Video performance of a gamelan orchestra and dancers showcases Balinese music and dance. [3:45] Accompanying program notes provide useful background information on the significance of gamelan to Balinese culture. A second video...

Read about a math research project done by three college students which helps us see physics and math in music. Here's a great approach for integrating curriculum!

This site features an explanation of Greek music in ancient Greek society. Of note is the description of Pythagoras' work which was responsible for establishing much of the theory behind our music.

This site provides music theory information on such topics as rhythm, intervals, scales, chords, etc. Also, there is a fine section which describes the basic concepts of form and structure.

This site looks at rhythm, terms and concepts, which include rhythm, score, note (parts of and kinds), rests, tie. Great information.

Understand what enharmonic notes are and why they are needed. Included are several self checking problems to test your knowledge.

In music, notes often times must be articulated in certain ways. This site explains the various common articulations found in most music.

Article explores the influence of jazz on African American literature from the early history of jazz, noted jazz artists, the black-white tensions within jazz, to its literary influence after World War II.

Help your students identify sets and intersections of sets with this musical activity. Using the concept of key signatures, students will learn that scales are sets of notes. Included with this lesson plan are downloadable worksheets and...

Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Margaret Mead, noted anthropologist and prolific author.

Arizona State's descriptions of the horn are broken up by illustrations of the horn, players, and music. There is a big discussion of crooks (not the kind that go to jail), but the kind that are made when you bend metal! The author notes...

This resource provides information about a number of different types of synthesizers used from 1890 to 1980.