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Ducksters: Native Americans for Kids: Sports, Games, Music and Dancing

For Students 3rd - 8th
On this sites, students learn about what Native American Indian did for entertainment including sports, games, music, and dancing.
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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: 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: Music for Kids: History of the Violin

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kids learn about the history of the violin. Learn about a family of musical string instruments called the violin on this site. Explore its history and its beginning in the Renaissance period.
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Ducksters: Music for Kids: Violin Playing Basics

For Students 1st - 9th
A site exploring the basics of playing the violin which is one of the most popular string musical instruments.
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Ducksters: Music for Kids: Famous Pianists

For Students 9th - 10th
A site showing some of the worlds greatest piano players ever. Learn about famous pianist from all genres of music.
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Ducksters: Music for Kids: Piano Playing Basics

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn the basics of playing the piano on this site. Find information about the keyboard, middle C, position, and practice.
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Space Age Music Maker: Jackie Gleason

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a short biography on Jackie Gleason, comedian and television star.
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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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Ducksters: Music for Kids: About the Harmonica

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the harmonica on this site.
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Ducksters: Music for Kids: Parts of the Violin

For Students 3rd - 8th
What are the main components of this string instrument? Kids learn about the parts of the violin on this site.
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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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African Australian Online Resource

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers dozens of reviews of African recordings, new and re-released. Well-known musicians Zap Mama and Femi Kuti, as well as up and coming ones, are reviewed. Links to individual Web sites and audio files are also featured here.
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Duke University

Shuffle Along Orchestra

For Students 9th - 10th
This section focuses on the people created the hit musical, "Shuffle Along," which helped to spur the Harlem Renaissance. Other information on the site about the importance of other black theater during the period.
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University of Tennessee: An Ancient Greek Hymn to the Muse

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shows an Ancient Greek Hymn in musical notation, along with audio files. Also includes links to other ancient musical works.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Tech: Five Moe's Amuses With Laughs, Crowd Interaction

For Students 9th - 10th
This site reviews the 1993 production of "Five Guys Named Moe" at Boston's Wilbur Theater. It gives a good summary of the musical, as well as a critique of that production.
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Musicbus.it

For Students 9th - 10th
Web application with the aim of providing written music and accompanying sound to students. Learn about the background of the application as well as access sheet music and audio. Although much of the site is in English, part of it is in...
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PBS

Pbs: The Blues as Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover what the relationship is between poetry and the blues. This site features lesson plans and online resources.
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Homeric Singing: An Approach to the Original Performance

For Students 9th - 10th
A short, but intersting site that explains the theory as to how the ancient Greeks may have performed their music.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: See, Hear and Sing

For Students 3rd - 5th
Lots of history of American music with fun links and audio clips, most from the 20th century. A neat site to learn more about America's past.
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Loc: Patriotic Melodies

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress site profiles 26 American patriotic songs with commentary, supporting visual material, and recordings of "America the Beautiful," "Fanfare for the Common Man" and the like.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams Society

For Students 9th - 10th
The official site of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society which was created to broaden the appreciation and encourage the performance this composer's music. By clicking through the menu, you can learn much information about his works.
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PBS

Pbs American Masters: Richard Rodgers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a comprehensive biography of the American composer. Site details Rodgers collaboration with lyricist Lorenz Hart and later work with Oscar Hammerstein. There is also the "Career Timeline" or the audio/video resources found...
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Analysis of the C Major Invention (Bwv 772) by Bach

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an analysis of this well known Bach invention. Online sound clips enhance the diagrams and text. The site is also available in Spanish.