Resources

So I get a lot of requests for stuff like ear training apps and sheet music sites and music history help. So here is a GREAT BIG LIST of resources for the average music major to use as they need! Most of this stuff is free – some of the apps might cost a couple dollars, but that’s all. Everything has been recommended by one of you, and vetted by me!

Guide to Starting a Private Studio

• Making Music, Making Money- A Private Music Teacher’s Guide to Teaching as a Business

Composition Resources

• MUSESCORE
• Noteflight
• Finale free trial

Recording Resources

• Reaper DAW free download
• Audacity free download
• Audio Production and Music Technology for Students  – thanks to Ms. Henley’s Mini Maestros for finding this!

Sheet Music Resources

• IMSLP – general sheet music archive
• CPDL – vocal/choral music archive

Academic Resources

Music History Help

• Oxford Music Online/Grove Music encyclopedia – your university might give you access to this
• Music History Overview
• Another Overview
• Dolmetsch Music History and Theory

Theory/Sight Reading/Aural Skills Help

• Musictheory.net
• FVA Aural Skills and sight reading
• Teoria.com
• Hooktheory.com
• Music Theory Made Stupidly Easy
• Dolmetsch Music History and Theory
• Earmaster.com
• PracticeSightSinging.com

Singer Help

• iClassical Academy Free Masterclasses
• Lieder.net Song Translations
• Omniglot.com Foreign Language Help
• List of Arias
• Partifi.com, for splitting out voice parts into separate things

Apps

Tuners

• PanoTuner (Android version)
• Tonal Energy Tuner
• Clear Tune (Android version)

Ear Training/Theory

• Clapping Music for iOS
• Perfect Ear 2 for Android
• Tenuto for iOS
• iReal Pro
• Music Theory Helper for Android
• SoundPrism for iOS
• Score Master (Lite) for Android
• Sheet Music Master for iOS

Metronomes

• ProMetronome (Android version)

Etc.

• Ultimate Guitar
• Voice Recorder for Android (iOS comes with one)

Blogs

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• Dailypracticetips
• Musictheorydiscussions
• Sonateharder
• Wecappiam
• Soyouwanttobeamusicmajor

Other

• Majoringinmusic.com

Instrument Resources

These are primarily YouTube videos – if there’s a .com in the title, it’s a stand-alone website.

Piano

• Practisingthepiano.com
• Josh Wright Piano TV (on YouTube)
• InstantPianoGenuis

Saxophone

• CdotSik 
• Johnny Fiera

Flute

• Mr. Selfridge 
• LearnFluteOnline.com
• Flutetunes.com

Piccolo

• Nancy Elizabeth

Oboe

• Michele Fiala E-Oboe Lessons 
• InstrumentManiac 

Clarinet

• Mr. Selfridge 
• How to clean it!

Bassoon

• Gustavo Núñez 
• Terry Ewell

Horn

• Barry Tuckwell 
• ExpertVillage

Trumpet

• eTrumpet Lessons
• How To Play Trumpet 

Trombone

• Mr. Glynn 
• Chris Bill

Violin

• MakeLoveWithMusic
• Online Piano and Violin Tutor

Viola

• The String Club
• Cindy Orcutt

Cello

• Queixoso 
• Sarah Joy

Bass

• Discover Double Bass
• Andrew Anderson 

Drum kit

• Drumeo
• Vic Firth 

Timpani

• Vic Firth

Snare

• Huestis Music

Guitar

• YGS Guitar Lessons
• Guitarlessons.com 
• Guitar.about.com

Bass guitar

• TalkingBass 
• MusicCollegeTV 

General College Resources

• Finance
  • Mint.com
• Motivation
  • The Rock Clock (for iOS)
• Useful Stuff
  • TinyScanner (for iOS)

Audition Resources

Under construction

Health Resources

Relax

• Breathe2Relax, iPhone and Android.
• Tactical Breather, iPhone and Android.

Anxiety

• Mindshift, iPhone and Android.
• SAM (Self-Help for Anxiety Management), iPhone and Android.
• Stop Panic and Anxiety, Android.

Depression

• Depression CBT Self-Help Guide, Android.
• Cognitive Diary CBT, Android.
• MoodGYM.

Other

• T2 Mood Tracker, iPhone and Android app
• DBT Self-Help, iPhone and Android.
• Headspace, iPhone and Android.
• Relax Melodies: Sleep and Yoga, iPhone and Android.
• PTSD Coach, iPhone and Android.
• Self-esteem Blackboard, Android.
• ReliefLink, iPhone.
• Virtual Hope Box, iPhone and Android.
• Circle of 6, iPhone and Android.