Scott Bradshaw often uses his Web site,
www.cyberfret.com, as an additional resource for
the 65 guitar students he teaches each week in
Columbus, Ohio. The site, however, is designed
primarily for people learning the guitar on their
own.
Somewhere close to 1,500 people visit Vision
Music (www.visionmusic.com) each day for guitar
instruction, says site creator and instructor Mark
Stefani who lives in Tualatin, Ore., just outside of
Portland.
The site offers everything from an "eye test" to
help first-year students assess their abilities and
figure out where they need work, to a database of
articles on technique, motivation and practice. It
also is the host for "Jam Central Station," a
round-the-clock online jam session for players of
all instruments.
At www.riffinteractive.com, students log on to a
chat session at a specific time and join 20 to 30
other students for guitar lessons. An interface
allows the instructor to send out music notation,
pictures and sound and video clips. While these
group lessons are free, one-to-one lessons via
NetMeeting's two-way streaming video are $40
an hour.
Music teachers can stake out a spot to create
their lessons and instantly post them online for
their students at sites like NotationStation.net.
They can use a free online notation service
(notation is a way of writing out musical notes)
provided and send students to their own personal
area on the site.
This course is FREE, it's EASY, and is designed to give you some
rudimentary knowledge of the basic concepts of music. There is no
registration, no logging in, no passwords or user names... All you
need is an interest in how music works.
Welcome to star theory, top theory for today's music lover.
Our greatest joy at this site is to build students up to
advanced music theory levels, the harmonies and progressions
from America's LA night clubs and Hollywood film scores. We
start at the very beginning. Our early tips, tricks,
techniques
and insights are free to browse.
An online music appreciation course complete with lectures, examples,
and more. INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC is a fascinating spin through the world of
music and the way it has changed through time. It is taught by Linda
Kobler, a pioneer in online music instruction who taught for 7 years at
The Juilliard School in New York City, and is a recording artist, writer,
and performer.
Online Music
Learning: Making Music
Piano On The Net: A wonderful site for piano instruction.
This is a game I'm developing to help you all learn pitch. It is
still under construction, but take a look if you like. It requires
Netscape, version 3 or higher.
The ECD listserv is a forum for developers of Enhanced CD products.
They use the term "Enhanced CD" as a very general way to describe a product that is released as some combination of music and multimedia.
This is an extensive and wonderful collection of his life and work.
Chicago Tribune Recommended Music Learning Sites
In a recent article called "Taking Note" in the Chicago Tribune's Silicon Prairie,
there were several excellent sites listed for music instruction. Here are
some of the best:
