Music

Learn to play the ocarina: songs, lessons, fingering charts and a tuner

Song Slower is a free browser-based audio practice tool for musicians, teachers and learners using audio they own or have permission to use. It provides independent playback speed and pitch controls and manual looping, so users can slow a passage, repeat a section and explore it at a comfortable practice pace. Audio processing runs locally in the browser and no account is required. The interface also includes reverb controls. This is a practice tool, not a structured course or a source of licensed music recordings.

BeatTiming offers a free 30–45 minute music technology lesson for grades 8–12 and introductory college. Students connect tempo to note durations, delay settings and audio sample frames. The resource includes a teacher guide, printable worksheet and answer key, and does not require an account.

Provider-submitted resource from Tunenoodle. Tap Tempo is a free browser tool for estimating tempo by tapping along to a song or steady pulse. Learners click the tap button or press Space or T on each beat; the displayed BPM estimate is based on recent tap intervals. The tool does not listen through the microphone. For a simple music-learning activity, listen to a recording, tap its pulse, then compare estimates from several attempts and discuss why uneven tapping changes the result. The estimate is a practice aid, not an independent analysis of the audio.

A free set of controlled audio, MIDI and MusicXML examples for teachers and learners exploring the difference between recorded sound, editable note events and written pitch spelling. The linked lesson compares differently spelled scores that produce identical equal-tempered audio. Downloadable files, a CSV evidence table, SHA-256 checksums and a reproduction script let readers check the construction. Supporting samples are available in the MIT-licensed repository https://github.com/josn93/audio-midi-notation-fixtures .

BeatTiming: Tempo, Delay & Sample Timing Lab is a free classroom resource for grades 8–12 and introductory college. In a flexible 30–45 minute lesson, students calculate straight, dotted and triplet note durations from BPM, apply those values to tempo-synchronized delay, and convert between digital-audio duration and sample frames. The resource includes an accessible HTML lesson, a printable teacher guide, a two-page student worksheet, a complete answer key, measurable objectives, differentiation suggestions and a 30-minute compressed option.

PlayByFingering is a browser-based digital music learning resource for beginner ocarina, recorder, and tin whistle players. It provides labeled song pages, visual fingering charts, and simple playback support to help learners, teachers, and community arts programs practice familiar tunes more clearly and independently.

The Arts and Older Adults podcast delves into the many ways in which older adults can engage with, benefit from, and make art themselves. Hosted by musician and teaching artist Louise Campbell, the Arts and Older Adults Podcast dives into aging. Guests Erica Botner, Stéphanie McConnell-Enright, Kiran Ambwani, Barbara Radford-Alfonso and Guillaume Jabbour discuss making arts of all types with older adults, from perspectives of the teaching artist, community organizations and participants.

Working with youth as a Teaching Artist comes with privileges and responsibilities. The Arts and Youth Mental Health Podcast addresses the basics of youth mental health as it relates to the role of being of Teaching Artist with host Louise Campbell and guest social worker and teaching artist Alyssa Kuzmarov. Topics addressed include trauma and trauma-informed practice, needs and behaviours, boundaries, self-care for teaching artists and more.