavidSchweikert We love advocating for our music programs! @DVUSD @DrFi…1 day ago | NAfME
- We want to hear from you! Join members of the NAfME Professional Learning and Partnerships Committee for an interac… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- Tri-M® fosters creativity, collaboration, and community outside of the classroom. Support your school's music stude… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- Thank you to everyone who has participated in meetings, sending messages to elected officials, and sharing funding… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- New and “new-ish” music program leaders and district arts coordinators! Join the NAfME Council of Music Program Lea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- New blog from Tri-M® Chapter of the Year Awards sponsor Schmidt Vocal Arts: In “Giving Words Meaning,” William Saue… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Collegiate members, what a great way to follow up #NAfMECollegiate Kickoff Week with a #NAfME2022 PreCon Forum this… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- We want to hear from you! Join members of the NAfME Professional Learning and Partnerships Committee for an interac… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME