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Text and Links K-12 Resources For Music Educators – The Internet is an immense, user-friendly resource. A table of contents helps. Free Piano Music – Your tidy and annotated "bookmarks" are more useful than a stranger's large list. Courses (Schedules) & NSU Fine Arts Calendar – The web is an excellent location for documents which are subject to change. Scale Quiz Grading Rubric & Courses (Syllabi) – Students want to know how grades are determined. Parents want to know your studio policies and all costs associated with lessons. Piano Pages & Theory Things – Create online books with links to your web pages and outside sites. Britten's Orchestration – Web pages can be projected as lecture slides. Common Practice Part Forms & MUS 110 Basic Music Theory I --- Midterm Exam – Web pages can be printed as handouts. Word processors (MS Word, WordPerfect) and spreadsheets (Excel, Quattro Pro) can create html files. HTML Editors (FrontPage, Netscape Composer, Dreamweaver) are designed to create html documents. | |
Images Piano Keys – The images were created with MS Paint and Photo Editor. (Click on the arrows.) Playing a Jazz Lead Sheet – The music was created with Finale and edited with Photo Editor. | |
MIDI files Oh Susanna & Blues in C – Music minus one. MIDI percussive instrument tone quality is usually good. Polyphonic Dictations – MIDI files are small. They download quickly. Classical Music Archives & Free Midi File Library – Many sites offer free MIDI files. Notation programs (Finale, Sibelius) can create MIDI files. Sequencers (Cakewalk, Cubase) are designed to create MIDI files. | |
HTML To create more advanced web pages, learn HTML. Begin by using templates: Arial Template Verdana Template 2004 Calendars: July August September October November December 2005 Calendars: January February March April May Next, create your own code: CWRU Intro U of Toronto Intro W3C Yale Style Manual Background Colors HTML Validator HTML 4.01 Entities Reference CSS: CSS, level 1 CSS Validator Mulder's Stylesheets Tutorial | |
JavaScript Intervals w/o Accidentals Quizzes & Finger Numbers – Web pages can be dynamic. All Piano Keys & Major Triads Tutorial – Web pages can be interactive. Begin by inserting free code into your html files: JavaScript Source Dynamic Drive Next, create your own code: JavaScript Central JavaScripter.net User Input | |
Java eMusicTheory.com – These free, online drills are as good as software. Java resources online: Java Boutique | |
Flash Musictheory.net – "Measures and Time Signature" and "Steps and Accidentals" feature animations and sound. DSOkids NY Phil Kidzone SFS Kids – Kid friendly sites featuring Flash. (IE works best for me.) |