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Wesleyan University: Learning Objects Studio: Virtual Instrument Museum
Access the world musical instrument collection of the Music Department of Wesleyan University through this virtual museum interface. Search for and learn about instruments by type, geographic location, instrument material, and genre....
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Invention of the Electric Guitar
Can you imagine music without the electric guitar? The Lemelson Center provides us with a comprehensive overview on the history behind its invention and design. Includes photos depicting how the design has changed over the years and...
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National Music Museum
Website of the National Music Museum at the University of South Dakota. Includes links to virtual tours, collections, and other resources.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Students will enjoy this interactive website. There are many musical topics to explore while having fun. Learning how to make your own instrument, playing games and listening to music are just a few of the things you can do here.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Students will enjoy this interactive website. There are many musical topics to explore while having fun. Learning how to make your own instrument, playing games and listening to music are just a few of the things you can do here.
Other
New Music Box: American Innovations in Electronic Musical Instruments
This resource provides information about the advances in musical instruments, and those who have helped their evolution.
BBC
Bbc: Bitesize: Gcse Music
GCSE Music provides links to a variety of music topics including composers, composing music, music theory, music technology, performing and evaluating music, music styles, world music, and traditional music from the UK.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Besides viewing the collections and exhibits at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can view the "Timeline of Art History" and other useful resources at this site.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Dorian Guitar Scales Made Simple
Video lesson on playing Dorian scales on six-string guitar. [3:26]
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University of Vermont: The String Pedagogy Notebook
A great resource for teachers, students, and performers of string instruments. Very indepth "how-to" descriptions, care information, procedural movies, and more.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Musical Families
Learn about the different groups of musical instruments. Book includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University: Music in the Afghan North Instruments
From Wesleyan University this is an investigation into the musical instruments utilized by the ethnic groups of the Afghan North. Links to detailed descriptions and photos of the most common instruments are also available.
PBS
Pbs: Maya and Miguel, Games
Interactive and fun activity to drill vocabulary related to sports, adventure and musical instruments. Children choose the language (English or Spanish). Engaging activity for ELL learners and students of Spanish.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Perfect Pitch
Perfect Pitch is an interactive learning environment that lets you form orchestras and create your own orchestral arrangements of music from the baroque, classical, romantic, and modern periods. Clever game design, including a...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Clifford the Big Red Dog: Let's Make Music!
Explore music at home and in class with homemade instruments. In "Top of the Charts," Emily Elizabeth gets inspired to create the happiest song in the world. Emily Elizabeth, Jack, Pablo, Samantha, and Clifford pool their talents and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Clifford El Gran Perro Colorado: Vamos Hacer Musica!
Exploremos la musica en casa y en clase con instrumentos hechos en casa.
Library of Congress
Loc: Music and Theater Introduction
This official site for the Music Divison of the Library of Congress offers a wealth of information about music and composers. A "must" site for the devoted musician.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University: Oboe Homepage
This is a site from the Arizona State University which is dedicated to the Oboe. This site is developed and maintained by Martin Schuring, Associate Professor of Oboe, and discusses oboe study at Arizona State and other oboe topics.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Musical Instruments
Homepage for a hypertext about the different families of musical instruments. From this page, users can retrieve information on a the acoustics of a variety of specific instruments: stringed instruments, woodwind instruments, brass...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Brass Instruments
Understand the science of sound when performing with a brass instrument such as a trumpet or a trombone.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Egypt: What Is Pitch of Sound?
Ali really loves to make music. Help make Ali's dream come true. Together, answer questions about musical instruments.
Yale University
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: String Instruments
Learn about string instruments in this image gallery with descriptions of some of the most common string instruments.
Yale University
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: Wind Instruments
Learn about woodwind instruments in this image gallery with descriptions of each instrument in this page from the musical instruments collection of Yale University.
Yale University
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: Keyboard Instruments
Learn about keyboard instruments from the collection of Yale University in this image gallery with descriptions of each piece, including pianos, harpsichords, and organs.