Digital library
Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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Music Appreciation II
Lumen · LibreTexts
In the contents: 3.03: Musical Form · 06: Musical Instrument Families · 6.01: Classification of Musical Instruments
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Music History Sequence LACC
Christine Gengaro · Los Angeles City College
In the contents: 01: Introduction to Music History · 02: Music Fundamentals · 2.01: What is Music
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Music on the Move
Danielle Fosler-Lussier · The Ohio State University
In the contents: 2.02: Sound Recording and the Mediation of Music · 2.03: Music and Media in the Service of the State · 3.03: Copyright Surveillance and the Ownership of Music
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Equipping the Musical Ear
Sierra College · Lauren C. Sharkey
Equipping the Musical Ear is designed to be used in conjunction with beginning music theory courses. This text explores the different areas of focus for standard ear training or aural skills courses (sight singing, rhythmic dictation and performance, melodic dictation, intervals, and harmonic dictation), but in an open educational text and workbook format.
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Music - Its Language, History, and Culture
Douglas Cohen · CUNY Brooklyn College
In the contents: 01: Elements of Sound and Music · 1.03: Elements of Music · 02: Musical Instruments and Ensembles
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Music Appreciation
Elliot Jones · Santa Ana College
In the contents: 1.02: Introduction to Music in the Middle Ages · 1.03: Slideshow- Music in the Middle Ages · 1.04: Medieval Music Overview
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Do You Want to Major in Music?
Jill Wilson and Natalie Steele Royston · Iowa State University
In the contents: 01: Why Major in Music · 1.01: Deciding Whether to Major in Music · 1.02: Types of Music Degrees
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Pay for Play: How the Music Industry Works, Where the Money Goes, and Why
Larry Wayte · University of Oregon
In the contents: 01: History and Structure of the Music Industry · 1.04: Music Printing · 1.05: Tin Pan Alley and Music Publishing
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Open Music Theory
Robin Wharton and Kris Shaffer eds. · Hybrid Pedagogy Publishing
In the contents: 3.01: Introduction to Musical Functions · 06: Post-Tonal Music (I) · 07: Post-Tonal Music (II)
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Music Theory
LibreTexts · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.01: Durational Values- Symbols Representing Time in Music · 1.03: Music Notation Practices
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Music Appreciation Remix
Christine Gengaro · Los Angeles City College
In the contents: 01: Music in Human Life · 1.01: What is Music · 1.02: The Power of Music
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Music in Early Childhood
Janine T. McGrath · Seminole State College
In the contents: 01: Music- Fundamentals and Educational Roots in the U.S. · 02: Approaches to Music Education · 03: Music and the Brain
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Understanding Basic Music Theory
Catherine Schmidt-Jones · LibreTexts
In the contents: 2.01: Duration - Note Lengths in Written Music · 2.09: Repeats and Other Musical Road Map Signs · 4.08: Classifying Music
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Popular Music
Todd Smith · Western Washington University
In the contents: 1.01: Defining Popular Music and Stephen Foster · 1.02: Early Popular Music Styles in America · 1.04: Gospel Music and Country Music
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Open Music Theory 2e
Mark Gotham et al. · VIVA - Virtual Library of Virginia
In the contents: 1.01: Introduction to Western Musical Notation · 07: Popular Music · 7.01: Rhythm and Meter in Pop Music
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¡Que viva la música! Repaso de conversación en español
Norma Corrales-Martin · Temple University
¡Qué viva la música! Repaso de conversación en español, or Long Live Music! Spanish Conversational Review is an open textbook intended for conversational review, typically a fourth-semester Spanish class. The textbook is organized around nine different songs that provide students opportunities to practice, aurally and orally, as well as in writing, the main communicative goals and key grammatical structures learned in previous classes. It can also be used in similar high school classes.
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Music Fundamentals
Terry B. Ewell & Catherine Schmidt-Jones · Connexions
In the contents: 1.01: Introduction to Pitch Notation in Music · 1.06: Octave Designations in Music · 2.01: Duration- Note Lengths in Written Music
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Music Appreciation
Mueller et al. · Georgia Gwinnett College
In the contents: 1.1: What is Music · 1.2: The Word Music · 1.3: Who Makes Music
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Music in World Cultures
Justin Hunter and Matthew Mihalka · University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
In the contents: 2.01: Ozark Music
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Resonances - Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context
Esther M. Morgan-Ellis with Contributing Authors · University of North Georgia
In the contents: 01: Music as a Field of Practice and Study · 01: Music in Human Life · 1.01: What is music