Useful+Music+Links

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Hint: If you **right click** any link, you will have the choice of opening the new website in a new tab or window which means you can keep this webpage open while looking at the others!

**Music Theory Sites**

You can find some music theory you tube clips at the bottom of the Music Theory page. And here are some junior theory clips.

@http://www.quavermusic.com/ A fun interactive and educational music website. You have to create a login and password. Then you can explore and do some really fun ear tests, add sound effects to movies and more!



[|Theta Music Trainer] Lots of great games. You need to join, but it's free and that gives you access to the first three levels of the fantastic music and sound tech games! Members of the Chisnallwood Theory Club now have full access to all levels. Suggestion: Start on the top menu with either "fundamentals" or go to "Courses" and choose "music theory".

MusicTheory.netThis site contains lots of music theory lessons as well as theory exercises and ear training exercises! Customize your own excercises. Note recognition, key signatures, chords, scales, keyboard, guitar, aural... Also has great apps for iPhone/iPad "Tenuto" and "Theory"



http://www.teoria.com/ Teoria has interactive tutorials, exercises and ear training.  

[] has a range of great music topics including elements of music, Music in the 20 century, Music for dance, Performing, Popular music, World music and the Western Classical Tradition to learn and then test. Audio examples.

@http://www.emusictheory.com/practice.html 

[|soundfeelings.com/namethatnote] 'Name that Note' game. This game require flashplayer and music starts playing as soon as the web page opens. 

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> @http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/music_quizzes.htm

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;"> http://library.thinkquest.org/ Covers broad topics such as music history, music theory, music professions and musical instruments. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">

[] 46 music theory lessons

Connextions This page explains intervals but it has contents on the left where you can find more lessons with audio examples. Here's a link to a page about scales

@http://www.dolmetsch.com/theoryintro.htm

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Ear training**

<span style="background-color: initial; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">[|Ear training from Philharmonia.co.uk (also manuscript paper)]

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Virtual Instruments**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">virtual keyboard

Click here for more online metronomes


 * Virtual tuner**



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Blank Manuscript Paper**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">blank sheet music <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">manuscript paper

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Fun, interactive, educational music sites**

@http://soundation.com Online recording, midi and loops


noteflight.com An online site where you can write scores. This is a good site of you don't have Sibelius and want to write your music down and share it.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|PhilTulga.com/resouces] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Lots of music activities linked to reading, maths and science and making instruments. Also includes an intro to "Peter and the Wolf" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|A music website to explore -Soundjunction.org] - There's HEAPS of fantastic stuff to explore and learn on this site covering a huge range of styles, eras and instruments as well as being able to create you own music! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Explore the science of music from exploratorium.edu] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Listen to Composers -Dallas Symphony Orchestra] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Listen to instruments - Dallas Symphony]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|NewYorkPhilharmonicKidsZone] The "orchestration Station" is great in this, but there's also heaps more...

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Philharmonia orchestra] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Austin Symphony] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Odd Music] The most unusual instrument inventions... <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Jazz mixer

Make up a Blues Song here: @http://www.knowitall.org/gullahmusic/blues/index.html

INCREDIBOX @http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1okghz/:1bG9t-x$F:d3mKbCr3/www.incredibox.com/en/ And here's a link to an article on Using Incredibox To Introduce Remixing from the Midnight Music site.

stumbleupon.com-lets-make-beautiful-music-together <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

katiewardrobe/clever-music-videos/ Clever music videos on YouTube collected by Katie Wardrobe

FILM SCORING RESOURCES

@http://pinterest.com/katiewardrobe/film-scoring-resources/

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**ABRSM** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|ABRSM app centre] Tools for slowing down music, recording yourself, aural training, listening to demos. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|ABRSM tips for practice and exams]

@http://www.hofnote.co.uk/courses.asp has ABRSM and Trinity aural training practice. Students need to pay for each course. Teachers can keep track.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**NZSO** @http://www.nzso.co.nz/watch-listen/video/ has videos to watch. You can also read all about the orchestra members.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Music software**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Audacity] This is free downloadable recording software <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Acid Xpress] Recording and looping software. Wav and midi and video. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|MixCraft]Recording and looping software. Wav, midi, video. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Free Music writing software - musescore.org <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|http://www.noteflight.com] free online music notation

songsmith make backings for songs you sing in


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Learn the recorder **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[] interactive, fun website to learn recorder. You need headphones and mic and a recorder.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**For Teachers**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">TKI Software for learning <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">TKI Arts online Software and websites A huge range of music software and websites on "Arts online" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">@http://artsonline.tki.org.nz/Music-Sound-Arts

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">ArtsOnline case study of Chisnallwood Music technology <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Susan Paradis - o good site for music teacher resources - contains piano music and bright theory workshsheets and board and card games <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">http://www.insidemusicteaching.com/ includes teaching articles to read as well as online excersices

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">imslp.org/ contains a LOT of music <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">http://wessarinternational.com link to downloadable app for ipads for sight-reading piano

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Orchestration and arranging**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|**Artistic Orchestration by Alan Belkin**] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Strings and woodwind] from Northernsounds.com <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Jazz Arranging] northernsounds.com <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Scoring for woodwind] Garritan

More ear training sites: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;"> [|Intervals] (from HumanBenchmark.com. Click your answer on the piano keyboard) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;"> [|good-ear.com] (intervals, chords, scales, cadences, jazz chords, note location, perfect pitch)

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">USE THE FOLLOWING SITES TO PRACTICE FOR SPECIAL CHOIR VOCAL AUDITIONS

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;"> @http://www.flashmusicgames.com/music_type.html Also good if you want to practice 'pitch matching' with your voice

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;"> @http://www.musictheory.net/exercises You can also use this to practice singing triads! (Choose 'Chord ear training' and customize)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;"> http://www.petersax.com/ short melodies to copy (the notes written at the bottom of the page to choose from are the SAX notes, not the piano notes). Click on Eng in top right to get English.