MUSIC WEBSITES

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Creating Music - If you have a budding Mozart or Bon Jovi in your house, Creating Music allows kids to compose and play music. Amazingly simple, it only requires a mouse click to make piano notes, add brass, woodwinds, and accoustics, alter the tempo, or even play it backwards. The site is expanding, but what's already there is sufficient to get your children a good start. CM also sells musical software for either PC or Mac for more extensive study.

Sound Junction SoundJunction provides a comprehensive collection of music from all genres. You can take music apart and find how it works, create music yourself, find out how other people make music and how they perform it, learn about musical instruments and look at the backgrounds of different musical styles. SoundJunction is a great multimedia site for anyone to learn about music. The content is divided into seven major sections where users can access interactive games, musical excerpts, interviews and videos to explore music, see how it works, learn about musicians, and of course listen to music. For the would-be composer there is a Composer Tool that allows users to create their own compositions. Navigating the site in Journey mode allows users to track their progress and suggest further steps or use the Learning trail forum for some step-by-step trails on particular subjects and issues. Music educators will find an enormous free music resource with around 1,000 pages of information and activities as well as curriculum materials such as packets of lesson plans, ideas for using the site with students, quick links for learning how to use features the site, and a forum for sharing learning ideas.