GENERAL/MIXED/MISC.
A
Jazz Improvisation Primer - The Outside Shore
About
Change Ringing (British church bell ringing) - Oxford
University Society of Change Ringers
Buying
Used (Music) Equipment - BassWork
The
Essentials Of Mixing Vinyl Records - djXact
Hello
From The Straits Of Mackinac In Northern Michigan
(how to make lots of musical instruments on a budget:
bass kalimba, hurdy gurdy, kora...)
The
Musical Saw, A Short Instruction
Tips
For Facilitating Composer Requests To Set Copyrighted
Poetry Or Prose To Music - ASCAP
Ways
To Listen To Classical Music (For Those Who Want To
Better Understand It) - LIFTOFF!
BRASS INSTRUMENTS
Brass
Playing Articles - Music For Brass.com
Growling
(on the saxophone) - Dave's Web
How
A Serious Trumpet Player Practices - Hylton Adcroft's
Trumpet Centre
Saxofun
(see menu for 'Tips & Techniques', 'Sax Basics',
'Equipment Info')
Tom
Gibson's Practice Tips & Daily Routine for Trombone
- TromboneLessons.com
Trumpet
Playing Thoughts
BUSINESS & PROMOTION
(Also see our 'Sales, Marketing
& Promotion' page)
Get Signed.com
(band & solo artist bios, demos, management...)
Getting
Started In The Music Business (copyright basics,
setting
up your band as a business, the recording process...)
- Texas Music Office
How
& Why To Hire A Producer
indiecentre
(how to start a record label, master your recording,
press CDs...)
Music
Promotion & Marketing Articles (band photos, street
teams, finding band members...) - Golistenlive.net
Song Presentations
Tips (for meeting with publishers) - SilverKat Music
You
Don't Need a Record Contract! - The Fez Guys
MUSIC THEORY
Adult
Music Theory Course - onlineMusicArrangers.com
Gregorian
Chant Notation - R.M. Kephart
How
To Prepare For Music Theory Tests - LIFTOFF!
How
To Read Music
How
To Read Music - Richard White
How
To Read Sheet Music - The NotationMachine.com
Introduction
To Reading Music - DataDragon
Music
& Theory For All Instruments - PlayMusicFree.com
MUSICIAN HEALTH
Articles
- BodyMap.org
Musicians
& Injuries
Musician's
Health (how-tos sprinkled throughout site)
Oh,
My Aching Back (seats & sitting for cellists &
other musicians)
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
The
Drums & Percussion HowTo Page (cymbal cleaning,
lessons, drum making...) - The Drums & Percussion
Page
Handbells
(weaving, articulations, four-in-hand...) - Paul's
Homepage
How
To Make A Bodhran - Dave's Web
How
To Make A Shekere (Shaker) - Djembe-L FAQ
How
To Make Your Ipu Heke - Tammy's Crafts
Make
A Maraca (for kids) - México Para Niños
Make
Your Own Tongue Drum - The Purple Bear's Web
New
Heads & Tuning A Djembe - Probali.com
The
Online Finger Cymbal Workshop
Percussion
(mouth drums/vocal percussion) - Got Spit?
Rope
Tuning Hand Drums - Boom Bang A Bang
Skinning
A Djembe - Skin To Skin
Tutorial
For A Gourd Rainstick - Kasin Hunter
Where
To Stick It (tips for Highland drummers)
You,
Too, Can Play The Spoons - A. Claude Ferguson
DRUM KITS
Articles
(head selection, dampening, tonality) - Donny Dee
Down
and Dirty Duct Tape Drum Dampening - Music Centers
Drum
Lessons - PlayMusicFree.com
Drum
Tuning 101 - Music Centers
Funkster's
Groove Theory (exercises, tuning, lessons...)
Making Electronic
Drum Triggers
Some Tips Toward More Effective Practice
Web
Thumper's Drum Lessons
SONGWRITING
An
Online Course In Songwriting - Reine Menke
Charles'
Songwriting Tips
Notes
On Songwriting - Robin Frederick
Songwriting
Tips - Irene Jackson
STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
Bass
Building
A Harp (Celtic folk harp) - Dave's Web
Guitar
How
To Build A Bluegrass-Style Five-String Banjo - Popular
Mechanics
How
To Build A Simple 12-Course Hammered Dulcimer
How
To Care For Your Violin - Martin's Violin Shop
How
To Determine The Right Size Of Violin To Buy - Music
Basics
How
To Play the Koto
How
To Tune A Viola? - Music Basics
How
To Tune A Violin? - Music Basics
The
Saxon Lyre: History, Construction, and Playing Techniques
- Greg Priest-Dorman
Tuning
The Sitar - A Beginner's Guide - Strange But Drew
VOICE
Barbershop
Quartet (SPEBSQSA) Tutorials
Free
Lessons & FAQs - VoiceLesson.com
How To Improve Your
Singing Voice Instantly - Knowledge Hound
The Internet
Yodel Course (see upper right lessons menu)
Online
Voice Training Session - The Ultimate Voice Training
For Singers
WIND INSTRUMENTS
Didjeridu
Tutorial - Dreamtime, A Didjeridu Resource
Dreamtime:
The Didjeridu W3 Server (making a mouthpiece, repair, lessons...)
Harp On!
Chromatic Harmonica Reference (see left menu)
How
To Make Didgeridoos From Bamboo - Chris Wilson's Universe
How
To Make Your Own Bamboo Flutes - Fluteman
How
To Play Quena
Jugs (Preparing
& playing them) - The Corner Jugstore
The Launeddas,
The Ancient Musical Instrument Of Sardinia (how to make,
play, circular breathing technique...) - Launeddas
Associazione Culturale Sonus De Canna
Learn
To Play Harmonica - Coast To Coast Music
Let's
Play The Bamboo Flute (make a PVC shakuhachi)
Making
A Gemshorn - Marc Carlson's Homepage At TU
Oboe
& Reed Information (reed adjustment, warmups,
maintenance...) - The ASU Oboe Page
Transposed
Tuning For Wind Instruments - Music Basics
Two
Handed Whistling (also includes tips for one hand &
mouth only whistling) - Steve Thompson's Homepage
Whistling
Lessons - The Whistler
The
Woodwind Fingering Guide
BAGPIPES
Articles In Instruction - Bagpiper.com
Build
PVC Bagpipes!
CLARINET
How
to Sight-Transpose Clarinet Parts - Graham's WWW
Site
The
Practice Room (How to play bass clarinet & break
in reeds.) - Warm Up? We Don't Need No Stinking
Warmup!
FLUTE
Gemeinhardt
(see 'How To' at bottom)
Here's How To Make A Musical Bamboo Flute - Backwoods
Home Magazine
Hoots,
Hertz & Harmonics (experiments to help players
understand flute mechanics) - The British Flute
Society
Larry
Krantz Flute Pages (scroll down for menu: teaching
tips, oiling wooden flutes, piccolo fingerings...)
Mark
Shepard's Flute Page (scroll down for free tips)
