Music! Its Role and Importance in Our LivesChapter 3:
Experiencing MusicWeb Links
| Live Aid Concert | | This 1985 Live Aid concert may have been the largest rock concert ever. Over 1.5 billion people in 160 countries watched the concert. The concert lasted 16 hours and raised over 50 million dollars to help victims of famine in Africa. Check out video of the event on the main page or browse additional photos and personal accounts of the day at http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/july/13/newsid_3041000/3041494.stm
(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/13/newsid_2502000/2502735.stm
) | | | |
| Music Theory.com | | Practice hearing and constructing intervals and scales. While you’re there, also practice reading notes and rhythms on the staff as well as on a piano keyboard.
(
http://www.emusictheory.com/drillIntervals.html
) | | | |
| Interactive Piano | | Don’t have a piano? Practice the exercises in the textbook on this online interactive piano keyboard. Even if you’ve never played piano before, you’ll learn some valuable tips about reading music by the time you’re done playing around on this site!
(
http://www.emusictheory.com/explore/pianoKeys.html
) | | | |
| Active Guitar | | Why travel to a music studio when you can take guitar lessons online? Each lesson comes complete with instructions, notation, and audio files, so you can get just the right sound from your guitar. Learn jazz, rock, metal, acoustic, and blues guitar styles.
(
http://www.activeguitar.com/lessons/
) | | | |
| Luciano Pavarotti Official Web Site | | Find out more about the world’s most popular opera singer: tenor Luciano Pavarotti. Ever wonder what he’s singing about? Check out the English translation of the lyrics from some of his best-known songs. Be sure to watch the mighty tenor in action by clicking “Ti Adoro” and selecting the “Video Clips” section.
(
http://www.lucianopavarotti.com/
) | | | |
|  |
|
