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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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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.
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Uniendo escenas con la musica
Análisis de la utilización de la música diegética de una escena como música extradiegética de otras escenas montadas en...
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Voz Pensamiento
Análisis del uso y de la realización de la voz interior o voz pensamiento, que debe realizarse en postproducción pero ser...
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La ausencia de planos sonoros
Se analiza la ausencia de los planos sonoros a través de obras que carecen de sonido ambiente lo que dificulta la...
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Los tipos de habla - La voz audiovisual
Análisis de los diferentes tipos de habla o voz enunciados por Michel Chion: habla teatro, texto y emanación,...
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Los códigos de tiempo en la música
Análisis de las músicas que se asocian a épocas en función de la orquestación y de el lenguaje musical utilizado. Se...
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Los códigos de lugar en la música
Análisis de los códigos de lugar y región asociados a la música, en particular con los instrumentos y músicas...
New Members
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Giuseppe RIccucciIstituto Comprensivo Ugo Foscolo -
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
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Antonio Pedro HernandezCalifornia State University in Fresno
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Jamie BurkeKent State University
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Karen Rebeca Medrano AriasUniversidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
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Adrian ShortmanUniversity of Sussex
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Arthur HernandezGateway Community-Technical College
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John ClarkMassachusetts Bay Community/Technical College
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Lori McCannMontclair State University
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Donald SloanCoastal Carolina University
Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (37)
- Composition (63)
- Music Appreciation (126)
- Music Education (91)
- Music History (98)
- Music Technology (61)
- Performance (110)
- Theory and Analysis (123)
- World Music (19)
Music on the Web
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Colorado band Nina and The Hold Tight was gaining buzz. Then Nina went on her own
Nov 26, 2020 02:02 PM PST
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Socially-distant orchestra gives park-goers a treat
Nov 26, 2020 01:45 PM PST
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Music Boosters asking community to support the magic of music
Nov 26, 2020 12:26 PM PST
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Multimedia Mavens: The Band Allies—Formerly Known as Sunday Funeral—Releases a Music ...
Nov 26, 2020 12:03 PM PST
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Honoring a lifetime of music: First Congregational Church of Amherst creates scholarship in the ...
Nov 26, 2020 10:41 AM PST
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Fairfield Glade announces golf tourney to benefit band programs
Nov 26, 2020 10:00 AM PST
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Friends, students mourn Community Chorus founder
Nov 26, 2020 09:37 AM PST
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BTS says new album 'BE' is a 'letter of hope'
Nov 26, 2020 09:26 AM PST
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Holiday toy drive returns to Emmaus Theater with live music from Space Kamp and Chill Spector
Nov 26, 2020 06:21 AM PST
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Rapid COVID-19 tests provide lifeline for London orchestra
Nov 26, 2020 06:03 AM PST
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Blending their voices and talent
Nov 26, 2020 04:11 AM PST
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Devil horns meet sutras in Taiwan's Buddhist death metal band
Nov 26, 2020 04:00 AM PST
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BMG acquires Cheyenne Records catalog including music by Germany's most successful girl ...
Nov 26, 2020 03:37 AM PST
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Musical Travel Companions for a Year of Going Nowhere
Nov 26, 2020 01:56 AM PST
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Marina and the Dreamboats kick off holidays with jazz-pop show
Nov 26, 2020 01:33 AM PST
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Joan (Pitman) Martin
Nov 26, 2020 12:03 AM PST
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MUSIC: AC/DC is back with first new album in six years
Nov 25, 2020 11:41 PM PST
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Emory Schley: When waters mix, do they also mingle?
Nov 25, 2020 07:00 PM PST
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Anchor Bay High School seniors named All-State musicians
Nov 25, 2020 01:45 PM PST
Music on Twitter
- Autumn is a time of renewal and reflection. What are you grateful for and looking forward to in the coming year? https://t.co/mnjgwDW9kN, photo: pic.twitter.com/mnjgwDW9kN2 hours ago | NAfME
- In this season of gratitude, we at NAfME give thanks for all music educators do for your students, especially in an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- "It is easy in our profession to continually compare ourselves to others and worry that we are inadequate, not prep… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- “Our challenge as music teachers today is to dig deep and ask, ‘What are the barriers that prevent students from pl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- New blog: In “Yay Storytime! Musical Adventures with Children’s Picture Books,” @tomamoriello, NAfME Council for Gu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Get to know Dr. Dean Luethi, Chair of the NAfME Council for Choral Education, as he sits down with Lynne Babcock, S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Read “Aligning Culturally Responsive and Trauma-Informed Pedagogies in Elementary General Music” by Carin A. McEvoy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 days ago | NAfME
- How do the results of #Election2020 affect #education? Read the latest advocacy blog “Election 2020 Recap” to learn… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 days ago | NAfME
- “As you move through the remainder of the year checking things off of your ‘choir-to-do-list,’ I encourage you to k… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4 days ago | NAfME
- Reminder webinar: November 30, 5:00 PM ET “Teaching Elementary and Early Childhood Music in the Time of COVID-19” w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4 days ago | NAfME