Salzburg: Mozart
"Tour Salzburg, the City of Mozart, from your easy chair. Stop along the way to visit Mozart’s birthplace on Getreidegasse, and Mozart’s residence in Makart Square. This site is sponsored by the Salzburg tourist board. It offers a short biography as well as details on the two Mozart houses, now maintained as museums by the Mozarteum Foundation."
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Rolling Stone: Beatles Biography
"Calling the Beatles ""the most popular, influential and enduring rock group of all time,"" RollingStone.com has an extensive selection of Beatlemania. Start with the biography, and then explore the sections (such as Articles, Discography and Photos) listed under Artist Info in the red column on your left. Best clicks are the reader-supplied Beatles trivia questions; there are more than a thousand of them. After answering each question, you’ll not only learn the correct answer, but also how many people have tried their hand at the question, and what percentage answered correctly. You’ll also be rewarded with a link to submit your own Beatles trivia question."
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Beatles
"The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. This single-page article tells their story, and includes a timeline of their lives and successes. John Lennon (as an individual performer) was inducted in 1994, Paul McCartney in 1999. You can jump to their pages by following any of the underlined links from the Beatles page. And from the Hall of Fame front page, you’ll find a link to a short George Harrison memorial, as well as to the ongoing Lennon exhibition (look under Exhibitions/Featured Exhibitions.)"
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RipBurnRespect
"RipBurnRespect is one of my favorite anti-piracy public service websites. It is published by Gateway Computers "to help music fans understand the ways that digital media formats can make music more enjoyable as well as some of the responsibilities that come with using this powerful technology." Dive into the meat of the matter with "What’s Fair Use?" which explains the rather fuzzy concept of when it’s okay to copy, and when it’s not. Under "Free Music Downloads," you’ll find trial memberships for two (legal) download sites: PressPlay.com and Emusic.com."
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RIIA: Anti Piracy
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Play a Piano
""This virtual reality Java piano lets you play the piano and have a little fun while learning the relationship between the sounds, music theory, musical scales, and the underlying math and physics of how sounds are produced and perceived." Sounds like a rather tall order, doesn’t it? "Combined with the piano is an oscilloscope and sound generator so you can create, view and hear sounds and you can learn how the amplitude and period of the wave relates [to] the volume and pitch of the sounds." Physics aside, my favorite part was playing the Java piano with my computer keyboard."
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PIANO lessons... LISTEN to this!
Reviewed April 18, 2000 by David Sprunger, a reader from Medford, OR who is affiliated with the site. Learn to play PIANO quickly using the revolutionary technique of "Rhythmic Patterns". The premise is that a student can learn to play almost any popular song by ear simply by learning to mix and match accompaniment patterns, much like acoustic guitar players do. Check it out - a very unique approach. (Note our letters from customers. I have been amazed at the joy my students have expressed at finding this course.) Thanks! David Sprunger (author)
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Piano Education
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Piano on the Net
""As you first look at the piano keyboard, it looks like there are lots and lots of notes to learn. Not so! You only need to learn 12 notes." Whew, that’s good news! This extensive music theory site is organized into thirty-four lessons (with more being developed.) After the thirteenth lesson, there is a thirty-minute forty-six question exam. In order to pass, you’ll need to answer forty-two correctly. Piano on the Net is my pick of the day, and a terrific way to start (or refresh) your music education. <!--"
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PBS Kids Karaoke
"It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood. A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine?Could you be mine? But that’s not all. In addition to Mister Roger’s Neighborhood, there’s everyone’s favorite purple dinosaur Barney, and songs from Arthur and Theodore Tugboat. These PBS songs are the original recordings, not Karaoke melodies. And although some of them (such as Mister Roger’s) include printed lyrics, most do not. Requires Shockwave and RealPlayer."
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