| Practice Tools |
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SmartMusic!
This is a great way to make your practicing more fun and more effective! Just follow the instructions on the screen to register activate your home subscription. Happy Practicing! |
Home Practice Online
This general resource is for young instrumentalists and their teachers, with online practice accompaniments to concert music and resources such as warm-ups and scale sheets, downloadable sheet music, and useful interactive activities and drills. |
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| Music Theory |
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musictheory.net
This site focuses on beginning music fundamentals, from staff basics to major and minor scale construction. The site is well-designed, visually engaging, and very easy to use. |
Big Ears
Big Ears is a simple, easy to use ear training Web site that drills the user on intervals. |
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| Fun Sites |
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PlayMusic
Built by the American Symphony Orchestra League and funded by New York State Council on the Arts, this Web site is a great place to learn about the instruments of the orchestra. |
The New York Philharmonic KidZone!
Sponsored by the New York Philharmonic, this site is packed with games and activities, information about composers, performers, and instruments, and ideas for composition projects. |
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids site gives students a great introduction to music history, the opportunity to hear and learn about the instruments of the orchestra, and tips on how to practice. |
PBS Kids Jazz
PSB Kids Jazz introduces students to the history of jazz. There are several biographies of important jazz artists, an informative historical timeline, and video clips of interviews with jazz musicians. The site is also linked to the PBS Ken Burn’s Jazz site that features a more in depth history of jazz, a timeline that includes social commentary, and more detailed biographies. |
Animusic
You have to see these crazy music machines! |
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| School |
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Olympia School District
O.S.D. Home Page |
JMS Homepage
Home of the Jags! |
See Your Band Grade!
Family Access to Skyward grading system |
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