* Download sites for sheet music *
Homepages | Samples | Description |
Mutopia |
MIDI |
Free download site
for sheet music (Classics); Mirror sites (1, 2, 4) |
Sheet music Archive |
Free
download site for sheet
music (Classics); Downloads are restricted to 2 per day |
|
Werner Icking Music Archive |
MIDI |
Free download site for sheet music (Classics) |
Varidations |
(MIDI) |
Free download site for sheet music at Indiana Univ. (Classics) |
8notes.com |
MIDI |
Download site for sheet music
(All kinds of music); 20$/yr
for PDF files |
The Chopin files |
MIDI |
Free
download site for sheet
music for Chopin, [MS Explorer] |
Piano 1001
(Japanese) |
MIDI, WMA | Very good free download site for sheet
music for young piano players; |
Sheet Music World
for Guitar (Japanese) |
Free
download site for shee music for Guitar |
|
Free Compositions and
Arrangements by Dave Taylor |
MIDI(Zip) |
Free download site for shee music for Brasses |
Koala's music library
(Japanese) |
Free
download site for shee music for Brasses |
|
The Lester S. Levy
Collection of Sheet Music |
Free
download site for shee music for American pop music between1780 and 1960 |
|
Music
E club (Japanese) |
Best site for all links for
excellent music sites including English and Japanese sites |
|
UM School of Music Library | The huge music references are available but it is inconvenient for on-line use. |
* Brief Introduction *
Principles of Sounds | Homepages | Photos | Sounds | Description |
Music Acoustics | Yes | Yes | Basic topics of sound waves such as "Strings, standing waves and harmonics", "How Do Woodwind Instruments Work?", | |
Alternate
Temperaments: Theory and Philosophy |
Yes |
Basics of tuning and temperament |
||
Essential of Music |
Yes |
Yes |
Glossary for music terms for
kids. |
|
History
of Music |
History
of Music |
No |
No |
This site mainly focused on ara
from Medieval to Romantism. |
* ENCYCLOPEDIA *
Homepages | Photos | Sounds | Description |
MHN Instrument encyclomedia | Yes | encyclopedia with search engine | |
Lark In The Morning Musical Instruments | (Y) | ||
musical instruments @ net instruments | Yes | selling...but it can be utilized as an encyclopedia too. | |
Musical Instruments of the World | Yes | Yes | There are no usual instruments (--;) |
Instrumental Resources | Links to the links of particular instruments | ||
BUBL LINK: Musical instruments | Links | ||
Learn about instruments | Yes | Introduction for beginners in Music Education at Datadragon | |
Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments | Yes | Collection of music instrument in our UM | |
AMERICA'S SHRINE TO MUSIC MUSEUM | Links for direction for all music musium |
Also see Music Library @ University of Michigan
* Individual Instruments * Under construction
Instruments | Language | Photos | Sounds | Homepage | Description |
Accordion | |||||
Bagpipes | English | Yes | Yes | Bagpipes of the World | |
English | Yes | Yes | Bagpipes of the World | ||
English | Yes | Yes | Ancestral instruments | Old type (pastoral) bagpipe | |
Japanese | Yes | Highland Bagpipes | Description of highland bagpipes by Japanese | ||
Banjo | English | Yes |
Yes | Banjo-L |
|
Bassoon | |||||
Cello | |||||
Cymbal | |||||
Clarinet | |||||
Flute | |||||
Guitar | English | Yes | The museum of music instrument | ||
French Horn | Yes | MHN Instrument encyclomedia | |||
Harmonica | |||||
Harp | |||||
Harpsichord | |||||
Lute | Yes | MHN Instrument encyclomedia | |||
Mandolin | |||||
Oboe | |||||
Piano | |||||
Sax(ophone) | |||||
Trombone | Yes | MHN Instrument encyclomedia | |||
Trumpet | |||||
Tuba | |||||
Violin | Japanese | Yes | Let's begin violin | All kind of information of violin | |
Viola | English | Yes | www.viola.com | all information of viola | |
Xylophone |
edited by Naohiro
Inohara