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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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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...
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La voz protagonista II: voz teatro y superposición
análisis de la realización de diálogos y situaciones donde las voces se superponen: elementos que deben grabarse en...
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La voz protagonista I: La voz pensamiento
análisis de la preponderancia de la voz pensamiento en off sobre el resto de elementos en el diseño de sonido, haciendo...
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Juegos con la diégesis en la música
Análisis de los cambios de la música percibida como diegética o extradiegética
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El silencio beethoveniano
Análisis de los elementos necesarios para crear un silencio beethoveniano en una secuencia audiovisual. Se analiza un...
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Una posible definición de plano sonoro
Se analiza el papel estructurador que tienen los planos sonoros, que permiten unir o separar los planos visuales en el...
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Dance and the Hollywood Musical
Online activities, teacher notes and reading list. Activities involve some reading, listening, watching and reflecting on...
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Brain-Based Learning Theory in Instructional Design
Learning how we learn should influence how we teach. This web page will showcase brain-based learning theory and explore...
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Understanding Basic Music Theory
The main purpose of the course, however, is to explore basic music theory so thoroughly that the interested student will...
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Music Inquiry
An inquiry based approach to learning about music provides flexible lessons that deepen and broaden learners'...
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Vocal Techniques for the Instrumentalist
Vocal Techniques, the course title used at many institutions, is essentially a voice class for instrumentalists and is a...
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Teaching Low Brass
The purpose of this textbook is to provide resources about teaching low brass instruments to music educators and future...
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The Basic Elements of Music
The Basic Elements of Music "Explanations (suitable for any age) of the basic elements of music, with suggested...
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Annunciations: Sacred Music for the Twenty-First Century
Our contemporary culture is communicating ever-increasingly through the visual, through film, and through music. This...
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Musicards - Online Music Theory Flash Cards
Customizable Online Music Theory Flashcards. Self-quiz on note names, key signatures, intervals, triads, clefs, piano...
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A Quick and Dirty Guide to Art, Music, and Culture
We will discuss artists and musicians in this book as they and their works are related to the social and cultural issues...
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Free Music Dictations
This website was created to reduce the costs of high schoolers and college students studying aural skills. It features...
New Members
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Gregory HollingsworthUniversity of Memphis -
Scott PfitzingerUniversity of Wisconsin System - LaCrosse
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NAHOMI MARTINEZUACH
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Christopher LoyaUACH
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Brissa HernándezBrissa
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Carlos SillasUACH
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Francisco RuedaUACH
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Alejandro Ponce de LeonUniversidad Autonoma De Chihuahua
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Cesar DavidUniversidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
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Valeria RodriguezNone
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Israel CabralUniversidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
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Alexander Cotauach
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Sara Alarconuach
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Diana Talamantesuniversidad auntonoma de chihuahua
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Monica RamirezNone
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Rafael FernandezUACH
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Amelia MArtìnezUniversidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
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Mariana HerreraUniversidad Autonoma de Chihuahua
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Fernando Gutierrezuach
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tom MatroneEvangel University
Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (37)
- Composition (61)
- Music Appreciation (129)
- Music Education (93)
- Music History (98)
- Music Technology (63)
- Performance (116)
- Theory and Analysis (125)
- World Music (19)
Music on the Web
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Vermont Symphony Orchestra music director will step down
Sep 20, 2019 08:33 PM PDT
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VH New Music Fridays: Lady Antebellum, Zac Brown Band and more
Sep 20, 2019 08:11 PM PDT
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77th Army Brass Band performs at third annual Music in the Park
Sep 20, 2019 08:00 PM PDT
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Emmys: Comedian Thomas Lennon As Voice-Over Presenter, No Orchestra, Pop Songs As Walk ...
Sep 20, 2019 07:37 PM PDT
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Newly Unearthed Recording of a Beatles Meeting Changes Music History
Sep 20, 2019 05:55 PM PDT
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New Music Breakdown: blink-182 releases new album
Sep 20, 2019 05:00 PM PDT
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CSO Opens Season with Glorious Grieg, Stunning Shostakovich and More
Sep 20, 2019 04:48 PM PDT
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REVIEW: Dessner and Strauss result in momentous opener to CSO's 125th anniversary season
Sep 20, 2019 03:30 PM PDT
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Review: Michael Tilson Thomas can still dance after two decades at San Francisco Symphony
Sep 20, 2019 03:25 PM PDT
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The Shoals Symphony Orchestra presents Cirque de la Symphonie Sept. 22 at UNA
Sep 20, 2019 02:33 PM PDT
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Woody Pines and his band headed to Common Fence Music
Sep 20, 2019 01:15 PM PDT
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DHS prepares for band contest
Sep 20, 2019 12:52 PM PDT
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Sept. 20-22
Sep 20, 2019 12:30 PM PDT
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Resident Orchestrate Project brings live orchestra mini-concerts to Back of the Yards
Sep 20, 2019 12:07 PM PDT
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David Bowie's
Sep 20, 2019 11:46 AM PDT
Music on Twitter
- New blog: “Opening Doors for All Students: Digital and Hybrid Music in Music Teaching and Learning” by NAfME Nation… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4 hours ago | NAfME
- Join the Gospel Choir at this year’s 2019 NAfME National Conference! The day-long learning experience will take pla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…11 hours ago | NAfME
- “The Understanding by Design (UbD) framework (also known as backward planning) includes processes and methods that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…17 hours ago | NAfME
- Read “Exploring the Music Identity Development of Elementary Education Majors Using Ukulele and YouTube” in the Oct… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- U Michigan Initiative to Explore Extended Reality Tech for Education and Research @Campus_Tech… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | MERLOTorg
- #OLCInnovate lands in Chicago in late March 2020, and the presentation proposal deadline is 9/30! buff.ly/2ZJOQD51 day ago | MERLOTorg
- New blog: “Guitar Class in the Magnolia State: Mississippi” by NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NAfME
- “Five Things to Do in Your First Five Years of Teaching” by NAfME member
@scarlettfeenix ow.ly/AVxZ50vbGh0… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Read “Peer-Interaction Strategies: Fostering Positive Experiences for Students with Severe Disabilities in Inclusiv… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NAfME
- Online Professional Development: 3 Ways to Keep Faculty Coming Back for More @Campus_Tech buff.ly/2Ar8Tv1 https://t.co/8ozhONtwBn, photo: pic.twitter.com/8ozhONtwBn2 days ago | MERLOTorg