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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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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
Overview:This book is intended to facilitate the development of aural skills in a variety of ways over the course of a...
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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...
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Un proyecto de película | La música en el cine.
Proyecto donde el alumnado aprende sobre la historia del sonido y la música en el cine y realiza su propio corto de...
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Kit Musicografía | Musicografía3D
Impresión tipográfica de Musicografía Braille en 3D.
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UkeAula | Educación Musical y ukelele
UKEAULA es un proyecto de aula invertida ludificada para el aprendizaje de los contenidos de Educación Musical con...
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Music, Religion and Politics at Worcester Cathedral, 680-1950
This book provides a comprehensive history of music and liturgy at Worcester Cathedral, from its foundation in the...
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Gratis ad Parnassum: A Free Workbook for 18th-Century Counterpoint
A free workbook with exercises for the study of 18th-century counterpoint. It is most useful in conjunction with a...
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Listening to The World
Listen to the world. Explore music from around the globe. Acquaint yourself with a variety of international music styles...
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Do You Want to Major in Music?
This volume is written by two collegiate music teacher educators who have met with numerous prospective music students...
New Members
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Giancarlo FacoettiFaChords Guitar -
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
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Sean DunnahoeCSULB
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Summer ElliottBuena Park Middle School
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Madeleine ChocholatyCalvary Christian School
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Margaret CampbellTexas A and M University System - Commerce
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Waldo MalleaMontessori
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Che LoewenUniversity of Toronto
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Elizabeth HanscomRetired
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Maria BriggsCalifornia State University, Fresno
Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (42)
- Composition (65)
- Music Appreciation (137)
- Music Education (108)
- Music History (114)
- Music Technology (67)
- Performance (123)
- Theory and Analysis (152)
- World Music (28)
Music on the Web
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Venice's La Fenice theater drops incoming music director after months of protests
Apr 27, 2026 08:33 AM PDT
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Dawn Chorus Day: a composer on the musical styles of birdsong - The Conversation
Apr 27, 2026 08:09 AM PDT
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The Show That Almost Wasn't: How a Borrowed Gibson Saved the Live Music Showcase
Apr 27, 2026 07:51 AM PDT
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This week in Texas music history: Martin Banks records with Archie Shepp
Apr 27, 2026 07:50 AM PDT
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Festival International closes with culture, connection and a father's tribute - KATC
Apr 27, 2026 07:24 AM PDT
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Bring Me The Horizon | Rogers Place
Apr 27, 2026 07:01 AM PDT
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HKBU Symphony Orchestra Annual Gala Concert to integrate digital technology and artificial ...
Apr 27, 2026 06:55 AM PDT
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Nine albums by The Black Crowes you should listen to and one to avoid - Louder Sound
Apr 27, 2026 06:46 AM PDT
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Patti LaBelle LIVE! at MPAC - New Jersey Stage
Apr 27, 2026 06:31 AM PDT
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How the trans Taliban tried to silence my choir - Spiked
Apr 27, 2026 06:22 AM PDT
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Horn player buys music 'prodigy' £8500 euphonium - BBC
Apr 27, 2026 06:06 AM PDT
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Tom Hanks Jams Out at Stagecoach as Son Chet Performs Song with 'Forrest Gump' Video
Apr 27, 2026 06:00 AM PDT
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Hamilton studio that recorded Gordon Lightfoot, Johnny Cash and many more celebrates 50 ... - CBC
Apr 27, 2026 05:35 AM PDT
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Wozzeck — the music could hardly have been better sung in highlight of Southbank's ...
Apr 27, 2026 05:31 AM PDT
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The Joe Levy Band — “Porch Rockin'”: A Country Album That Stopped Pretending to be ...
Apr 27, 2026 05:13 AM PDT
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New recording studio opens in Wolcott - WCAX
Apr 27, 2026 05:11 AM PDT
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Venice's La Fenice theater drops incoming music director after months of protests - WRAL
Apr 27, 2026 04:18 AM PDT
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Fort Collins' oldest middle school to celebrate multiple anniversaries - The Coloradoan
Apr 27, 2026 04:14 AM PDT
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The Cult Music Documentary 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot' Turns Middle-Age
Apr 27, 2026 03:35 AM PDT
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Q&A | Gabe's owner gives inside look into the iconic IC music venue - The Daily Iowan
Apr 27, 2026 03:26 AM PDT