MERLOT Materials

Music Theory, History, and Recorder instruction online.

Vic Firth is a nationally known snare drum stick producer. The link listed is their official site, which includes... see more

The Aria Database is an actively growing collection of information about opera and operatic arias, assembled by a... see more

An introduction to orchestral instruments.

The Diction Domain? is dedicated to providing information about language diction for singing. It contains a database of... see more

Created by two performers of Celtic music, the Encyclopedia of traditional Celtic Music covers a variety of topics from... see more

A new-media collaboration between the Hinkle Charitable Foundation, Northern Arizona University, the University of... see more

Textbook for undergraduate brass methods course focusing on brass instrument techniques and pedagogy. Brass Techniques... see more

In this site you can obtain guitar lessons in all styles and all levels. This site will provide you with more knowledge... see more

An enjoyable listening experience and impressive collection of YouTube Jazz Videoes (4-5 minutes in duration) created by... see more

The Singing Voice provides detailed information, history and links about the human voice, opera and the art of singing.

This website of Julianne Baird, Rutgers-Camden Music Professor and internationally-acclaimed soprano, demonstrates the... see more

Brazilian batucadas recordings with a very useful feature: you can turn on and off any of the intruments, so it's very... see more

The Alexander Technique is a means for changing habits and improving coordination. The Technique can be especially... see more

Essays, program notes, animated score analyses, notes on performance practice, bibliographies, discographies, and... see more

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1959, is widely regarded as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the... see more

This site provides video examples of violin practice techniques. Each lesson includes a summary of improvements that can... see more

Piano Society offers artists free space, bandwidth, and a personal biography page by which they are being presented.... see more

This site is a compilation of pedagogical materials for teaching string instruments. It began as a compilation of notes... see more

Guitar chord diagrams & sounds.

'iHarmony is a fully complete collection of all the scales, chords and harmonizations you can find in music. It's very... see more

Impro-Visor (short for “Improvisation Advisor”) is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and... see more

This Java applet demonstrates various historical tunings and temperaments and allows one to experiment with them. It was... see more

On-line journal for piano pedagogues and students of piano alike! Interesting and practical articles that deal... see more