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OPERA
OPERA BASICS
PBS website that lets you explore voices:
soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass.
Learn about the story of Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ with video clips from the production by English National Opera. Large screen link here: OPERA BASICS
FAMOUS OPERA COMPOSERS
Information and homework listening for twelve famous composers of opera.
Large screen link without credits, click here: FAMOUS OPERA COMPOSERS
ITALIAN OPERA
Listen to famous arias including ‘La donna è mobile’ from Rigoletto by Verdi
and ‘Nessun dorma’ from Turandot by Puccini.
MOZART OPERA
Watch the entire two acts of the opera ‘Don Giovanni’.
THE ORCHESTRA 2
ORCHESTRA
More about the orchestra from the BBC.
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA has more.
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Lots more about the orchestra for music homework,
with excellent listening tracks, pictures and information.
REVISION FOR EXAMS
LEARN LISTENING ONLINE
Main page for all SQA revision (students in Scotland).
BBC SITE FOR GCSE MUSIC
Useful for GCSE (England and Wales) and SQA (Scotland) homework revision.
BAROQUE MUSIC
The website of the Baroque Learning Centre. Includes lots of audio clips featuring famous composers and instruments of the Baroque period.
There's also a glossary of musical terms and download resource materials.
MUSIC LESSONS
MUSIC TUTORIALS
Online music tutorials in reading music, intervals, scales, chords, harmony, musical forms. Includes listening and quiz activities. [requires 'Scorch']
TONAL MUSIC THEORY
Musical extracts with scores for the study of harmony.
DICTATION EXERCISES
Holst’s Planet Suite and Schubert’s Symphony no. 9 are among the many extracts featured here as online exercises in melodic and rhythmic dictation.
MUSIC TIMELINES
ISHKUR’S GUIDE
House, trance, techno, breakbeat, jungle, hip-hop, downtempo.
Each category has lots of sub-categories. This is a really huge project.
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC
A musical journey from field songs, folk spirituals and syncopated dance
through to neo soul, modern gospel and new jazz swing.
JAZZ IN TIME
From the ragtime era of ‘Black Bottom Stomp’ by Jelly Roll Morton to the contemporary style of Herbie Hancock’s ‘Cantaloupe Island’ this interactive timeline illustrates the styles of each period through music, text and images.
ADVANCED LISTENING
HARRY PARTCH
Use your computer keyboard to play unusual instruments.
Pick an instrument and click 'Play Instrument'.
ADVANCED MUSIC ANALYSIS
A brilliant website by Patricia Gray. Featured composers include:
George Crumb, Steve Reich, Arnold Schoenberg, Claude Debussy,
James Romig, W.A. Mozart.
DEBUSSY
Analysis of the Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915) by Claude Debussy. This is an excellent teaching resource from Luna Nova, a group of musicians devoted to contemporary music. Project design is by Patricia Gray.
STOCKHAUSEN
Klavierstűck X: history, description,
notation, modes de jeu, excerpts, structures.
BUXTEHUDE
Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne. Audio and commentary by Jeff Hall.
MOZART PIANO SONATA
Listen to Piano Sonata in C (K.545) and follow the score.
ALBENIZ
Barcarolla Op. 202, Mallorca. The guitarist is Thomas Sheeley.
BACH: DAS WOHLTEMPERIERTE KLAVIER
Well-Tempered Clavier: analysis, scores and digital sound.
David Korevaar and Tim Smith have produced this extensive study guide to the entire collection of 48 Preludes and Fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach.
PERCY GRAINGER
Andrew Hugill is artistic director for this fascinating project which allows you to listen to ‘Random Round’ (composed 1912), then create your own version.
As is typical with chance music there are many possible interpretations.
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
CUBASE VIDEOS
Want to improve your knowledge of Cubase? These video clips will help you get the most out of the software and your music.
VIRTUAL DRUM KIT
Learn how to mike up a drum kit and then play it using the QWERTY keyboard. This very useful program is presented by the Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Wolverhampton.
Drew Malamud gives some sound advice regarding
OPERA BASICS
PBS website that lets you explore voices:
soprano, mezzo-
FAMOUS OPERA COMPOSERS
Information and homework listening for twelve famous composers of opera.
Large screen link without credits, click here: FAMOUS OPERA COMPOSERS
ITALIAN OPERA
Listen to famous arias including ‘La donna è mobile’ from Rigoletto by Verdi
and ‘Nessun dorma’ from Turandot by Puccini.
MOZART OPERAWatch the entire two acts of the opera ‘Don Giovanni’.
THE ORCHESTRA 2
ORCHESTRA
More about the orchestra from the BBC.
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA has more.
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Lots more about the orchestra for music homework,
with excellent listening tracks, pictures and information.
REVISION FOR EXAMS
LEARN LISTENING ONLINE
Main page for all SQA revision (students in Scotland).
BBC SITE FOR GCSE MUSIC
Useful for GCSE (England and Wales) and SQA (Scotland) homework revision.
BAROQUE MUSIC
The website of the Baroque Learning Centre. Includes lots of audio clips featuring famous composers and instruments of the Baroque period.
There's also a glossary of musical terms and download resource materials.
MUSIC LESSONS
MUSIC TUTORIALS
Online music tutorials in reading music, intervals, scales, chords, harmony, musical forms. Includes listening and quiz activities. [requires 'Scorch']
TONAL MUSIC THEORY
Musical extracts with scores for the study of harmony.
DICTATION EXERCISES
Holst’s Planet Suite and Schubert’s Symphony no. 9 are among the many extracts featured here as online exercises in melodic and rhythmic dictation.
MUSIC TIMELINES
ISHKUR’S GUIDE
House, trance, techno, breakbeat, jungle, hip-
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC
A musical journey from field songs, folk spirituals and syncopated dance
through to neo soul, modern gospel and new jazz swing.
JAZZ IN TIME
From the ragtime era of ‘Black Bottom Stomp’ by Jelly Roll Morton to the contemporary style of Herbie Hancock’s ‘Cantaloupe Island’ this interactive timeline illustrates the styles of each period through music, text and images.
ADVANCED LISTENING
HARRY PARTCH
Use your computer keyboard to play unusual instruments.
Pick an instrument and click 'Play Instrument'.
ADVANCED MUSIC ANALYSIS
A brilliant website by Patricia Gray. Featured composers include:
George Crumb, Steve Reich, Arnold Schoenberg, Claude Debussy,
James Romig, W.A. Mozart.
DEBUSSY
Analysis of the Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915) by Claude Debussy. This is an excellent teaching resource from Luna Nova, a group of musicians devoted to contemporary music. Project design is by Patricia Gray.
STOCKHAUSEN
Klavierstűck X: history, description,
notation, modes de jeu, excerpts, structures.
BUXTEHUDE
Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne. Audio and commentary by Jeff Hall.
MOZART PIANO SONATAListen to Piano Sonata in C (K.545) and follow the score.
ALBENIZ
Barcarolla Op. 202, Mallorca. The guitarist is Thomas Sheeley.
BACH: DAS WOHLTEMPERIERTE KLAVIER
Well-
PERCY GRAINGER
Andrew Hugill is artistic director for this fascinating project which allows you to listen to ‘Random Round’ (composed 1912), then create your own version.
As is typical with chance music there are many possible interpretations.
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
CUBASE VIDEOS
Want to improve your knowledge of Cubase? These video clips will help you get the most out of the software and your music.
VIRTUAL DRUM KIT
Learn how to mike up a drum kit and then play it using the QWERTY keyboard. This very useful program is presented by the Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Wolverhampton.
Drew Malamud gives some sound advice regarding
choice of microphones and placement techniques when recording the drum kit.
Homework: invent a Mix and Match quiz for Listen 3!
Homework: invent a Mix and Match quiz for Listen 3!
