Instruments and Lessons - Music 

Building Musical Instruments  

http://wannalearn.com/Crafts_and_Hobbies/Woodworking/Building_Musical_Instruments

Build and repair guitars, violins, flutes, keyboard, percussion, and world instruments.

Chordbook.com

http://www.chordbook.com

This interactive site guides players through over 1300 chords using a ‘virtual’ guitar. There is also a guitar tuner and a message board for questions. First time visitors might want to start with the “help” area found below the virtual guitar. Requires flash player.

Cyberfret

http://www.cyberfret.com/index.php 

For beginners, free online guitar lessons, with material on chords,

scales, theory, improvisation, and more.

The Drum Dojo

http://www.drumdojo.com/educational.htm

Care of drums, rudiments, and how to play.

Harmonica Lessons

http://www.harmonicalessons.com 

Breathing, articulation, shortcuts, songs, blues improvisation, and

step-by-step instruction.

Harmony Central

http://www.harmony-central.com

Guitar, bass, keyboards, recording, MIDI, reviews, and much more.

Instrument Encyclopedia

http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument 

From the University of Michigan, "a sample of some of the world's most interesting musical instruments."  Enjoy browsing by instrument, class, or geographical location.

The Muse's Muse

http://www.musesmuse.com 

For anyone interested in songwriting, from beginner to expert.  Includes a section dedicated to resources for beginning songwriters and a section on copyright and publishing info.

Piano on the Net

http://www.pianonanny.com 

Learn to play in 40 lessons; music theory also provided.

Piano World

http://www.pianoworld.com 

"Piano World is here to help you find the information you want about pianos. There are literally hundreds of pages of facts, figures, fun and reference material on this site," from purchasing information to directories of piano tuners.

Vocalist

http://www.vocalist.org.uk 

Includes a wealth of information for singers including how to keep your voice in good health to how to keep in time with music.

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