Links page

Regularly updated, hence the tatty look of this page. Please report any dead links
Top sites get 5 stars *****

Webmasters : To be listed on this page, your site should contain a free service to music teachers. This can be in addition to charged services. Purely commercial sites are not generally listed.

Film music

FILM MUSIC REVIEW-The Web Magazine (Home)
Soundtrack Express: Lots of reviews of soundtracks. Well worth a visit
Zimmer Info: All you wanted to know about Hans Zimmer, composer of The Thin Red Line, The Lion King etc. *****
Film Score Monthly . COM
Reviews by Composer
James Horner page created by Ignasi Nogues
James Horner
Filmtracks Jerry Goldsmith Tribute
Filmtracks Modern Soundtrack Reviews
Jerry Goldsmith On-Line
SoundtrackNet / filmmusic.com - the art of film and television music

Music technology

Bach, Musicological Font
The MIDI classroom: An insight into using MIDI in the classroom
The home of Sound On Sound magazine online: Excellent site of the hi-tech magazine. Past articles, chat page etc. *****
The Music Software and Technology Learning Center*****: Everything you want to know in jargon free language. Excellent!
NotationStation: Online interactive music education*****: Free download of Music Time deluxe Version 3.
LogicUser - User Group Home Page
Emagic Homepage
Shareware Music Machine - World's Biggest Music Software Site!
Musician's Tech Central - Music Equipment, Recording, MIDI, Digital Audio, Indie How-to: Good resource for keeping up to date with music technology

Music History and theory

Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net - Animated music theory lessons *****AMAZING: Simply unbelievable! Flash animations teach music theory. Ricci Adams, the creator of this site is a genius. Probably the best link we have!
Bach Harmony: A simple page outlining the rules of Bach harmony for students. Well worth a look!
JSBChorales.net: Bach Chorales*****: All of Bach's 4 part chorales in MIDI format
Endeavour Music Limited musical instruments and accessories, buy online, music information and online help: Good dictionary of terms and audio samples of instruments
The Classical Music Pages: A comprehensive music history site
Classical Composers' Information Archive: A very large database of composers lives with pictures *****
Music Dictionary
Baroque Music Outline
Music Theory from Rose Williams: A comprehensive site which includes some good material on music theory, it that's your thing. Good listening notes on popular music.
Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
Gary Ewer's "Easy Music Theory"
A Passion for Jazz - music commentary, history and education.
The Classical Music Pages: Outstanding reference *****
Steve Reich Page
Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.: Very good site which features biographies of composers.*****
Classical Music - Classical Net Frames - Classical Music
Music History 102: Very good History of music site with Real Audio *****
General Music 101: A good general history of music
An Introduction to Classical Music: Superb history of music site from Naxos *****
Music History Resources: This provides brief study notes based on Grout/Palisca
The Internet Renaissance Band - Renaissance Music: Lots of sound clips of Renaissance music. worth a visit.
Elizabethan music: the madrigal: Good site covering the history of medieval and renaissance music. Difficult navigation though.
Classical Net - Composer Master Index: Excellent site giving details of composers' works and biographies *****

Sheet music, lyrics etc.

The Sheet Music Archive free classical sheet music: ***** Excellent source for free music.
SchoolBand: A small site with free sheet music for schools. Has good potential
mfiles - free music files and musical notes: Amazing site with originality. Beyond description! *****
Guitar Resources: Tablature: INDEX
The A to Z of UK Hit Lyrics 2002: Lyrics to the top hits of today
(_o_)===/`. RAWKTABS: Perfect quality guitar tablature and lyrics [ROCK MP3/MIDI/GTP] (_o_)===/`.
Piano Pedagogy Plus! Home Page
TabCrawler®: Guitar Tabs & Lessons Search Engine
SONGS 4 TEACHERS - Music Resources for the Primary Teacher: Familiar songs with alternative words. American wording may not be suitable for UK ('recess', 'bugs' etc.)
scorchmusic.com: Sponsored by Sibelius, this looks VERY interesting. Buy or get free arrangements in Scorch format. You will need the plug in from Sibelius.com
Lyrics.com
Free sheet music for recorder: A very good site by a dedicated music teacher, Peter van Marissing *****
Musica Viva: The free sheet music archives: An excellent source of free music, about 700 pieces altogether *****
Songs with English Lyrix
Renegade OLGA
OLGA: Artist/Last Name 'A'
Guitar Song Lyrics with Chords: Guitar chords with lyrics (zipped)
The Virtual Tunebook
Free classical sheet music: Fantastic downloads of free stuff here *****
SongFile Home: Search for sheet music. Also hear RealAudio excerpts. Fantastic site.

Music education sites

Musicalresources.co.uk*****: Tim, a wizard web page writer and musician has written these pages. Lots of excellent AS and A level material and clarinet resources.
Music 4 Education: Good UK based music education site with well presented lesson plans
Texas School Music Project: Some interesting common problems and some suggested solutions.
NC online | Music
BBC Radio 3 - Making Tracks Homepage *****: Superb games for learning essential music skills *****
Colin's page: Some useful teaching resources on this personal site.
ABC Music Notes Home Page *****: Excellent GCSE and A level revision notes
Welcome to theMusicland.co.uk
The K-12 National Standards, PreK Standards, and What They Mean to Music Educators: The USA curriculum for music
National Association of Music Educators
MusicTeachers.co.uk: A promising site. Finds teachers in your area (UK). Very small database at the moment though.
MusicSchool.org.uk: Another database of teachers in the UK. Not quite as full as MusicTeachers.co.uk but worth a look.
Music GCSE Revision *****: An excellent site for revision, built by a student.
GCSE Music revision
Musicatschool.co.uk *****: An outstanding site built by an innovative teacher in Norfolk.
Wedelmusic Home
Music Education Articles: Excellent articles from Suite 101 *****
Music is and the Value of Music in Education: Excellent articles on music education. *****
Musicstaff.com: Good articles on music education from this US site
Music Theory For Songwriters: A great site for introducing essential theory to songwriters. Very well written by someone who really understands music educations *****
SchoolBand: Advice to bandleaders, free music downloads. Help and advice to those wanting to start their own bands.
European Schoolnet
EduNET Connect *****: An excellent Canadian education site
Music Technology Handouts
Children's Music by D.F.Saphra
Game : Notes in Space: A good little freeware game. More on offer to buy if you like it.
Music in Schools on the Upbeat: Very good articles on US music ed
MuSICA: Music & Science Information Computer Archive: Articles on music and science. Outstanding
The Music Education Forum
The Kodaly Method
Parenting Central: Excellent articles on how music can educate in the broadest sense.
Music lessons may open the mind to math and science.: Excellent essays on how music can educate in the broadest sense *****
Glossary of Musical Terms: Brilliant! *****
Index to Rounds
Allegro - The Music Education Search Site
The Music Rack: Some good downloadable material here for teachers
Welcome to KIDiddles (TM) - Not your Average Kids' site!
The School Page UK
Music Education Online: A good site for music education
The Musicland - the new educational website for music
Ofsted reports
M.U.S.I.C.: A very original site about the origins of songs and their value to music education. Some very good material here, but some rubbish as well!
MusicTech / Home: The best music technology site for teachers. A fabulous resource. *****
Fun Music Ideas Archives, A Newsletter for Music Educators: An excellent site with hundreds of ideas. *****
The National Curriculum for Music

Storytime Songs

An interesting site written by US teacher/musician Shauna Tominey. Some very good ideas for focussing listening activities within traditional songs with Early Years and also for cross curricular.

Musical instruments

The guitar and keyboard chords encyclopedia.htm
Piano Pedagogy Plus! Home Page
A DRUM LESSON DATABASE: This is a links site which covers an awsome amount of free stuff for drummers. Great lessons. A one-stop shop for drummers and teachers *****
Guitar.net - The Official Guitar Chord-of-the-Week
Britpop Tabs.com: A Comprehensive Guitar Tab Archive
Guitarnoise *****: Excellent free resources and lessons for guitarists.
Recorder music: Free recorder music
Piano Lessons:Music and You: Home Page
Encyclopedia of Percussion
Lemelson Center: Electric guitar info
Synths
The Lute Society: home page
flamenco guitar transcriptions
Lessons On-Line: Excellent site for clarinettists and clarinet teachers. Very good lessons 'on line'
Drum Call: Index
Violin & Cello playing - Dancla String School Site
UK Piano Page
The internet cello society
The Guitarist home page
The Essential Guitar Guide

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