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Alan Belkin Music: On Learning Musical Craft
Alan Belkin provides four of his pedagogical booklets about composing music. They discuss fundamental principles of musical composition, counterpoint, orchestration, and harmony. and provide guidance to student composers.
Library of Congress
Loc: Sheet Music About Civil War
This resource provides more than 200 sheet music compositions that represent Lincoln, the Civil War and the times. Compiled by the greatest private collector of Lincoln material, Alfred Whital Stern.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: The Harlem Renaissance
This lesson is an introduction to a unit on The Harlem Renaissance, the period between the end of WW I through mid 1930s when African Americans were recognized for their literature, music, and art. It discusses their themes and lists...
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Music Theory: Species Counterpoint: Species Five [Pdf]
A music theory worksheet species counterpoint. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
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Music Theory: Species Counterpoint: Species Four [Pdf]
A music theory worksheet regarding species counterpoint. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
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Music Theory: Species Counterpoint: Melody [Pdf]
A music theory worksheet regarding species counterpoint and melody. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
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Music Theory: Introduction to Species Counterpoint [Pdf]
A music theory worksheet regarding species counterpoint. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
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Music Theory: Species Counterpoint: Species I [Pdf]
A music theory worksheet regarding species counterpoint. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
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Music Theory: Species Counterpoint: Species Three [Pdf]
A music theory worksheet regarding species counterpoint. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
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Music Theory: Species Counterpoint: Species Ii [Pdf]
A music theory worksheet regarding species counterpoint. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
University of Pittsburgh
Center for American Music Stephen Foster's Career
This University of Pittsburgh site provides a wealth of information about American songwriter Stephen Foster. This link discusses his professional career with various other links within the text about minstrel shows, etc. Return to the...
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Musical Math
This site includes 14 activities which explore how math and music are related. Great exercise opportunity for any student to sharpen their math and musical skills.
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Notation in Musicator
Site includes music composition software: percussion marking, fret marking, notes, rests, and more.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Operations and Algebraic Thinking With Music [Pdf]
Counting the number of beats in a common folk song, the students will use composition and classroom instruments to discover different combinations for accompaniment.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Music and Acoustics [Pdf]
In this instructional activity, students will create a rhythmic composition using cups to demonstrate understanding and identification of various sounds. Musical skills addressed include improvising, composing, listening, and playing.
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New York Philharmonic: Kid Zone!
Meet musicians, create your own instrument and musical compositions, and tour the backstage home of the New York Philharmonic.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Sid the Science Kid: Sandbox Symphony
Make an interesting musical composition by choosing from a menu of traditional and nontraditonal instruments.
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The Golden Rules of Songwriting
Do you have the desire to begin writing music but don't know how to get started? This well written article provides some very good advice to help you on your way.
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Structural Chord Progressions
When composing music, it is good to be sure you have the right set of chords surrounding your melody. This column provides a brief overview on how to begin to think of chord structures for your songs.
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Using Theme and Variation in Composing
A good article on how to take a musical idea and develop it further using theme and variations. Included are a few music samples in written form and mp3 form that help to explain the concept.
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Compositional Inspiration
Without going into specifics, this article provides general ideas on how to begin writing your own music. A few of the ideas discussed are recording yourself playing around, learn a new scale or pattern, and apply some new music theory...
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Writing Guitar Licks
You have just written a cool guitar lick and you want to play it in your favorite song, however, it just doesn't sound good in the song. This article explains how you can break down your lick into the key components and refine it to suit...
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Music Web: Benjamin Britten (1913 1976)
Quite a bit of biographical information here at Music Web, a very complete listing of his compositions, and a good list of recordings as well.
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Composing Music Using Computers
Understanding MIDI, digital audio, and how to compose using both. Although this site is from 1996, much of the information remains relevant.