Artsedge – Blues Journey

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3948/

The history of blues music is explored using video, audio and text on this entertaining and informative website. Associated lesson plans and links are included. 

Welcome to SoundJunction

http://www.soundjunction.org/default.aspa

This stunning, award-winning site is designed to broaden the musical knowledge and repertoire of upper primary and secondary students. They are encouraged to listen to music and deconstruct it, compose new music and understand new styles. Teachers have access to a range of teaching packages.

Free music to use

1)Royalty Free Music <http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/>
--The parent company of this site actually charges for the music, but
this is the royalty free site.

2)Public Domain 4U < http://publicdomain4u.com/>
--This one doesn't tell you where the music comes from or about the
site, unfortunately.

3)Musopen <http://www.musopen.com/music.html>
--There's lots of music in the public domain, but not many public domain
recordings.  This site strives to find those and make them available
here.

4) Free Play Music <http://freeplaymusic.com/>


5)Landmarks <http://landmark-project.com/permission_student.php>
--This link will bring you to a page where students can ask permission
to use a file/song/etc...

http://www.freesound.org/


http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/


www.musicnotes.com  

www.soundjunction.org   

http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=38759

http://creativecommons.org/ try on-line repositories.
http://search.creativecommons.org/

Links embedded in Wikipedia  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podsafe

* Creative Commons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons>

* Free music <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_music> 
* GarageBand.com <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarageBand.com> 
* Open music <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_music> 
* Open Music Model <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Music_Model>

* PMC Top10 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMC_Top10> 
* Podsafe Music Network
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podsafe_Music_Network> 
* IODA Promonet
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IODA_Promonet&action=edit&redlink=1> 
* Production music <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_music>

* Royalties <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalties> 
* Royalty free <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalty_free> 
* Stock music <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_music> 

Freeplay Music allows free educational use. See point 5.(b) (2) in their terms of use. You can search for different styles and "feels"
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/licensing/termsofuse.php

TinyDad claims .... "Here's a quick roundup of some of the websites where
you can find the music that you love for free. The market for these kind of
websites is exploding so it's definitely not a complete list but it should
give you a good start."

http://www.tinydad.com/free-music-22-websites-driving-daggers-into-the-heart-of-the-riaa/
Partners in Rhyme - "We have a huge catalog of royalty free music libraries
for you to download and start using right away in your commercial projects."

http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/
 

Websites with audio of music

www.shambles.net/music

http://pandora.com/
(radio from the Music Genome Project)
You have to register (a simple process) and then you create your own radio station(s) with the type
of music / artists you wish to listen to. (This was suggested several times.)

National Public Radio
www.exploratorium.edu/music/

Ruckus.com (you have to have an .edu email, this is also the best I have came across), Spiral Frog -
Both need software downloaded, but they are really good sites. 
My Project playlist
Yahoo messenger - has a music plug in with several stations
XM radio - if you subscribe to it
AOL radio

http://www.philtulga.com/resources.html

http://www.philtulga.com/resources.html


www.k-12music.org
http://www.emusictheory.com/
 http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/
African Music Encyclopedia
http://www.africanmusic.org/
 http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Music/Styles/Opera/
 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/music/composers.html
 http://www.gmn.com/composers/ (Plus click at the top of the page for  information on operas)
http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/
 http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/
 http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/Opera/
 http://www.gprep.org/classical/composers.html
 http://www.aria-database.com/
 http://md.essortment.com/operaguide_rvst.htm
 http://www.ecb.org/surf/music.htm
 http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/contentarea.cfm?cid=1&scid=4
 http://www.sfc.wcape.school.za/reference7sfcj.htm
 freeplaymusic.com
 Dr. Prestamo's Music Links
 http://www.okc.cc.ok.us/mprestamo/mp31.html
Classical Music Downloads
 http://www.classiccat.net/composers.htm
 http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Music/Styles/Opera/
 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/music/composers.html
http://www.gmn.com/composers/  Plus click at the top of the page for  information on operas.
 http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/
 http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/
 http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/Opera/
 http://www.gprep.org/classical/composers.html
 http://www.aria-database.com/
 http://md.essortment.com/operaguide_rvst.htm  Guide to Opera for the  Beginner
http://www.ecb.org/surf/music.htm  Try the Blue Web'n site under music:
 http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/contentarea.cfm?cid=1&scid=4
 http://www.sfc.wcape.school.za/reference7sfcj.htm
Instrument Lab http://www.nyphilkids.org/lab/main.phtml?
Melodic Contours http://www.creatingmusic.com/contours/index.html
SFS Kids http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=15
Arts Alive http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/activitiesgames/
Playmusic.org
http://www.playmusic.org
SFS Kids: Fun with Music: Instruments of the Orchestra
http://www.sfskids.org/router.asp?pageid=3
The Symphony Orchestra: An Interactive Guide http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/orchestra.html
120 Years of Electronic Music
http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/
Essentials of Music
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/
K-12 Resources for Music Educators
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html
Music Education at Data Dragon
http://datadragon.com/education/
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/
AFRICAN AMERICAN: MUSIC:  Archives of African American Music and Culture

Baby karaoke
http://www.abc.net.au/parents/baby_karaoke/
This ABC site provides simple songs for singing to young children. The songs are provided as animations with sound, and subtitled with words highlighted as they are sung. So they can be used as a reading exercise as well.

Songs for Teaching
http://songsforteaching.com/
"The Definitive Source for Educational Music"

The Song Room
http://www.songroom.org.au/
The Song Room is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing music and arts programs in Australian schools and communities. The Song Room provides a range of free programs to schools and communities that otherwise would not have access to such opportunities.

Echoes of Africa

Listen to the sounds of African instruments and music

Music Ideas
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/music/contents.htm
Many of these activities may be modified to fit children of different ages.

Teachnology Music Lesson Plans
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/music/
Lots of great ideas for you Music lessons.

Music Lesson Plans
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts/Music
Large collection of music lessons for all ages.

Making Tracks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/makingtracks/games.shtml
A page full of games where you can make, play, experience and send music.

Creating Music
http://www.creatingmusic.com/
Online creative music environment for children of all ages.

Boom Thang
http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=1641&t=f&w=504&h=304
Boom Thang is a game that allows you to record your own tunes.

MusicAustralia is an online service developed by the National Library of Australia and the National Film and Sound Archive. MusicAustralia helps you to find, access and navigate a rich store of information on Australian music, musicians, organisations and services from a single access point. You can find music scores, sound recordings, websites and a range of other music-related material held by a large number of Australia's cultural institutions or described by specialist music services. MusicAustralia includes all formats, styles and genres, and both heritage and contemporary music. You can also find information about people and organisations.

Music and Movement
 http://www.nncc.org/Curriculum/cc21_music.movement.html
 Here are some ideas that may help you let the music out.

 ArtsEdge Dance Lessons
 http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/les.cfm?subjectId=DAN&otherSubjectId=&gradeBandId=1&showDescriptions=true&sortColumn=&x=16&y=9
 Collection of integrated dance lessons for grades one to four.

 Brothers Of The Knight
 http://www.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/storytimeonline/brothers.html
 Online story featuring a multimedia presentation of Debbie Allen narrating
 her book, Brothers of the Knight.

 Three Little Monkeys
 http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Music/MUS0009.html
 Singing and dancing has been a tradition in many cultures.  A simple song
 can brighten a students mood or the classroom. An example of a mood
 lifting song is the The Three Little Monkeys.

 Action Songs
 http://www.songsforteaching.com/movement.htm
 Words and audio for several action songs.

 Index of Action Songs
 http://www.scoutsongs.com/categories/action.html
 List of scout songs and actions.

Pronouncing Dictionary of Music and Musicians
http://woi.org/dictionary/
Spells out the pronunciation of musical terms, works, arias, instruments, opera characters, etc. Primarily but not exclusively about  classical music.