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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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Exploring Song-Title Structure and Change with Open Aggregate Data (1800–2026)
An open interactive research and teaching resource for examining how song-title structure changes over time. The study...
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Are Song Titles Becoming Less Original? Interactive Data Study (1800–2026)
An open interactive research and teaching resource for examining how song-title novelty, reuse and diversity change over...
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Piano Chord Library
Interactive piano chord and scale references for learners and teachers. Keyboard diagrams and note names show chord...
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syncopate: free tuba pieces with piano accompaniment
Free public-domain music, starting with tuba, with pieces from easy to hard. A piano plays along in the browser, and each...
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Happy Clarinet: Boehm B-flat Clarinet Fingering Reference
Happy Clarinet is a reference for learners using a standard Boehm-system B-flat soprano clarinet. The interactive chart...
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JoyStrum: Guitar Chord, Scale and Fretboard References
JoyStrum is a browser-based reference for introductory guitar study. Learners can compare eight open chord shapes and...
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PianoGrid: Piano Notes, Chords and Scales
PianoGrid provides browser-based reference materials and introductory activities for learning piano. Learners can...
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Jazz in American Culture MUS 1560
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Dánı̨́ Dene Nenę́ Hǝjı̨ / How Our Land Sings: Délı̨nę Hejı̨, Godi, Náogeyǝ / Délı̨nę Songs, Stories, and Games
This interactive digital book shares and examines the singing, dancing, and drumming traditions of Délı̨nę, a Dene...
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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...
New Members
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Kobi ElirazGlobalMedia Holdings Ltd. (LyricsWeb Research) -
David Puhlsyncopate
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Weiwei YangUnaffiliated / Independent Learner
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Joseph CostelloCostello Family Music
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윤서 이Tongmyong University
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Kristin ClarkAdrian College
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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
Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (43)
- Composition (65)
- Music Appreciation (137)
- Music Education (113)
- Music History (119)
- Music Technology (67)
- Performance (123)
- Theory and Analysis (152)
- World Music (30)
Music on the Web
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Allspice Band to play at Sno-King International Folk Dance Club Nov. 11 - My Edmonds News
Oct 25, 2026 02:19 PM PDT
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Pedestrian: Boston College's Band That Seeks Perfection Without Pretentiousness
Oct 25, 2026 01:42 PM PDT
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Briney, Williams named new directors of Door County bands
Oct 25, 2026 11:42 AM PDT
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Chorfest at UW-Superior - Perfect Duluth Day
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Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - Blue Ridge to Blue Note: Jazz Masters from Appalachia
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“Frank Zappa was in the same league as Lennon and McCartney. He was an extraordinary ...
Oct 25, 2026 11:25 AM PDT
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RSNO: Brahms Violin Concerto - Edinburgh Music Review
Oct 25, 2026 11:24 AM PDT
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Springfield Symphony Orchestra opens 83rd season - YouTube
Oct 25, 2026 10:31 AM PDT
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Springfield Symphony Orchestra opens 83rd season - WWLP
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Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders sue My Chemical Romance, Live Nation over uniform use
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More orchestra hell in San Antonio, Texas - Slippedisc
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Results: 2026 Rochdale Contest - 4barsrest.com
Oct 25, 2026 10:12 AM PDT
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SB19 Performs "Visa" at One Zone Fest Day 2 in Quezon City 2026 | GMA News - Facebook
Oct 25, 2026 10:09 AM PDT
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Pegasus flies high with warhorses and a Nielsen dark horse - New York Classical Review
Oct 25, 2026 10:03 AM PDT
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Unique national anthem ahead of NFL Paris game between Steelers and Saints draws ...
Oct 25, 2026 09:49 AM PDT
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Downtown Mesa turned up the volume for Mesa Music Festival - Northeast Valley News
Oct 25, 2026 09:39 AM PDT
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Caixa Cubo Explore Brazilian Music History on Ultracooked - World Music Central
Oct 25, 2026 09:29 AM PDT
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Fort Worth Symphony CEO Keith Cerny departs in January
Oct 25, 2026 09:03 AM PDT
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Lorain High School Titans Marching Band creates community through music
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Ramon Ayala Jr. surrenders to police amid sexual allegations - WANE 15
Oct 25, 2026 08:59 AM PDT