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Bill Powelson’s
School of Drums
Bill Powelson, with over 40 years experience as a professional
musician and teacher, provides free drum lessons for beginners.
Classical
Guitar Illustrated History
Francois Faucher provides a history of the classical guitar, with linked
illustrations.
Electric
Guitar
In a collective effort by the National Museum of American History and
the Smithsonian Institution, this site details the invention and subsequent
innovations of the electric guitar.
Families
of the Orchestra
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra created this site, which provides information
about the instrument families of the orchestra. It includes musical
examples for each of the instruments.
Information
About Instruments
From the University of Washington music librarian, this is
a long list of selected web sites, sorted by instrument types.
Instrument Encyclopedia
Search historical descriptions of many instruments or browse
multi-cultural instruments from around the world. This site, from Music
Heritage Network, was developed by the University of Michigan School
of Information.
Instrument
Storage Room
This site from the New York Philharmonic intended for children provides
very basic information on musical instruments.
Instruments
of the Orchestra
At this site the San Francisco Symphony gives brief descriptions and
synthesized musical sounds for each of the instruments in the orchestra.
Instruments
of the Orchestra
Created by WNET, a PBS channel from New York City, this site offers
the opportunity to match orchestral instruments to the sound they produce.
Z
Making Music with Electronic
Keyboards
Provides links to articles from a variety of music magazines
explaining how to play electronic music, keyboard techniques, MIDI and
more from a commercial organization, the International Association of
Keyboard Manufacturers.
Musical
& Musical History
Scroll down the page to find information on musical instruments,
their creators, history and recommended reading lists. From the Smithsonian
Museum, this site includes photographs of specimens in the museum collection.
Musical
Instruments
Librarian's Index to the Internet provides links to information about
various musical instruments.
Musical
Instruments
The classical recording label, Naxos, provides brief information about
instruments used in classical music.
Piano 300
In a collaboration between the National Museum of American History and
the Smithsonian Institution, this website was created to celebrate three
centuries of people and pianos. A timeline at this site details the
history of the piano.
Piano on the Net
Jazz musician, Clinton Clark, teaches the basics of playing the piano
in progressively more difficult lessons.
String Pedagogy
Notebook
This guide for teachers and students includes such topics as
technique, tuning, ear training and literature. It is written by a professor
of music at the University of Vermont.
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September 11, 2008
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