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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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Music and Dances from Central Nepal: The Works of Subi Shah: Volume 1
In this book, performer, educator, and writer Subi Shah presents an essential commentary and analysis of Himalayan folk...
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The Doctrine of One: Personal Encounters with Film, Art and Music
This volume is a bold and original meditation on how we interpret art, music, and culture—and what it means to listen,...
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The Khan’s Pifferi: Reading about the Musics of Asia in Late Fifteenth-Century Italy
This volume explores what Italian readers of the 1480s and 1490s could learn about Asian music through the expanding...
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Ngoma Rhythms of Congo: The New Wave of African Rhythms
This book is authored by two musicians who play the drum rhythms of the Republic of Congo. It is a compilation of most of...
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Foundational Ear Training: Solfège Student Edition
This book is intended to facilitate the development of aural skills in a variety of ways over the course of a two-year...
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Sprunki
Sprunki Game is a creative music-making game that allows players to create unique songs through a simple and interactive...
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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: Numerical Student Edition
This book is intended to facilitate the development of aural skills in a variety of ways over the course of a two-year...
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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...
New Members
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Kristin ClarkAdrian College -
Mar LaMarLa
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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
Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (43)
- Composition (65)
- Music Appreciation (137)
- Music Education (109)
- Music History (117)
- Music Technology (67)
- Performance (123)
- Theory and Analysis (152)
- World Music (29)
Music on the Web
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Chicago River concert featuring Music of the Baroque draws large crowd - CBS News
Sep 10, 2026 03:11 AM PDT
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Conductor Julian Wachner receives suspended sentence for possession of child sex abuse material
Sep 10, 2026 01:44 AM PDT
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Sounds of Indonesian Barcelona | Consell Econòmic i Social de Barcelona
Sep 10, 2026 01:23 AM PDT
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Braga celebrates African heritage over two days with music, film and debates | Euronews
Sep 10, 2026 12:21 AM PDT
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Introducing Apple Watch Series 12, with the all-new Health Sensing System
Sep 09, 2026 11:50 PM PDT
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Fatboy Wilson and the Ripleys Perform Live and Talk Subway Busking - YouTube
Sep 09, 2026 11:47 PM PDT
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra bringing 30th anniversary winter tour to Las Vegas
Sep 09, 2026 11:29 PM PDT
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2027 Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the Year helps students grow through the power of music
Sep 09, 2026 11:24 PM PDT
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Apple unveils Apple Watch Ultra 4
Sep 09, 2026 10:54 PM PDT
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Where to find Latin music around the Hill - The Daily Tar Heel
Sep 09, 2026 10:50 PM PDT
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The Megadeth album that makes Dave Mustaine feel queazy | GuitarPlayer
Sep 09, 2026 10:49 PM PDT
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215th Army Band to perform at The Big E in honor of America's 250th birthday | WWLP
Sep 09, 2026 10:47 PM PDT
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Jax Jams | The Beale Street Band Performs Ahead of Blues, Brews, Bourbon & BBQ Pt. 2
Sep 09, 2026 10:26 PM PDT
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'Dad, you're singing it wrong': Meet the real-life father-son dynamic behind an Oasis tribute band
Sep 09, 2026 10:04 PM PDT
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Fraud and the Collapse of Scarcity: AI, Music, Rights, and the Future of Creative Agency
Sep 09, 2026 09:48 PM PDT
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Daniel Grindstaff and The Uptown Troubadors to play Carter Family Fold - YouTube
Sep 09, 2026 09:18 PM PDT
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'Wicked' Is Going on Tour With a Live Symphony Orchestra - Billboard
Sep 09, 2026 09:02 PM PDT
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Hear Dolly Parton's First Posthumous Song -- From a New Stanley Brothers Tribute Album
Sep 09, 2026 08:08 PM PDT
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BC Jazz Timeline - Bakersfield College
Sep 09, 2026 07:49 PM PDT
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Turnstile to play 'Saturday Night Live' in October - The Baltimore Banner
Sep 09, 2026 06:40 PM PDT