Music Theory and Musical Instruments

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Music: K-12 TLC Guide
Composers: K-12 TLC Guide Fine Arts: K-12 TLC Guide Historic American Music: K-12 TLC Guide Jazz & Blues: K-12 TLC Guide Math & Music: K-12 TLC Guide Musicians and Performing Artists: K-12 TLC Guide Musical Instruments of the Middle East: K-12 TLC Guide Norse Music: K-12 TLC Guide Songs of War: K-12 TLC Guide Sound: K-12 TLC Guide

Beginning Music/The Basics
Properties of Music
Acoustical, Diatonic Scale, Formal
Voice
Instruments
Accordion
Brass
Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba
Percussion,
Cymbals, Drums, Marimba,
Strings
Banjo, Bass, Guitar, Harpsichord, Piano, Tuba, Violin, Zither

Wind
Autoharp, Bagpipes, Clarinet, Flute, Organ, Saxophone, Woodwinds

Music Theory & Musical Instruments	Instruments: American Slave Instruments & Dance: K-12 TLC Guide. Native American Instruments & Dance: K-12 TLC Guide. Ben Franklin and the Glass Armonica: Franklin, Benjamin: K-12 TLC Guide. Glass Armonica. Glossary of Folk Musical Instruments & Styles from Around the World, Hobgoblin Music. Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique: K-12 TLC Guide. The Instrument Storage Room, The New York Philharmonic Kidszone. Music Hall Music Educator: Folk Instruments. Marching Band. Musical Instruments, John's Word Search Puzzles. Musical Instrument Museum. National Music Museum: K-12 TLC Guide. National Public Radio: 2010 Floods Wreak Havoc on Nashville Music Scene. Bold Beginnings: The Art of the Opening Notes Bringing the Banjo From 'Africa to Appalachia'. Elkhart, Indiana's Instrument Past. 'Hard Day's Night': A Mathematical Mystery Tour. An Instrument a Day, Crafted by Hand. Instruments Made of Ice (audio: 4:40). Mold, Bacteria and Shared Musical Instruments. Museum Hosts Musical Instruments of 200 Countries. Music & Technology. Odd Musical Instruments. Oldest Musical Instrument (audio: 4:30). Playing an Instrument May Help Preserve Hearing. Rebuilding an Instrument by Leonardo's Design. Rooms & Buildings into Instruments (audio: 7:45). Vuvuzela Bzzz-es Its Way into the B-Flat Pantheon. Where the Flute Meets the Beat Box. The Physics of Musical Instruments, Glenbrook South High School, IL. San Francisco Symphony. The Virtual Museum of Music Inventions. Theory: 1UpInfo. Basic Music Theory, Alcorn State University. The Classical Music Navigator, Western Kentucky University. Einet Galaxy. The Essentials of Music. Music and Music History, Lesson Tutor. Music Theory for Students, Music Hall Music Educator. Music Theory Online, Dolmetsch Online. Music Theory Resources. Music Theory Web Resources, Carnegie Mellon University. MusicTheory.net. Selected Musical Definitions, The Classical Music Archives. Teoria - Music Theory Web. Wikipedia.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Beginning Music The Basics	San Francisco Symphony. Notes: MusicTeacher.com. QuizTree.com. Thinkquest.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Acoustical Properties of Music	Pitch: 1UpInfo. The History of Musical Pitch, MozartPiano.com. National Public Radio: Mosquito Duet Leads to Love. Pitch, Temperament and Timbre, Dolmetsch Online. Duration: Basic Music Theory. MusicTheory.net. Notes and Rests, Dolmetsch Online. Volume (dynamics): Expression Marks, Thinkquest. Phrasing and Articulation, Dolmetsch Online. Wikipedia. Timbre (tone color): Pitch, Temperament and Timbre, Dolmetsch Online. Wikipedia.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Diatonic Scale	Connexions. Eric Weisstein. Guitar-Chord-Theory. MusicArrangers.com. Tonal Centre. University of South Carolina.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Formal Properties of Music	Rhythm and Meter: 1UpInfo. Lesson Tutor. Rhythm Examples, Basic Music Theory. Rhythmic Variety, Dolmetsch Online. Melody: 1UpInfo. Melody, A Jazz Improvisation Almanac. Wikipedia. Harmony: 1UpInfo. Harmony, A Jazz Improvisation Almanac. Wikipedia. Texture: A Guide to Musical Texture, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Musical Texture, Composer's Tools. Form: Basic Glossary of Musical Forms, Yale University. Form, The Classical Music Archives. Music Theory Resources: Binary Form. Rounded Binary Form. Ternary Form.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Voice	1UpInfo. Choral, Music Hall Music Educator. Wikipedia: Choir: Alto. Bass. Soprano. Tenor. Singing. Voice.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Brass Instruments	Trombone: K-12 TLC Guide. Trumpet: K-12 TLC Guide. The Acoustics of Brass Instruments, University of New South Wales. American Symphony Orchestra League. ArtsAlive.ca. Brass, Music Hall Music Educator. The Great American Brass Band Festival. Silver Burdett: Making Music. ThinkQuest: The Symphony Orchestra. World of the Band.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Percussion Instruments	Cymbals: K-12 TLC Guide. Drums: K-12 TLC Guide. Marimbas: K-12 TLC Guide. North-African Percussion Instruments: K-12 TLC Guide. American Symphony Orchestra League. ArtsAlive.ca. Classics for Kids. Percussion, Music Hall Music Educator. Silver Burdett: Making Music. ThinkQuest: Evolution of the Instruments. Instruments of the Orchestra. Music Notes. The Musical Instruments. Online Music Encyclopedia. The Symphony Orchestra. World of the Band.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Stringed Instruments	Autoharp: K-12 TLC Guide. Bass: K-12 TLC Guide. Hardanger Fiddle: K-12 TLC Guide. Harpsichord: K-12 TLC Guide. Langeleik: K-12 TLC Guide. Violin: K-12 TLC Guide. Zither: K-12 TLC Guide. American Symphony Orchestra League. ArtsAlive.ca. Banjo: K-12 TLC Guide. Harp, Smith College. Music Hall Music Educator: Guitar. String. National Public Radio: Cello in a Box: In This Case, Smaller Is Better. Hardanger Fiddle (audio: 17:05). Nature Camp for Bass Players (audio: 6:54). Oldest Musical Instrument (audio: 4:30). World Cello Congress (audio: 6:00). Steel Guitar: The Sacred Steel Band. Ukuleles, National Public Radio: 4/30/00 (17:00).
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Woodwind Instruments	Bagpipes: K-12 TLC Guide. Clarinet: K-12 TLC Guide. Flute: K-12 TLC Guide. Saxophone: K-12 TLC Guide. American Symphony Orchestra League. ArtsAlive.ca. Silver Burdett: Making Music. ThinkQuest: Instruments of the Orchestra. The Symphony Orchestra. World of the Band. Woodwind, Music Hall Music Educator. Woodwind Topics, University of New South Wales.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Autoharp	String Instruments: K-12 TLC Guide. Country and Western Music: K-12 TLC Guide. *Autoharp Quarterly. National Public Radio*.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Bagpipes	Access LaPorte County Community Network, IN: Bagpipe Picture Encyclopedia. Thistle and Heather Pipe Band. Alan J. Keith: Alan's Wacky World of Bagpipes. Bagpipes Types. Bagpipes of the World. David Daye's Bagpipe Page, Ohio State University. National Public Radio (audio): North America's Bagpipe College: 9/27/00 (2:15).
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Accordion	Accordion Festival: Walter Eriksson, Pulse of the Planet. National Public Radio.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Banjo	African American Registry. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: Official Website. Corcoran Gallery of Art. Dallas Symphony Orchestra. National Public Radio: The Banjo's Roots, Reconsidered. Historic Recordings Tell Clawhammer Banjo History. Pete Seeger's Banjo: Banjo Lost: 8/19/00 (audio: 4:30). Banjo Found (commentary): 8/29/00 (audio: 3:15). 'Picturing the Banjo' through American History. Steve Martin: Comedian Takes Banjo Seriously. Tony Trischka, Bela Fleck and Steve Martin. Trischka, Tony: Official Website.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Bass	Strings: K-12 TLC Guide. National Public Radio: The Bottom Line: Bass on Top.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Clarinet	Woodwind Instruments: K-12 TLC Guide. American Symphony Orchestra League: Clarinets. More About Clarinets. Bb Clarient: American Symphony Orchestra League. Woodwind.org. ThinkQuest: Evolution of the Instruments. Online Music Encyclopedia. Classics for Kids. Dallas Symphony Orchestra. National Public Radio (audio): The Teenage Clarinetist: 5/28/00 (7:30). On-This-Date: 08/27/1899: Charles Conn Patents Metal Clarinet. Rice University. ThinkQuest: Bach's Tour of Musical Instruments. Evolution of the Instruments. Jamming with Music. Music Mania. Music Notes. The Musical Instruments. Online Music Encyclopedia. Woody Woodwinds. The World of Music. University of Michigan.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Cymbals	Percussion Instruments: K-12 TLC Guide. American Symphony Orchestra League. Classics for Kids. Dallas Symphony Orchestra. ThinkQuest: Evolution of the Instruments. The Musical Instruments. The World of Music.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Drums	African Drums: K-12 TLC Guide. Percussion Instruments: K-12 TLC Guide. American Symphony Orchestra League: Bass Drum. Snare Drum. Bodhran Drum, Smith College. Classics for Kids. Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Bass Drum. Snare Drum. National Public Radio: Chicago's Tradition of Drums (audio: 6:41). *Smithsonian Magazine: Gene Krupa: A Drummer with Star Power. ThinkQuest: Bach's Tour of Musical Instruments. Evolution of the Instruments. Jamming with Music. Bass Drum. Snare Drum. Music Notes. Musical Instruments. The Musical Instruments. Bass Drum. Snare Drum. The World of Music: Bass Drum. Snare Drum*.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Flute	Native-American Flutes: K-12 TLC Guide. Native-American Panpipes: K-12 TLC Guide. Woodwind Instruments: K-12 TLC Guide. American Symphony Orchestra League: Flute. More About Flutes. Classics for Kids. Dallas Symphony Orchestra. National Public Radio: Flutes In Space: Astronaut Plays Aboard Space Station. A Whole Lot of Flutes Going On. ThinkQuest: Bach's Tour of Musical Instruments. Evolution of the Instruments. Jamming with Music. Music Mania. Music Notes. Musical Instruments. The Musical Instruments. Online Music Encyclopedia. Woody Woodwinds. The World of Music. University of Michigan.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Guitar	Rey, Alvino: K-12 TLC Guide. National Public Radio: Five Pioneers of Electric Jazz Guitar. Paul Bigsby: Father of Electric Solidbody Guitar. The Telecaster: Still Wailing at 60. Uncommon Sound of Left-Handed Guitarists. Smithsonian Magazine: Eddie Van Halen's Guitar
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Marimba	Guatemala: K-12 TLC Guide. The Music of Central America: K-12 TLC Guide. All About Mallet Percussion. James Madison University. Keeping the Marimba Alive in Guatemala, National Public Radio. Latin American Folk Institute. The Marimba, Rich and Warm, Makes Itself Heard, The New York Times. Nancy Zeltsman. Smithsonian. Southern Methodist University. University of Florida. University of Houston.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments The Piano	Steinway, Henry Engelhard: K-12 TLC Guide. African Thumb Piano: K-12 TLC Guide. Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Deutsche Welle: Estonia's Handcrafted Concert Pianos. Historians Identify Rare Piano Once Played by Mozart. Keyboard, Music Hall Music Educator. National Public Radio: 30 Years of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz. The Art of the Piano Is a Study in Evolution. Celebrate Mardi Gras with New Orleans Piano. Getting the Most Out of 88 Keys. A Grander Grand Piano. Mbira. New Technology Recaptures Pianists of the Past. Piano Puzzlers. Stride Piano: Bottom-End Jazz. Piano Nanny, Nannygroup.com.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Tuba	National Public Radio: Where the Tuba Lives: 5 New Orleans Songs Featuring the Fat Horn. Southern California Public Radio: The Los Angeles Tuba Revolution.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Saxophone	Sax, Adolphe: K-12 TLC Guide. Woodwind Instruments: K-12 TLC Guide. American Symphony Orchestra League: Saxophone. Saxophones: More Information. Classics for Kids. Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Eb Alto Saxophone: American Symphony Orchestra League. Mozart Music Software. Nationmaster.com. ThinkQuest. History of the Saxophone, Classic Saxophone Online. National Public Radio: Five Titans of Texas Tenor Sax. *Smithsonian Magazine: Joe Temperley's Ageless Sax. ThinkQuest: Bach's Tour of Musical Instruments. Evolution of the Instruments. Jamming with Music. Music Mania. Music Notes. Online Music Encyclopedia. Woody Woodwinds. The World of Music. University of Michigan*.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Trombone	Brass Instruments: K-12 TLC Guide. American Symphony Orchestra League: Trombone. Trombones: More Information. Classics for Kids. Dallas Symphony Orchestra. ThinkQuest: Bach's Tour of Musical Instruments. Evolution of the Instruments. Jamming with Music. Music Mania. Music Notes. The Musical Instruments. Online Music Encyclopedia.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Trumpet	Brass Instruments: K-12 TLC Guide. American Symphony Orchestra League: Trumpet. Trombones: More Information. Classics for Kids. Dallas Symphony Orchestra. National Public Radio: Miles Beyond: The New Sounds of Trumpet. ThinkQuest: Bach's Tour of Musical Instruments. Evolution of the Instruments. Jamming with Music. Music Mania. Music Notes. The Musical Instruments. Online Music Encyclopedia. The World of Music.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Violin	String Instruments: K-12 TLC Guide. Hardanger Fiddle: K-12 TLC Guide. Paganini, Nicol�: K-12 TLC Guide. Stradivari, Antonio: K-12 TLC Guide. The Fiddle and the Violin, Merriam-Webster. National Public Radio: Heifetz and Kreisler: Setting Standards for the Violin. The Original Design of the Violin. Violin Society of America.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments Zither	String Instruments: K-12 TLC Guide. About.com. Britannica. Merriam-Webster. National Public Radio: Zithers: Memory and Music in Davenport, Iowa. University of Michigan. YouTube. Amazon.com.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments	Music: K-12 TLC Guide. Primary: *Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin, Lloyd Moss, Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator): Amazon.com. Reading Rainbow*.
Music Theory & Musical Instruments	Teacher Resources for Music: K-12 TLC Guide. Teacher Resources for the Music of the Middle East: K-12 TLC Guide. Grades 2-12: Kids Quiz. Instrument Families. Instruments in an Orchestra. Piano Player, FunBrain.com. Grades 9-12: An Introduction to Serial Music, Washington State University. Other: Educator's Reference Desk: General Music. The Lesson Plans Page. Music Theory for Educators, Music Hall Music Educator.

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This guide last edited 01/09/2012
This guide last revised 08/05/2010
This guide was created 10/28/2003