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Chord House: Guitar Room (Advanced)

For Students 9th - 10th
Create and play a variety of chords in this virtual advanced-level guitar room.
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Read Works

Read Works: Music in Your Ear

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about guitars. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Music for Kids: Guitar

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the popular string instrument the guitar. Types of guitars, different parts, how to play, and more.
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Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Guitars as Sculpture (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lesson plan on "Guitars as Sculpture." This is a lesson plan incorporating art, music and history. Explore the history of the guitar while making your own in a unique shape.
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Writing Guitar Licks

For Students 9th - 10th
You have just written a cool guitar lick and you want to play it in your favorite song, however, it just doesn't sound good in the song. This article explains how you can break down your lick into the key components and refine it to suit...
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Ruby Cliff Computing: Elements of Music Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
Fine site that focuses on music notation and on learning how to read it with a focus on the guitar. Includes charts, tips, and other useful information.
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Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar: Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage for a website dedicated to those who play fingerstyle guitar. Includes links to related essays, tablature, books, videos, and audio clips.
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Unstrung History of American Guitar: The Guitar and the Birth of American Music

For Students 9th - 10th
The guitar in America began as an instrument used in popular music in the city and then branched out to minstrel shows, ragtime, and even jazz. Read about the history of this ubiquitous instrument and how it took on its American character.
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Guitar Nine: Are Lessons and Music School Really Worth It?

For Students 9th - 10th
Even though this article is aimed at young guitarists, this is an excellent read for any young musician. This well- written column provides strong legitimate reasons for considering private lessons.
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Ruby Cliff Computing: Learn Guitar Theory With Virtualoso Guitar

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a fantastic site that teaches basic music reading, especially as related to the guitar. Although the site is a promotional software site, the trial version is excellent by itself.
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Rudiments of Wisdom

Rudiments of Wisdom: Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about musical elements with cartoons. These hand drawn cartoons offer the viewer a different way to read about music other than the traditional text and pictures.
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Michigan Reach Out

Michigan Reach Out!: Making a Shoe Box Guitar

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site provides an experiment where students create a guitar to discover what variables will change sound.
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wikiHow

Wiki How: How to Make Art From Guitar Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
The perfect project idea for anyone who loves music. Gather your materials and create dozens of variations.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Music for Kids: History of the Guitar

For Students 3rd - 8th
Where did this musical instrument come from? Students can study the history of the guitar on this site.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Music for Kids: Basics of Playing the Guitar

For Students 3rd - 8th
On this site, students can learn the basics of playing the guitar. They can learn how to hold and play this musical string instrument.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Music for Kids: Parts of the Guitar

For Students 3rd - 8th
What are the major pieces that make up the guitar? Find this out on this site where students can learn about the parts of the guitar.
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Fender Musical Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
This is Fender's official website. They are a guitar, bass and amp manufacturing company.
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Guitar Nine Records: Paco De Lucia

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Paco de Lucia, the famous Spanish guitar player. Includes information about his most recent album.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Music for Kids: String Instruments

For Students 3rd - 8th
On this site, students can investigate about various musical string instruments like guitar, violin, and cello. Syles of music and how they work.
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Ducksters: Music for Kids: Famous Guitarists

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about famous guitarist on this site. Some of the best musicians to ever play the guitar.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Pick This Project!

For Students 6th - 8th
This lab will help you understand the physics of vibrating strings, and find out why the tone of an electric guitar changes when you switch between the different pickups. If playing guitars is a hobby of yours, this experiment makes an...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Uncommon Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
The emigration of various cultures into the U.S. gives birth to many many instruments such as the piano, guitar and oboe. Discover the history behind these instruments.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Musical Instruments

For Students 3rd - 8th
An A-to-Z directory of all the instruments and tools of the orchestra. Each entry includes a description, a picture, and a sound sample.
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Music: Chords/tabs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers the chord/tab instructions for playing a multitude of songs. The songs are listed on the first page. By clicking on the song, the chords will then be displayed in an easy-to-follow format.

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