Interactive Music Websites to visit not accessed through Clever:
https://www.classicsforkids.com
This site is divided into 3 sections: Listen, Play, & Learn
Listen: Hear the Music (Lots of excerpts--Alphabetical by composer. Click on any composer's name. Read the Bio. Listen to the Selection. Click on shows about featured composers & the podcast (several for reach composer) will play.
Play: Games
1) Spelling words on the staff--Turn off the sound because the quality is poor.)
2) Instruments of the Orchestra (Great visual representation of the orchestra and families & the sounds associated with each section. You can view this interactive graphic with or without the instrument labels.)
Learn:
1) Dictionary: Entries with great sound examples for each term.
2) Bibliography: Book titles with links to amazon.com
3) Lesson Plans: Extensive lesson plans for the following composers.
4) Activity Sheets: Biographical info-listening maps & crossword puzzles/word finds/word banks, etc.
Be a "Know-It-All" in Music
https://www.knowitall.org/subject/visual-performing-arts
Go to the "Subjects" tab on the top menu bar. Go to "Visual & Performing Arts"
Select "Music."
Music Education: Under this heading, you will find short audio examples of the following genres.
Genres: (African, Blues, Gospel, Hip-Hop/Rap, Jazz, Pop & Soul, Reggae, Rock 'n' Roll, Spirituals, Work Songs)
Musical Matching Games (families of instruments)
Instrument Demos
Interviews with Musicians from SC Philharmonic
"A Minute with Miles" segments.
Go to "Series" tab on the top menu bar. Go to "Artopia." Select "Music."
Choose to visit:
"The Studio" (Remix, Orchestra Instruments, Matching Game)
"Be a Music Critic" (Instrument Demonstrations)
"Gullahnet," "Culture," "Music," "Tales"
San Francisco Symphony Kids: Fun and Games with Music
The following interactive tabs are:
Discover Sea of Symphonic Knowledge (The interface is a series of webs. Composers-- Timelines and Beautiful Extended Excerpts and , Music, Instruments)
Listen to Music Streams (Search Musical Excerpts by Theme or Composer)
Play with Musical Skies (Double- click on each link to the compositions to access "The Mood Journey" feature, which is a great way to track your emotions as you listen to great pieces of music. The descriptive language is a great way to enhance your listening experience. Very empowering and makes these pieces more accessible.)
Perform Play the interactive diatonic scale (Pitches may be played in any order) either on the staff or on the number keys on the computer keyboard.)
Conduct Trace the conductor's metric pattern to learn how to direct in duple, triple, or common time. You can also select the "Follow" or the "Lead" mode.
Compose
Music Lessons: There are animated tutorial videos entitled "The Basics" (music staff & notes), "Pitches" (making sounds that go high and low.), "Notes" (notes of different time lengths), "Rests" (silences of different time lengths), "Rhythm" (using time signatures to track rhythm), "Tempo" (making music sound fast or slow) After the video, you can do the interactive tasks suggested.
Starting Tunes Start with a familiar tune and complete it for fun by selecting rhythms and pitches.
Quick Start and Build a Staff Use a blank staff and select every aspect of the music from pitches to rhythms to rests and dynamics and symbols.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Learn from Taking Piano Lessons
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons
The great feature of this site is that every aspect of being musically literate is features on this site and you can learn everything sequentially by clicking on the graphics to see the concept displayed and animated on the screen.
Play Jeopardy with your Knowledge about "Peter & the Wolf"
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/peter-and-the-wolf