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Audio Software
Provides a searchable database of audio software and links. Contains links for utilities and further information.
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The Internet Renaissance Band
Large collection of Medieval and Renaissance midi music files available for download as well as related information.
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Barcelona Young Learners Efl Podcast
Five podcast episodes geared to elementary students learning English -- subscription is free. Each show is an individual episode that you can listen to from the site or download to an iPod or MP3 player. Choose from sports, first...
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It Conversations: Conversation With Mallett and Hart
This podcast addresses the issue of harnessing legal music on the web. Traditional record labels are unsure of the true nature of this emerging industry and have little idea how to turn a profit. John Heilemann leads Jeffrey Mallett and...
Favorite Poem Project
The Favorite Poem Project: "When You Are Old" by William Butler Yeats
In this video episode [10:19] from The Favorite Poem Project, Samantha Kyrkostas, a development manager who has traveled the world, and Dr. Charles Schlegel, a retired dentist and Krykostas' grandfather, share their special connection to...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Present at the Creation: Dixie
National Public Radio's exploration of American cultural icons considers "Dixie."
Favorite Poem Project
The Favorite Poem Project: "Since There's No Help" by Michael Drayton
Kurt Sepmeier, a music retailer from Chicago, describes himself and explains why Michael Drayton's poem entitled "Since There's No Help" connected to his life after a breakup with a girlfriend. Then Sepmeier reads aloud the poem by...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Music: One Minute Art Lesson
In an animated storybook format, elements of music appreciation are presented.
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Chandrakantha & David's Homepage: Daf (Indian Framedrum)
Contains information about the percussion instruments used by the American Indians.
Leaf Group
Classroom: How to Write an Academic Movie Review
In this video Laura Turner explains how to write a movie review including being open to the film, beginning with positive points, and noting all of the elements of the film. [2:54]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Career Connections: Sound Engineer
Many sound engineers creatively use technology to produce audio for music, radio, film, and television. To prepare for this career path, studying media arts and science would be beneficial. [5:38]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Jannis Kounellis, "Da Inventare Sul Posto (To Invent on the Spot)"
Watch Jannis Kounellis combine painting music and dance. To learn more about what artists have to say, take our online course, Modern and Contemporary Art, 1945-1989. Created by The Museum of Modern Art. [1:49]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Recognition Humanities Passage Music
Watch a demonstration of one way to approach a 'recognition' question for a humanities passage in the reading comprehension section of the LSAT.
PBS
Pbs: Indian Pride: Treaties and Sovereignty, Part 4
Singer/songwriter Jim Boyd, of the Colville Tribe of Washington State, plays guitar and sings original songs. Boyd's contributions to contemporary Indigenous music include four original songs on the soundtrack of the movie "Smoke...
PBS
Pbs: Indian Pride: Historical Overview, Part 4
A member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North Dakota demonstrates a traditional hoop dance, accompanied by drummers and singers, that celebrates spring. [8:39]
PBS
Pbs: Indian Pride, Education, Part 4
Listen to the former president of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa of Arizona sing a traditional song while playing guitar and play "Summertime" on the trumpet. [8:27]
PBS
Pbs: Indian Pride, Gaming, Part 4
A Flamenco guitarist of the San Carlos Apache of Arizona describes his work and performs several songs. [8:23]
A&E Television
History.com: History This Week: Pop Music Pirates
August 14, 1967. Off the coast of England, a group of pirate ships has been fighting to stay afloat. These are pirates of a particular kind-less sword fighting and treasure hunting, more spinning records and dancing late into the night....
Contemplator
Songs of the Sea: Chesapeake and Shannon:19th Century Folk Song
Song lyrics and Midi File available for download. Song was created to commemorate a sea battle in the War of 1812.
Contemplator
Songs of the Sea: The Constitution and the Guerriere
Nineteenth-century song written to commemorate a War of 1812 battle involving the ship later known as "Old Ironsides". Lyrics included and MIDI file available to download.
Contemplator
Popular Songs in American History: Woodman, Spare That Tree
Popular song in America in the 1830's. Lyrics, information about the author, and Midi File available.
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: Music's True Form
A short video explaining that music is a sound produced by oscillations of pressure through a solid, liquid, and gas with a frequency within range of hearing. [1:30]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Composition: Lesson 4
This lesson will present the basic aspects of composition. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Composition."
Nicola Geier
Nursery Rhymes 4 U: "The Farmer in the Dell"
Read the words and sing along to the background music with this classic children's song about a farmer who chooses a wife to start a chain and create a family.