PBS
Classics for Kids: Musical Instruments
An A-to-Z directory of all the instruments and tools of the orchestra. Each entry includes a description, a picture, and a sound sample.
Other
The Essential Guitar Guide
A great resource for guitar players, this site provides a lot of music theory, how to play chords, how to improvise and more. On the download page there is a chord calculator that displays the notes of many chords.
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Guitar and Lute
Great website for information on guitars, lutes, and other musical instruments. A lot of free items like music, tablature, and art. Useful to those studying music, including beginners.
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Play Guitar: A New Method for the Study of Guitar
If you would like to learn to play the guitar, you will want to visit this website. These online lessons guide you through the basics of learning to play the guitar. This site is also available in Hebrew.
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Vintage Guitars Info
Resource offers a wide scope of links to information about vintage guitars, including photos, bibliographies and collection info.
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Flemenco World: The First Solo Recordings, Paco and Jazz
This site provides an excerpt from Paco Sevilla's book "Paco de Lucia: A New Tradition for the Flamenco Guitar" which tell of Paco de Lucia's first solo recordings.
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Pay the Piper
A resource for children who want to play a musical instrument, and their parents, this website includes answers to such questions as "Where do you get lessons?" and "How much will a new instrument cost?" Also included are informational...
3D Toad
3 D toad.com: Learn Beginning Guitar Chords
Gallery of images of basic guitar chords and their associated finger positions on the guitar fretboard. Each image can be enlarged and viewed from multiple angles.
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Flamenco World: Mundo Flamenco
A pioneer bilingual flamenco site that offers services and daily information on flamenco, music, and culture. Some of the features are: introduction to flamenco, festivals, guitar, dance, as well as online store, artist's encyclopedia,...
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Invention of the Electric Guitar: The Guitars
In this online exhibition, learn about the evolution of the electric guitar by browsing dozens of influential guitar models. Through diagrams and audio samples, discover how different types of electric guitars work and sound.
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Unstrung History of American Guitar: The Guitar and the Birth of American Music
The guitar in America began as an instrument used in popular music in the city and then branched out to minstrel shows, ragtime, and even jazz. Read about the history of this ubiquitous instrument and how it took on its American character.
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.
Read Works
Read Works: Music in Your Ear
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about guitars. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Lutes, Old and New
A great website for a wide range of information about the lute. Includes pictures, questions and answers about the instrument, and even a directory of lute makers. Very useful for those interested in buying a lute.
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Classical Guitar: Illustrated History
At this site from Classical Guitar, the history of the guitar is extraordinary in its depth! Nice photographs accompany the text.
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Gibson Home Page
The is Gibson's official web site. They are a major manufacturer of guitars, basses and amps as well as other instruments.
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Chord House: Guitar Room (Easy)
Create and play a variety of chords in this virtual guitar room.
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Chord House: Guitar Room (Advanced)
Create and play a variety of chords in this virtual advanced-level guitar room.
Michigan Reach Out
Sounds Like Science: Guitars
At this site explore the relationship between audibility and frequency of sound, and the difference between frequency and volume.
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Ruby Cliff Computing: Learn Guitar Theory With Virtualoso Guitar
This is a fantastic site that teaches basic music reading, especially as related to the guitar. Although the site is a promotional software site, the trial version is excellent by itself.
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Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar: Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar
Homepage for a website dedicated to those who play fingerstyle guitar. Includes links to related essays, tablature, books, videos, and audio clips.
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Guitar Notes
Home for a site that provides information and links to virtually all things guitar: instruction, music, parts & accessories and more!
San Diego State University
Chords, Chords, Chords!
The goal of this musical card game is to recognize one chord for guitar in two seperate notation styles.