| Copyright 2006 Julie Shepherd Knapp |
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| The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling by Subject Online Enrichment -- Music by Julie Shepherd knapp, copyright 2006 Make Virtual Music Singing Horses -- "click" a capella horses Make a Lantern Song -- from the PBS Kids Sagwa website Alley Cats -- click to make your own music FindSounds -- listings of audio clips, by category Hollywood Sound Effects Library -- explore for free, pay to use Carol Maker by zefrank -- make a tune, send it by e-mail card crazymachine by zefrank -- type to make sound effects sequences -- techno music maker Visual Acoustics - compose with the mouse (slow to download) Playing Fraction Pies -- make a tune using pie slices for notes Educational Games and Activities DSO Kids from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra -- games and activities KidZone from the new York Philharmonic -- games and activities PBSKids Music -- games and activities Musical Mysteries from the BBC -- free online games teach about sound, rythm, mood, etc. Sesame Street Music -- games and activities Classics for the Kids -- a collection of concert sound clips featuring various composers, also a collection of Music by Period Scratch -- a free download from MIT, a new programming language that lets you create your own interactive stories, games, music, and art, website includes kid-friendly tutorials, aimed at grades 3 - 8 Sim Tunes -- "...allows kids to make their own "musical pictures." Just select and draw from the color palette - each color corresponds to a different musical note. Then watch and listen as the quartet of animated Bugz dance around the screen, triggering bursts of light and sound each time they pass over a different colored dot or line. String the colors together to create a tune." Not free, but cheap ;-) Some Classic Oldies... But Goodies Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley, 1956 Beale Street Blues with Chita Rivera (Cid Caesar host) Take Five by Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1961 In the Evening cool jazz by blind musician Ray Charles, 1963 Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan, 1963 Stop in the Name of Love by Diana Ross and the Supremes, 1965 Baby I Need Your Lovin' by The Four Tops, 1965 I Got You Babe by Sonny and Cher, 1965 Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel, 1967 Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues, 1967 What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong, 1968 Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell, 1970 Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers, late 70's Cool Contemporary Music Videos and Clips Sarah McLachlan video for "World on Fire" (wonderful :-) Drum Machine -- exotic intro followed by taiko drum animation The Elephant Song -- funny song, sweet video by Eric Herman Vienna Vegetable Orchestra -- gotta see it to believe it :-) Little Boxes Claymation music video by unidentified singer Gemini -- percussion and video effects Andy McKee -- amazing guitar Amazing Fiddle Player -- fiddle version of Owner of a Lonely heart Drift. Dancer Without a Body by Koert -- full-length techno-music video with animated dancer, music by Artefact, dance by Nancy Mauro-Flude The Exam -- student percussion (turn volume up for first part) Tom Lehrer's The Element Song -- animated by Mike Stanfill (choose "Dial-up" or "Broad Band" to begin) 1 Week of Art -- an evolving mural Jingle Bells Percussion -- a holiday performance Rhythm and Greens -- fun and well-done (turn up your volume) Aaron Jasinski -- techno music samples Cooking Show: Beatbox Recipe -- funny and clever Play -- animated video by Dustball Mario Piano -- Mario theme song played by ear while blindfolded There She Is -- a full-length animated music video (in Japanese) WebNoise by zefrank -- techno clips Dude Falling by Billy Russell -- short animated music video Zelda music played on electric guitar Bellyfull by Boy in Static -- full-length animated music video Heavens Rejoice -- inspirational images set to techno music (nice :-) We Will Rock You -- animated version with "water" kids Pipe Dream -- music machine by Animusic (buy the DVD here ) Wooing Mates with Acoustic Tricks -- tree frog serenades Self-Directed Learning Resources Music Notation Modernization Association -- a movement to modernize music notation to make it more readable and versatile Notes On... Series -- musicologist Alan Pollack analyzes Beatles' songs Kids.gov Music -- tons of links to music-related pages on US government-sponsored websites |