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Welcome to the MERLOT Music Portal, an educational resource for teaching and learning. You are invited to join MERLOT - it's free - and contribute to this growing Music community of instructors. As a MERLOT member, you can contribute learning materials and assignments, submit your own learning materials for evaluation, and get access to great ideas to help you teach online and in the classroom. Browse the MERLOT Music Collection to find the high quality online learning materials for music studies.
Bruce A. Whisler, Editor
Showcase
A TED video of Evelyn Glennie presenting her ideas on listening. This video is an excellent point of departure for student discussions on listening and the nature and purpose of music and music making. It is also an excellent model for students preparing outreach programs.
New Materials
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24 Preludes op. 28 by Frédéric Chopin
Analysis of Chopin's 24 Preludes Op. 28
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Inventions BWV 772-786 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Musical analysis of Bach's Inventions BWV 772-786
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Music Appreciation: Its Language, History and Culture
Introduction to works representative of a variety of music traditions. These include the repertoires of Western Europe...
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Fundamentals of Acoustics for Sound Engineers and Music Producers
This website provides a set of course materials (in english and german) for undergraduate (bachelor) students in sound...
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Discover the Arts, vol.1: Intro, Visual Art, Music and Dance | Unit 3: Dance
This is Volume 1 of a textbook for a Fine and Performing Arts survey, an introductory course.
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Music and the Child
Children are inherently musical. They respond to music and learn through music. Music expresses children’s identity and...
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Tutorial Logic: vocal transformer
Video tutorial sobre la herramienta de transformación de voz de Logic
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Tutorial Praat: Introducción
Tutorial sobre las funciones elementales de Praat, herramienta de análisis de voz y del sonido.
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Descomponiendo música preexistente: la sonata "claro de luna" de Beethoven
Análisis de la utilización de la sonata claro de luna de Beethoven en la película Lacombe, Lucien de Louis Malle
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Erik Satie y la música incidental
Análisis del uso de obras para piano de Erik Satie en varios contextos cinematográficos
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Cadencias suspensivas y conclusivas
Descripción de algunas de las funciones que tienen las cadencias musicales en el lenguaje audiovisual, aplicándolo al...
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Chopin, una música diegética
Análisis del uso de la música de Chopin como elemento diegético en varias películas
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Moodle Music
Music theory and ear training courses and exercises.
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CSU San Marcos - MUSC 120: Introduction to Music Resources
CSU San Marcos compiled a list of resources used in their Introduction to Music course.
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Uniendo escenas con la musica
Análisis de la utilización de la música diegética de una escena como música extradiegética de otras escenas montadas en...
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Voz Pensamiento
Análisis del uso y de la realización de la voz interior o voz pensamiento, que debe realizarse en postproducción pero ser...
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La ausencia de planos sonoros
Se analiza la ausencia de los planos sonoros a través de obras que carecen de sonido ambiente lo que dificulta la...
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Los tipos de habla - La voz audiovisual
Análisis de los diferentes tipos de habla o voz enunciados por Michel Chion: habla teatro, texto y emanación,...
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Los códigos de tiempo en la música
Análisis de las músicas que se asocian a épocas en función de la orquestación y de el lenguaje musical utilizado. Se...
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Los códigos de lugar en la música
Análisis de los códigos de lugar y región asociados a la música, en particular con los instrumentos y músicas...
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Lo que el doblaje se llevó
Descripción de los elementos que se degradan con el doblaje: la naturalidad de la voz, la profundidad y respuesta...
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La voz protagonista II: voz teatro y superposición
análisis de la realización de diálogos y situaciones donde las voces se superponen: elementos que deben grabarse en...
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La voz protagonista I: La voz pensamiento
análisis de la preponderancia de la voz pensamiento en off sobre el resto de elementos en el diseño de sonido, haciendo...
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Juegos con la diégesis en la música
Análisis de los cambios de la música percibida como diegética o extradiegética
New Members
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Stephanie DuarteSchool for Advanced Studies -
Osiel VegaUniversidad Alberto Hurtado
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Angel SabacajanDepEd
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Jeffrey Price JrWindsor Heights Fire Department
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nicolas oyolaEMM
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Thomas PattesonCurtis Institute of Music
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Kevin DobreffGrand Rapids Community College
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Lisa LehmbergUniversity of Massachusetts System - Amherst
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Kathryn GreenShenandoah University
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Irina LupinesEastman Community Music School
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Elizabeth PaulyMinneapolis Community and Technical College
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Ruth WEBERSan Diego Miramar College
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Carlos MaldonadoC4E
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Dr. Judy Guilbeaux-JamesSouthern University and A&M College - Baton Rouge
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Nozuko TetoDurban University of Ttechnology
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Evan JohnstonLeopold R III School District
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John CroftBrunel University
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Kesia Decote RodriguesKesia Decote Rodrigues
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adelya AKHMETOVaKFU
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Joanne SampsonMount Royal College
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Charlotte LeonardLaurentian University
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jason BlackNone
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William GlennUniversity of Texas System - San Antonio
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Amanda LykinsPrince William County Schools
Materials by Discipline
- Aural Skill and Ear Training (37)
- Composition (63)
- Music Appreciation (126)
- Music Education (91)
- Music History (96)
- Music Technology (61)
- Performance (110)
- Theory and Analysis (123)
- World Music (19)
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