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Music: The Art of Listening, 6/e
Jean Ferris, Arizona State University-Tempe


Web Links

Brass Instruments

http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/

The Instrument Encyclopedia: Wind Instruments

http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/instruments2_mac.htmhttp://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Instruments/Wind_Instruments/Brass/

Yahoo presents resources on the Euphonium, French Horn, Trombone, Trumpet,and the Tuba

 

Electronic Synthesizer

http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/

Electronic Musical Instrument 1870 1990 120 years of history. Features a section on Synthesizers

 

Harpsichord

http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/harpsich.htm

 

MIDI

http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/Doc/intro.html

Harmony Central's Introduction into MIDI

http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/

A more comprehensive collection of MIDI resources from Harmony Central.

http://www.ptg.org/music/midi.htm

MIDI Resources

 

Percussion Instruments

http://www.harmony-central.com/Drums/http://www.rhythmweb.com/

World Percussion informtion from RhythmWeb.com

 

Piano

http://library.thinkquest.org/28619/

provides history, playing information, sound files, links, and more.

http://www.pianowomen.com/

dedicated to women concert pianists, past and present. Includes a timeline of female classical piano virtuosos, biographies, and links to contemporary artists.

http://www.amc-music.com/history/300years.html

A brief history of the piano.

 

Pipe Organ

http://www.plummerorgan.com/wurlitzer/history.htm

Wurlitzer presents a history of the pipe organ.

http://www.organsociety.org/html/site/site_frame.html

Organ Historical Society international society for pipe organ history.

 

String Instruments

http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Instruments/Stringed_Instruments/

Yahoo presents a comprensive list of links for many stringed instruments.

http://www.thestrad.com/

a classical music magazine for all strings enthusiasts including violinists, violists and cellists.

 

Timbre

http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~book/MATCpages/chap.1/1.4.timbre.html

Music and Computers, 1.4 Timbre

 

Woodwinds

http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Instruments/Wind_Instruments/Woodwind/

Yahoo presents a comprensive list of links for many woodwind instruments.

 

Kabuki

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2090.htmlhttp://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/japan/kabuki.html

Facts Japan Kabuki (Asian studies at the U. of Texas)

 

Music of Japan

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2113.html

Describes several types of traditional, Japanese music

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/MUSIC.HTM

Early Japanese music.