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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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Sight Reading Factory
SightReadingFactory.com is a cloud-based subscription service that allows users to customize and generate unlimited sight...
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Understanding Music: Past and Present
Table of Contents: Music Fundamentals Music of the Middle Ages Music of the Renaissance Music of the Baroque Period...
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Sight-Reading for Guitar
Sight-Reading for Guitar: The Keep Going Method Book and Video Series teaches guitar players from all musical backgrounds...
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Humanities Commons
Humanities Commons is a trusted, non-profit network where humanities scholars can create a professional profile, discuss...
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Understanding Music: Past and Present
Understanding Music: Past and Present is an open Music Appreciation textbook co-authored by music faculty across Georgia....
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Music Appreciation
This Music Appreciation textbook was created under an ALG Round Five Textbook Transformation Grant. The original copy was...
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Musical Haptics | SpringerLink
This Open Access book offers an original interdisciplinary overview of the role of haptic feedback in musical...
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The Anglo-Scottish Ballad and its Imaginary Contexts
This is the first book to combine contemporary debates in ballad studies with the insights of modern textual scholarship....
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Understanding Basic Music Theory
Although it is significantly expanded from "Introduction to Music Theory", this book still covers only the bare...
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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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B.C. Campus Open Education: Open Textbook Self-Publishing Guide
B.C. Campus Open Education: Open Textbook Self-Publishing Guide is a practical reference/development tool for...
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Mixcloud.com: Making Radio Better
Mixcloud.com is one of the best, free, leading audio-digital streaming platforms, rethinking radio for listeners,...
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Open Research Glossary
The Open Research Glossary is designed as a reference resource to inform people about the culture of "Open Scholarship."...
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China and the West - Music, Representation, and Reception
Western music reached China nearly four centuries ago, with the arrival of Christian missionaries, yet only within the...
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The Jazz Republic - Music, Race, and American Culture in Weimar Germany
The Jazz Republic examines jazz music and the jazz artists who shaped Germany’s exposure to this African American art...
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Common Notation for Guitar Tablature Readers
This course is for experienced guitarists who are comfortable with guitar tablature and would like an introduction to...
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Music Theory for Guitar
This course takes a learning-by-doing approach to theory; in other words, it is doing the activities on your guitar that...
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Reading Rhythm: A Learning-by-Doing Course
This course teaches the basics of reading rhythms that are written in common notation. Also known as standard notation,...
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Music Theory for Digital Audio Workstation
This is an open, experimental prototype learning by doing course. It is intended for people who do not have much formal...
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Exploring Music Theories
Many courses teach you the theory first and then (maybe) let you practice using them in carefully controlled situations...
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Music Appreciation for the Non-Music Major
Because music is an abstract, non-verbal time-art, repetition lies at the heart of how music makes sense and why it is...
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Hypermodes: A Practical Guide
This book plugs an important gap in Scale and Arpeggio Resources, and addresses another one in the theoretical literature...
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Spectral Analysis of Scales
This unique book presents an approach to learning scales using other scales or arpeggios you already know. The idea for...
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Arpeggio and Scale Resources
For a book to be an "encyclopedia" it should be complete and systematic. There are many commercial books on the market...
New Members
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lavina raosolitaire overseas -
Diane LoveArchdiocese St Louis
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mia prescottN/A
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Elke RiedelUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
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Wen ZhangDillard University
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Kirstine WhiteUniversal College of Learning
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Kaitlin BungerFrankfort-Schuyler Central School District
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David LarocqueMusic
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Bang Lang DoSantiago Canyon College
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Amy McGlothlinFitchburg State College
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Deirdre FrancisAnderson College
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Peter PlourdeUniversity of the District of Columbia
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Chris ArgenzianoValley City State University
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David DurhamLake Forest School District
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Courtney MoonCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Mark JenkinsTrimet
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Cecilia TrejoUACH
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Daniela SolisUACH
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Mike CassonMohave Community/Technical College
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David McIntireMissouri Western State College
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Luis RojasUniversidad del Estado de Chihuahua
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Crystal BrightSelf
Materials by Discipline
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- Composition (60)
- Music Appreciation (129)
- Music Education (89)
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- Performance (116)
- Theory and Analysis (123)
- World Music (19)
Music on the Web
Music on Twitter
- Nominate a NAfME member for the 2019-21 NAfME National President-Elect by February 18. Learn more about the qualifi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 hour ago | NAfME
- New blog: “Being together felt like a community, willing to help each other work through the music.” Four students… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…12 hours ago | NAfME
- Looking for ideas for celebrating Black History Month in your music classroom? Check out these ideas from fellow mu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…19 hours ago | NAfME
- Learn from India's Brightest Minds — Here are 300 Free Courses from IITs that are Starting Soon #MOOC #IIT… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…21 hours ago | MERLOTorg
- Purchase Music In Our Schools Month® pencils, stickers, a poster, and buttons for your classroom today!… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- Is your Tri-M® middle or high school chapter taking part in the Tri-M National Day of Service today? Tag @NAfME and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Join the conversation on Amplify today. Current topic discussions include: girl/boy ratios in choir; beginning flut… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Eligible NAfME members may vote in the 2019 NAfME Elections. Deadline to vote: February 6. Learn more about the Eas… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- "I found solfège to be an ideal and malleable tool for every grade level, not only enabling my students to become p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 days ago | NAfME
- “Keeping the Boys Singing: How You Can Make a Difference”: ow.ly/ZG0yB by @DoreenFryling… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 days ago | NAfME