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Illawarra Senior College Library
Music
Sydney Symphony Education : 2002 education program
Mozart's Musikalisches Wurfelspiel
Brass Resources
http://www.whc.net/rjones/brassrsc.html
Contains links to useful information for brass players ranging from playing
tips to instrument construction.
Robert King Music
http://www.rkingmusic.com/
A commercial site which provides a comprehensive list of published works for
brass.
The British Horn
Society
http://www.british-horn.org
Includes useful links to other horn sites.
Trumpet Studio http://www.trumpetstudio.com/skill.html Contains articles on trumpet technique, recommended recordings and reference material.
Other related sites
Australian Wind
Music Publications
http://www.cia.com.au/awmp/catalogue.htm
A commercial website for wind music publications but may be a useful source
of repertoire. Includes a diverse range of ensemble repertoire as well as the
first page of each piece. An indication of the degree of difficulty is also
included.
Free Sheet Music
Links
http://www.freesheetmusic.net/thelinks1b.html
A link site for free sheet music.
Guitar tablature
explained
http://www.endprod.com/tab /
A web site explaining the symbols used in guitar tablature. Includes bend, slide,
tapping, harmonics, palm mute. All symbols are demonstrated in standard notation
and in tablature.
Harmony Central
http://www.harmony-central.com
/
A useful site for guitar, bass, keyboard and percussion players which includes
tablature, reviews and useful articles.
Improvise
http://www.improvise.com.au
Includes useful information on scales, modes, chord basics and chord extensions
for improvisers in the Improvisers Handbook. Access is free but you must register.
Also contains information on chord shapes and fingerings for guitar and bass,
and articles on a range of relevent topics.
OLGA: The Online
Guitar Archive
http://www.olga.net/
Includes chord charts, guitar tabs, lessons and chord dictionaries.
The Joni Mitchell
Homepage
http://www.jonimitchell.com/
A site devoted to the music, writings and artwork of Joni Mitchell. It contains
an extensive range of material including interviews, real audio and midi files,
guitar tunings, lyrics and further links.
American Musicological
Society
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/music/ams/
Click on Web sites of interest to musicologists for a list of valuable link
sites.
An Introduction to Classical Music
http://www.hnh.com/intro.htm
Despite the title, this site is not about Classical music. It provides a brief
history of western art (classical) music and a general introduction to different
styles, periods, genres. It includes brief information on musical instruments
and lists of recordings. There are no audio files.
CD NOW
http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/pagename=/RP/GENRES/cms_genres.html/gid=5
Although this is a commercial site for sourcing and purchasing classical CDs,
it includes sound files, interviews and reviews.
Cite them right
http://www.unn.ac.uk/central/isd/cite
A guide to bibliographic referencing from the University of Northumbria.
Classical Net
http://www.classical.net/
Includes reviews, articles, repertoire lists and CD details.
Glossary of Musical Terms
http://www.hnh.com/mgloss.htm
A useful glossary of musical terms and forms. It also includes desciption of
musical instruments.
Guide to Western Composers and their Music from the Middle Ages to the Present
http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/mushist/index.html
The Music History 102 series. It is a useful introduction to western art music,
providing general information on each period of music history. The musical examples
are in Real Audio.
Music Journals and Magazines, Newspapers and Periodicals
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/journals.html
A comprehensive list from the School of Music at Indiana University.
MusicSearch
http://www.musicsearch.com/
A commercial site for scores, software, recordings and other musical materials.
Provides useful information on the availability of scores and recordings which
can be helpful when researching a topic.
WWW VL Classical Music: Reference
http://www.gprep.org/classical/reference.html
Provides links to the classical music reference sites under the categories of
composition, performance, theory, tuning systems, instrument and voice. Includes
a search engine.
Worldwide Internet Music resources
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/
Comprehensive listing of music resources on the Internet. Consists of links
to sites on performers and composers, journals and magazines.