Before you begin, you may wish to tune your instrument at one of the following pages:
Orchestra Instruments
Band Instruments
Warm-up and Practice Exercises
Want to practice these exercises at a faster tempo? Click here.This page contains links to practice exercises for several instruments.
B flat scale in whole notes
B flat scale in rhythm 1
B flat scale in rhythm 2
B flat scale in rhythm 3
B flat scale in rhythm 4
B flat scale in rhythm 5
E flat scale (use the rhythms as shown in the B flat exercises above)
F scale (use the rhythms as shown in the B flat exercises above)
A flat scale (use the rhythms as shown in the B flat exercises above)
Music Games and Exercises
Click on the links below for music games and fun music review.Childrens Music games by Morton Subotnick-Creating Music
This music site has LOTS of information about music-styles, theory, instruments, professions, links AND music games.
Musical instruments and moreThis guitar site has a fun area where you can enter chord progressions and listen to them.
Online guitarThis site is a music theory tutorial and excercises and is also in SPANISH.
Music theory tutorial and related exercises
Useful Websites
For CT Regional All-State Audition pieces and information:
www.ctmea.orgThis site has everything you need to know about the oboe:
Brian's Double Reed PageThe Kids Report is a great site where students review educational websites and give a short paragraph description of each in MANY subject categories.
www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/detectives/kidsMusic K-12 Educators has a wealth of information and links for both teachers and students.
Music K-12 Educators
Free Piano Sheet Music Sites
It is very difficult to get free versions of current and popular songs, but there are quite a lot of classical and traditional tunes. Try the following sites- Good luck!The following site has a HUGE library of classical recordings in MIDI, mp3 and RealAudio formats. There is also biographical information about the composers and pictures of them.
You can download 5 free selections per day, or pay to subscribe. The selections in MIDI format can also be opened up as sheetmusic in a sequencing program such as Cakewalk or ProTools, or in Finale or Sibelius, which are music writing programs.
www.classicalarchives.com
This site is great for singers,vocal production, exercises, and much, much more information:
www.vocalist.org.uk/excercises.html
Music Clip Art Sites
Free Music graphics galore:Most of the graphics on these two sites must be purchased with a subscription to their site, but they have some free stuff:
www.animationfactory.com
