Melissa's Music Studio

Don't have a metronome or a tuner at home? Use these for free!

Classical composers are listed. The classical period encompasses the period from approximately 1750-1820.

Singing together, whether in a car or at home, is beneficial for kids. Some of the links are broken, so check them out before singing with little ones. There are many links that do work on the site! Thanks to one of my website users, Ava, for suggesting this link.

It's the Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary created by Richard Cole - Virginia Tech Department of Music and Ed Schwartz - Learning Technologies. Very comprehensive.

The website by Andy Fling provides free piano music, manuscript paper and practice charts.

Piano music for weddings, holidays and other occasions are featured on this website.

Gilbert DeBenedetti's website offers much more than free piano music. The site also includes worksheets on music fundamentals, harmonic dictation and contextual listening.

Ricci Adams provides a lessons page to explore the fundamentals of music in animated lessons; exercises to improve musical recognition; and tools to calculate notes, intervals and chords in a specific key.

Timed games over musical terms, note names and fingerings. The games are instrument specific and begin with level A. Players can put in their name, instrument and school name. A list of students is given from lowest - highest times. I had to try it - it's fun!

J. Rodriguez Alvira's music theory website received the 2006 Merlot Classic Award in music.

Music theory is the foundation of music, including the complex language that is interpreted to make melodious sounds. Understanding music theory involves reading music and the notations and phrases needed to write or play music. Music education enhances language development and stimulates the brain to work harder, which often raises a student's IQ.

On the McCracken Middle School Band website, you will find beginning band first lesson sheets and supplemental exercises.