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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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Log In to Canvas: 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...
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Lo que el doblaje se llevó
Descripción de los elementos que se degradan con el doblaje: la naturalidad de la voz, la profundidad y respuesta...
New Members
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Leilani ToulsonNorth Caroline High School -
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
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John HigneyCarleton University
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Catherine TompkinsEastern Kentucky University
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Ryan smith78pradip
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John TurnerHigh Point University
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Asken Makhanovamusic
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Alejandro GarciaUJI
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CESAR BMUniversidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
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Margaret ThieleFive Towns College
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online storiesonlinestories
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Jillian QuintoSouthville International School
Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (37)
- Composition (63)
- Music Appreciation (126)
- Music Education (91)
- Music History (97)
- Music Technology (61)
- Performance (110)
- Theory and Analysis (123)
- World Music (19)
Music on the Web
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Report & Results: 2020 Canterbury Provincial Brass Band Festival
Sep 30, 2020 12:41 AM PDT
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New Music: 5 artists to support directly on Bandcamp Day
Sep 29, 2020 10:15 PM PDT
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Cleveland Orchestra musicians perform summer shows for neighbors, move to fall streaming ...
Sep 29, 2020 08:56 PM PDT
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The Unusual Lengths School Bands Are Going To Keep Practices Safe—and Why It Matters
Sep 29, 2020 08:30 PM PDT
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Hawkeye marching band members cut from Big Ten game day festivities
Sep 29, 2020 05:02 PM PDT
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As Orange County deliberates, Volusia schools march on with band during coronavirus pandemic
Sep 29, 2020 02:54 PM PDT
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Nothing Unleash Bloody Music Video for New Song “Bernie Sanders”: Stream
Sep 29, 2020 01:50 PM PDT
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Socially Distant with the Nathan Sheppard Band
Sep 29, 2020 01:48 PM PDT
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Two Concerts will be at the Amphitheater this Fall
Sep 29, 2020 09:50 AM PDT
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WFIT's 2020 Garage Band Contest is Back!
Sep 29, 2020 06:41 AM PDT
Music on Twitter
- New blog: “Artusi workbooks cover everything from the fundamentals of theory through harmony, counterpoint, and aur… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 hour ago | NAfME
- Join in online tomorrow at 4:00 PM ET to recognize Shannon Kelly Kane Scholarship recipients and the 2020 Lowell Ma… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 hours ago | NAfME
- Now available online: the September ‘Music Educators Journal’ – read about teaching with created instruments; the f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6 hours ago | NAfME
- The Online Learning Consortium and MERLOT invite you to submit a proposal for presentation at OLC Innovate & Veloci… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7 hours ago | MERLOTorg
- Reminder: webinar today at 5:00 PM ET—“TEACH via Distance Learning: A Copyright Guide.” Presenters will explore the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…12 hours ago | NAfME
- Congratulations to NAfME member Kelly Poquette on being named the 2020 Alamance-Burlington School System’s teacher… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- NAfME and the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association have released guidance for ‘Teaching Early Childhood M… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- Reminder: Webinar tonight 6:30 PM ET, “Music Advocacy: State Success Stories and Strategies.” Learn how 5 states pr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME