Here’s a list of useful links to help you out in different areas of music:
The Arts and Humanities Research Council provides a large amount of content in the field of researched music, which can help if you’re exploring a particular area of music.
Bandlab is a website where you can record, add effects and master tracks for free. As well as inputting in your own sounds there are also loads of tracks you can add to your own creations. Bandlab is useful to get inspired by other artists. They also have an app – which is simple and quick to use.
Music, podcasts, and live radio channels can be listened to on BBC sounds. A wide variety centre around music, like BBC Radio 3 (mainly classical) and Radio 1 (mainly current pop).
WARNING: If you don’t live in Great Britain, you will not be able to access all of the BBC content.
I have been using blanksheetmusic for years. For me it’s the most customisable and clear website to quickly print off some staves.
“Brought to you by BBC Music Magazine”, to get the latest UK classical music news, visit this website! It provides many reviews, articles, podcasts, and much more…
Classicfm is a radio with lots of the big classical hits playing. We love reading the music news sections to stay up to date, and we love doing the quizzes!
“The Institute for Composer Diversity works to encourage the discovery, study, and performance of music written by composers from underrepresented groups.” You’ll discover many different hidden treasures through this site.
This is a free composing website, which is great if you want to write up a short tune quickly on the score.
The “Petrucci Music Library” provides you with loads of free scores from across many ages, genres, and cultures. You can donate recordings and scores that you have at home to this website as well.
“A database of art song by women composers”, this website’s title references the Medieval composer Kassia. If you are a singer, teacher, performer, pianist or a music enthusiast, and want to know more about women composers, this is the website for you!
Musescore is a free composition app; it contains advanced notation tools which you can use to compose. Click the above link and you’ll enter it’s website, where you can get many scores for free.
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If you want to learn more about music theory, how to sing or play your instrument, or just about music in general, visit this site!
“A collection of useful learning pages, quizzes and tools to help you learn about music theory.” Visit this site if you want to expand your knowledge about different music theory elements, like scales or key signatures, and want to have a bit of fun in the process….
“The Open Music Encyclopaedia”, have you ever forgotten the name of a tune? Or the lyrics? Visit this site to find out what the title of that song is…
If you want to research into music at a high level, visit Google Scholar. It provides you links with a range of precise results from many leading researchers.
“Here, you’ll find a variety of helpful resources to turn to when learning something new – from comprehensive guides to step-by-step tutorials.”
If you want to learn the ins and outs of opera, from the voice types to the composers, go to the opera 101…
Learn more about music theory here, whether you’re a musician or a “normal person”.
“UK Music is an industry-funded body, established in October 2008, to represent the collective interests of the recorded, published and live arms of the British music industry.”
vsl.co.at/en/Academy/Instrumentology
This useful page provides you an immense amount of information about every instrument in the orchestra, from their history to their ranges.
visualfutureofmusic.blogspot.com/p/tree-chord-tree.html
“World Music’s diversity and Data Visualisation’s Expressive Power collide. A galaxy of Interactive, Score-driven instrument model and theory tool animations is born.”
One of the largest video sharing platforms, you can search for (almost) any music on YouTube and you’ll undoubtedly find it.
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