San Diego State University
Ritardondo
Played in the style of "UNO," this music card game is suitable for students in their second year of music theory for piano. The game's purpose is to identify musical key signatures and their respective primary chords and will be able to...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Inventors & Inventions From the 1700s
Use this site to learn more about early inventors and inventions from the 18th century. This web page offers text and images on various inventors and their inventions. You can also access information about inventors and inventions from...
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Dimitri Shostakovich
Dimitri Shostakovich's (1906-1975 CE) first job was playing piano at a movie house when he was still quite young. He lost the job because he would laugh so hard at the funny parts of the movie that he would quit playing. Read more about...
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Listening Library
At this resource listen to a selection of audio clips that feature the works of a full range of composers and a full orchestra of instruments. Scroll down an alphabetical list to find the composer or instrument you want, then choose the...
Read Works
Read Works: Making Piano Fun
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Angela and her experience with piano lessons. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Tuning a Piano
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a man who works as a piano tuner. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
The Piano Education Page
"The Piano Education Page" includes a piano lessons and tips, an audition room, a competition calendar, and biographical information on several famous pianists. Have fun listening to piano tunes while learning about this instrument and...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Uncommon Instruments
The emigration of various cultures into the U.S. gives birth to many many instruments such as the piano, guitar and oboe. Discover the history behind these instruments.
Rudiments of Wisdom
Rudiments of Wisdom: Music
Learn about musical elements with cartoons. These hand drawn cartoons offer the viewer a different way to read about music other than the traditional text and pictures.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Piano Player
Interactive game where musical notes are shown on a scale and you have to choose the piano key that matches the note. Choose from four levels of play, from beginner to virtuoso.
Other
Piano Nanny: Piano on the Net
This site provides extensive piano lessons, utilizing helpful guides complete with audio. Detailed information on the computer configuration needed for this site is given, as well as a 12 note keyboard.
Other
All About Jazz: Fletcher Henderson
A biography of Fletcher Henderson, including suggested listening and suggested reading materials.
Other
What Are Historical Keyboard Instruments
Provides information about historical keyboard instruments such as the clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano and organ.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Musical Instruments
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Musical Instruments.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: A Piano Timeline
A detailed chronology of the piano, beginning with Bartolomeo Cristofori's invention of the pianoforte in Florence, Italy, in 1700.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Music for Kids: How the Piano Works
From dampers to hammers to strings learn how a piano produces amazing sound on this website.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Music for Kids: Piano
Kids learn about the musical instrument the piano on this site. Learn about the styles of music, history, and how it works.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Piano
Read about keyboard instruments and the piano in particular. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to hear the piano alone and with the orchestra.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Organ
A concert hall organ can have as many as four keyboards, 244 keys, 32 pedals and 4,535 pipes. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to hear the organ alone or with the orchestra.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Harpsichord
The harpsichord looks a little like a piano, but there are enough differences to place them in two different instrument groups even though both use keyboards. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to hear the harpsichord.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Arcady Dubensky
Visit this resource to learn about Arcady Dubensky, a Russian-born musician who went from playing piano in hotels to becoming a noted composer. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to listen to some of his work.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Music for Kids: Piano Playing Basics
Kids learn the basics of playing the piano on this site. Find information about the keyboard, middle C, position, and practice.