Updated on March 31, 2017
These free music websites provide games, lessons and activities for kids and teens to play with music, and to learn about composers, musicians, instruments and musical periods. Many of the music appreciation sites include lesson plans for teachers and ideas for parents.
Classics for Kids contains a wealth of music, musical games, lessons, and activities on composers and musicians from Baroque composers of the 1600s, such as Purcell, to Modern composers, such as Copeland and Bernstein. There are brief biographies of composers,…
From site: Ear training develops and ties together all the skills that allow musicians to play, improvise and compose music by ear. It is the key to becoming not just good, but great. The ear training games on Theta Music…
From site: The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual…
Teoria provides tutorials and exercises on music theory that help to train your ear. Major concepts include the clef, intervals, chords, harmonic functions, key signatures, scales, rhythm and jazz. In addition, there are articles on music analysis and a reference…
Pick from several music projects to analyze a variety of music, listen to podcasts, and explore musical careers. Types of music and rhythms presented for the projects include West African Rhythms, Syncopation, Electronic Textures, Layers of Sound, and Hip-Hop.
Learn how music affects our neurosystems, physical and mental health from these podcasts posted on the Library of Congress website. These podcasts include conversations with physicians, scientists, scholars, composers, performers, psychologists and other professionals into their ground-breaking work. They include…
From site: The blues is one of America’s greatest musical treasures. A roots music form that evolved out of African-American work songs, field hollers, spirituals, and country string ballads more than a century ago, the blues is the foundation of…
From site: Ever sing in the car? Maybe in the shower? You know who you are. Admit it, you like to sing, and you like music. Ever thought of writing your own music? Most people never get a chance to…
From site: America’s most extraordinary young musicians aged 8 to 18 will be showcased this spring on PBS when From the Top at Carnegie Hall, returns for its second season on May 10 (check local listings). Based on the popular NPR…
From site: The Keeping Score web site is designed to give people of all musical backgrounds an opportunity to explore signature works by composers Hector Berlioz, Charles Ives, and Dmitri Shostakovich in depth, and at their own pace. www.keepingscore.org offers…
This interactive helps students explore the history and significance of jazz. Learn about jazz styles and listen to some music clips. The site includes a timeline of dates for key events in jazz history. The jazz elements include Ragtime, Blues,…
From site: Wavosaur is a free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files. Wavosaur has all the features to edit audio (cut, copy, paste, etc.) produce music loops, analyze, record,…
Classical Net has detailed information on the repetoire of classical Western Art music from the medieval period to modern. Biographies of key composers during each of these periods are presented, along with recommended recordings that are representative of each. There are also…
Toy Theater Music offers four activities: 1. Drum Beat – Create a drumming frenzy with these Drum Beats. Watch and listen to their pounding and hypnotizing sound. 2. Music Maker – Create your own music masterpiece and let your creative…
GarageBand is free software on the Macintosh operating system that help you learn the basics of piano and guitar. You can also use it to record, mix and edit audio tracks. Apple’s website has tutorials to help you. This software…