Music! Its Role and Importance in Our LivesChapter 7:
Making Musical DecisionsWeb Links
| BBC Making Tracks: Composer | | Who says you need to be able to read music to become a composer? With this fun, colorful site, you can move red, yellow, purple, and blue blocks that represent musical phrases of piano, bongo, vibraphone, and other instruments. You’ll be surprised how easily you can create a great-sounding piece by simply dragging and dropping. Once you’ve finished, you can even e-mail the piece to a friend or family member!
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/play/
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| Noteflight | | Composers often use notation software to communicate their ideas to others. Use this free music notation software product and try your hand at composing or arranging your own music - it's fun and easy to use. (Note: web-based application)
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http://www.noteflight.com/
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| Gustav Mahler | | This short biography of Gustav Mahler is accompanied by video discussions led by conductors affiliated with the National Symphony Orchestra. Discover the stories behind the music as you learn about some of Mahler’s symphonies and his interpretations, as a conductor, of some of Beethoven’s symphonies. Can you name the very familiar children’s tune embedded in Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D Major? Find out in the video discussion of this famous piece.
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http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity_id=3839&source_type=C#
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| MusicTheory.net | | Choose the “Lessons” link to connect to dynamic online lessons and investigate the basic elements of musical composition, including scales, rhythm, and meter. When you have the basics, you’re ready to begin analyzing musical chords and cadences. Choose the “Trainers” link and let the computer quiz you on everything from note names to hearing chords.
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http://www.musictheory.net/index.html
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| So You Want to Learn About Classical Music | | These short descriptions and audio files give you the nuts-and-bolts of musical form. Learn about forms such as overture and theme and variation, then find out what makes the musical style of composers such as J. S. Bach and Beethoven distinctive. When you’ve finished with classical music, move over to the “So You Want To Learn…” lessons on opera and jazz.
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http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/classical/classical.html
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