General Resources
My Sheet Music -- Over 600 free titles to print as a pdf file. Registration Required.
The Red Hot Jazz Archive -- A History of Jazz Before 1930. A Terrific Site, Where You Can Listen to, and Learn About the Origins of Jazz!
Music Education Center -- Free Lessons, Free Sheet Music, and Plenty of Other Resources Too.
Danman's Music Library -- A Commercial Site With Some Nice Free Resources. Click on the "Free" Button to Check Them Out.
Tonos -- An online musician's network founded by Oscar/Grammy winning lyricist Carole Bayer Sager, Grammy winning producer/composer David Foster and Grammy winning singer-songwriter/producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
Music Station -- We are a music school in West London. We specialise in Keyboard Organ and Piano. The music used by our pupils is put together on a shareware music editor called 'Noteworthy Composer' about 700kb. Once you have downloaded the editor, you can return to this site. And choose from a selection of free sheet music to play and print.
ReMixer -- Check out what we have to offer! Go to our Music section to listen to some tunes, or go to the Downloads section and grab some audio utilities or drumloops. Our Articles section has what you need to learn, while our Discussion List gets your questions answered.
J.S. Bach -- A Non-Commercial Site That's All About Bach and his Music.
Musician -- Musician.com is a unique community and resource center for musicians, both online and offline. We are unique in that we have been founded and developed by lifelong musicians, industry experts and leaders in the musical instrument marketplace. We have assembled experts in every field of music, from recording and playing to the marketing and business of music, who will help deliver unique and innovative content, community and services directly to musicians.
Musica Viva -- The Internet center for free sheet music downloads.
Folkmusic.org -- Whether you're a songwriter, singer, fan or venue host, we aim to provide the information you need to be better at what you do.
8notes -- Free classical, jazz and traditional sheet music; popular and tv riffs explained; free lessons and much more!
The College Music Society -- A consortium of college, conservatory, university and independent musicians and scholars interested in all disciplines of music. Its mission is to promote music teaching and learning, musical creativity and expression, research and dialogue, and diversity and interdisciplinary interaction.
The International Association of Music Information Centres -- World-wide network of organisations promoting new music. Music Information Centres are open to the public and have extensive resources to offer. In addition to large libraries of sheet music and sound archives, some centres maintain up-to-date collections of biographical and research material, many issue publications and recordings, and all serve as a focus of musical activity.
The American Federation of Musicians -- We're the largest union in the world representing the interests of professional musicians. We have over 250 local unions throughout the United States and Canada.
Music Library Association -- The Music Library Association is the professional organization in the United States devoted to music librarianship and to all aspects of music materials in libraries.
The America Composers Alliance -- If You're a Serious Composer of Music, Then This is a Serious Organization You Should Know About.
American Musicological Society -- Founded in 1934 as a non-profit organization to advance research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship. At present, 3,300 individual members and 1,200 institutional subscribers from forty nations participate in the Society.
Happy Notes Games -- Teach Music Theory. Lots of Games Here, and While They Aren't Free, There's Usually Some Fun Free Stuff on The Site Too.
notz.com -- The Site For Jazz, African Music and Beyond.
Eyeneer Music Archives -- Both an educational archival site that seeks to make comprehensive information about music publicly available as
well as an entertainment center which presents new and unique music.
Midi & Related Resources
musiMail -- Join the e-music revolution! Discover the revolutionary e-zine which has made hundreds look at finding MIDI, MP3, RealAudio and WAV files in a completely new way by delivering these files for free, daily.
MusicRobot -- Let Midi Explorer find your files. Midi search engine.
WaHo Midi Page -- Great collection of midi files for you to download Free! (Editor's note: There were two pop-ups on this site when I visited, and I hate pop-ups, but there really are a lot of midi files here.)
Music with Source Code -- Zel is a different kind of music software for Midi composers and arrangers--its a computer language. You don't need to play an instrument and you don't need a Midi keyboard or Midi sequencer to make music. Zel can even compose for you. You can download a Zel translator for free.
Romantic Music -- Midi Files and Lyrics to Romantic Songs.
Sound America -- A Large Collection of Various Types of Midi Files.
Add A Midi Or Wave -- A lengthy list of midi and wav files, along with some related resources.
Midi Links
Standard MIDI Files on the Net
Ultimate Midi Page Midi Tools And Resources
Piano Resources
CyberJaz -- A Commercial Site With an Occasional Freebie.
Learn Piano Online -- Now you can successfully teach yourself (or your child) how to play the piano!100% Free! These lessons are designed for you, the inexperienced beginner. It would be best if you have a piano or keyboard next to your computer screen, but if you don't, you can print out the lessons and take them to wherever your piano or keyboard is set-up.
Danman's -- Commercial, Yes, But There are Some Neat Piano Freebies for Downloading Here.
PianoNanny -- This excellent educational site is a free public service brought to you by PianoNanny.com and The Nanny Group. We hope you find it useful.
Piano World -- Piano World is here to help you find the information you want about pianos. There are nearly 1000 pages of facts, figures, fun, games, pictures, and reference material here.
The Piano Education Page -- The Piano Education Page is a one-stop resource for teachers, students, parents of students, and fans of the piano with over 600 pages of free information, upgraded biweekly.
Piano Practice Page -- A gigantic collection of ideas and techniques, on this page by Brent Hugh, Assistant Professor of Piano, Missouri Western State College Department of Music.
The Piano Place -- "My name is Shannon and I'm 17 years old. I have been studying the piano since 4 years of age. This page is dedicated to the #1 instrument, the piano, and is for young pianists of all levels."
The Internet Piano Page -- This Webpage contains lots of classical Piano files in the common General MIDI format. Most of the pieces have been played by professional concert pianists so that best quality is guaranteed. The music includes all brilliant and familiar tunes and works beginning with Bach and ending with Rachmaninoff.
Virtual Piano -- Play the piano using your mouse or your computer's keyboard. As you play the piano, you'll see the wave forms as well as hear them. The piano can also play a song for you, while you watch.
Free Online Piano Lessons -- Piano Lessons - for the beginner's level are hands-on, self-paced, interactive, and totally Free!
Free Piano Music Lesson By E-Mail -- free online piano lessons. Free music downloads. Fee piano music. Print out free piano sheet music. Requires Registration.
Pulse Patterning for Pianists -- Learn to move the lower torso in a musically appropriate and biomechanically correct way to maintain freedom in the body, and to engage and enhance the metric and phrase rhythm of the music.
Free Jazz Piano Lessons -- A Very Cool Web Site by Scot Ranney.
Online Piano Lessons -- This Commercial Site Has Some Pretty Cool Sample Lessons Available Free.
Virtual Music School -- Learn to play piano with these interactive lessons that include audio examples and self tests. Great Site, and the Price is Right Too . . . Free!
Drum Resources
Free Drum Lessons -- This page is devoted to helping all levels of drummers. These free drum lessons will help improve skills and are great for warm-ups!
World Wide Drumming -- This Site, From Chuck Silverman, is Filled With Tips and Lessons for Percussionists.
The Hip Rhythm Digest -- This web site exists to promote the enjoyment of playing the drumset.
Free Online Drum Rhythm Lessons -- Free music education resources and drumming tips for beginning or advanced drummers, or anyone just wanting to groove with world beat and alternative music.
American Drum School -- A Commercial Site With Free Online Drum Lessons.
Guitar Resources
Guitar.com -- This is sort of a guitar "Super Site", with lots of commercial content, but plenty of freebies too.
BillWatson.net -- All Sorts of Instructional Material Here, For Guitarists, and Other Musicans Too.
Guitarist Ring -- Tips, Tricks, and Tabs Galore, for a Multitude of Styles of Music. Nice Site!
Brian Gregg -- A Large Collection of Free Guitar Lessons Here.
EZfolk -- Richard Hefner’s instructional site for banjo, folk guitar, harmonica, and ukulele. The site contains hundreds of pages of tablature and tutorials.
Guitar Secrets -- Semi Commercial Site With Lots of Guitar Tutorial Infomation.
Guitar dot Net -- Another Big Commercial Site With Plenty of Freebies.
Guitar Lessons -- A Nice Collection of Free Guitar Lessons Which You Can Download Piecemeal, or All at Once, in a Fairly Small File.(154K in the zip file for Windows, smaller for Linux, and a little larger in sit.hqx)
Learn to Play Guitar -- An ebook for aspiring guitarists. It takes a new player on a tour of the instrument and uses tablature notation to introduce the strings, tuning, exercises, and basic open chords. It continues with strumming, chord progressions, additional chords, scales, and notes on improvisation. And it's completely free!
Acoustic Guitar Central -- Still Another Commercial Site With Plenty of Freebies.
Ken's Guitar Theory Lessons -- Not a Large Site, But Apparantly Growing, and There's Some Good Information on Chord and Scale Theory Here.
Kyle's Virtual Guitar Lessons -- This site is designed to be a resource for beginning and frustrated guitar players who are looking to improve their guitar playing skills.
Shayne Browne Guitar Studios -- Whoa! Check Out the Archives for Some Very Cool and Informative Articles on Guitars!
Guitar Section: About.com -- I'll be honest with you, I don't like About.com sites. They're so Big that it seems to take forever to find anything, but, their guitar pages are excellent, and Dan Cross has put together some really awesome guitar lessons here. Tons of other good information as well. More than worth the time it will take to fully explore.
GuitarSite -- Another Monster Commercial Site With Tons of Freebies.
Will Landrum -- Free Original Content Guitar Lessons and Articles.
Guitar Lessons.net -- Free Guitar Lessons 24 Hours a Day. One More (Yes, Still Another) Commercial Site With Tons of Free Resources.
True Fire -- A Great Resource for Guitarists, and Musicians in General. Registration Required.
Guitar Lesson World -- This site is a resource that gives the information that aspiring guitarists need to become better. It provides lessons on theory with everything from scales and modes to chord construction. These lessons give information that many private lessons don't touch on. There are also many resources that are not directly related to guitar lessons. These resources show minor repairs, tips, blues licks, and much more. This site will give you much needed knowledge about the guitar.
Mike Strickland dot Net -- Here's a Cool and Eclectic Site. Free Lessons for the Guitar, Psaltery, Sitar, Autoharp, and Arpa Magica (whatever that is?), a Free Reggae Page, and Other Interesting Things.
Guitar Noise -- The Online Guitar College. GuitarNoise.com teaches anyone who is willing to learn how to play the guitar. As the best source of free guitar information we have lessons for every level, an authoratative guide to finding tablature, guitar discussions and weekly columns. Everything is free and there is no need to register for anything.
Guitar Notes -- This Commercial Site Has a Lot of Great Resources for Beginners on the Guitar.
The On-Line Guitar Archive -- OLGA is a library of files that show you how to play songs on guitar. The files come from other internet guitar enthusiasts like yourself, who took the time to write down chords or tablature and send them to the archive. This is a Terrific Resource!
Guitar Masters -- This methodology offers the user a well-defined process intended to facilitate smooth and rapid progress. Each chord was selected and designed to produce a balanced and full-bodied sound. This series of instructional material is specifically designed for mature and adult students.
Guitars Rule -- A Commercial Site With Some Fairly Good Free Resources.
Guitar Secrets -- Lead Guitar Made Easy, A Visual Learning Experience.
Guitar Basics -- Lessons and lots more.
Guitar Tricks -- Over 3000 high-quality tricks (and annoying pop-up ads).
Guitar Lounge -- Free Lessons for Acoustic, Classic, and Electric Guitar. Other Resources Too.
Vision Music -- Our main goal is offering the highest level of professional music lessons for the evolving guitarist or bassist. From Mark Stefani who's been teaching music full-time for over 30 years.
WholeNote -- WholeNote is a place where all the some-time, full-time, part-time, and not-enough-time guitarists can go to grok musical knowledge and contribute what they know to their fellow players.
Guitar Works -- A Great Site if You're Into Folk, Finger-Picking, or Slide Guitar.
Classical Music Resources
RISM -- Society for Seventeenth-Century Music.
DW3 -- Classical Music Resources.
Violin Resources
Fiddle Notes -- Events, Resources, & Information for Fiddle Players
Violin Making -- This Site From Hans Johannsson Has Lots of Great Info About Violins.
American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers -- This Un-Official Website is a Great Place to Read and Learn About Violins and Bows.
Miscellaneous Resources
Free Sheet Music.net
K-12 Resources for Music Educators
Links for musicians on the WWW
Worldwide Internet Music Resources
OddRealm: Piano & Guitar
RainMusic: Taking Music on the Internet by Storm
