Junya's Homepages of Music
This is a jumping station for home pages to download sheet music, learn about sounds and music instruments.

* 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