Curated OER
"Ricercare" from Musical Offering by J.S. Bach
Learners sing pounds or partner songs. They listen for one melody in a polyphonic texture. Afterward, they use a pencil to draw the "shape" of the melody on paper.
Curated OER
Jazz: Expression through Improvisation
Students watch a video on improvisation. They improvise original melodies over given chord progressions. They develop criteria to evaluate the merits of improvisational performances and apply the criteria in their personal listening and...
Stanford University
Stanford University: Electronic Instruments
This resource provides information about a number of different types of synthesizers used from 1890 to 1980.
Stanford University
Stanford University: Medieval Music Birth of Polyphony
An article on the beginning of Polyphonic music during the Middle Ages. You'll also find illustrations.
BBC
Bbc: Music Theory
This resource presents a fun and interactive way to learn all about the elements of music. It offers links to information, definitions, assessments, and examples of melody, harmony and tonality, structure, tempo, metre and rhythm,...
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Wayne State College: Baroque Early [Based on Grout/palisca, 5th Ed., Ch 9]
These appear to be notes taken from a college lecture and contain considerable information on the Baroque period of music.