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Fun Websites For Kids:
Creating Music
http://www.creatingmusic.com/
Seems like a sidekick site for the music software program “Making
Music.” Contains musical sketch pads, hearing games, playing with music,
and rhythm band activities.
Carnegie Hall Listening Adventures
http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/explore_and_learn/art_online_resources_listening_adventures.html
Within this site, there are three activities for kids to
navigate through. First is the Young Person’s Guide To the Orchestra
using the piece with the same title by Benjamin Britten to guide a young
girl through a safari adventure to find all the symphony instruments.
Then comes the animated history of Carnegie Hall with a game about
important figures from the history. Last of all is an exploration of
Dvořák’s Symphony No.9 with comments from the composer’s letters and
instructions.
SFS Kids (San Francisco Symphony)
http://www.sfskids.org/
Fun kids site where kids can take a look at all the elements of
music in the music lab or explore the seating chart of the orchestra. A
radio on the site plays clips of different types of music while
discussing the distinct sounds and characters of pieces and see a short
biography about that composer. They can also learn about all of the
upcoming symphony performances.
DSO Kids (Dallas Symphony Orchestra)
www.dsokids.com
The Music Lounge is for kids to explore many different musical
topics such as: making their own musical instrument, learning about
orchestral seating, exploring simple theory topics, browse an instrument
encyclopedia, play some simple music games, read about composers and
hear clips of their compositions, find out about the DSO concerts, and
even be chosen as DSO Kid of the Month
Musical Mysteries
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/music/mm/
Go with Robbie and his dog Curly to investigate mysteries in the
areas of sound, rhythm, mood, and orchestra. Students can even take a
quiz at the end of their adventures.
Composer Info Website:
Classical Composers Archive
http://voyager.physics.unlv.edu/webpages2/websyt/archive.html
Organized by timeline, birth year, or nation of origin,
a biography and picture of classical composers are available to all.
Also has a page of music history that occurred years ago on the current
day.
Ear Training Websites:
Big Ears
http://www.ossmann.com/bigears/
Trains the ear to hear all intervals from unison to 11ths both
ascending and descending.
Interval Ear Trainer, Scale Ear Trainer,
Chord Ear Trainer
http://www.musictheory.net/index.html
Another site that trains students to hear intervals, scales, and
chords.
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"“To stop the flow of music
would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and
inconceivable.” ~Aaron Copland
"For me, music is always the language which
permits one to converse with the Beyond." ~Robert Schumann |
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