Fingering
Charts
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Music Games
General
Music
-
FUN!
Interactive
Sites @ Lessonmatch.com
Learn about
different aspects of music, composers,
instruments on this site. You
will be able to interact and have
fun at the same time! Who knows, you
might learn something!
Alfred's F
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Try your
luck at one of the games. Learn about
different aspects of music while having
fun at the same time! Enjoy!
To play, you will need the Shockwave
plug-in:
Or try
some of these other online music game
sites:
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RMS
Band Page on MySpace
RMS
Band students should follow
this link
to join the discussion on the RMS Band
Page on MySpace.
This is a great
format for you to interact not only with
Ms. Murphy, but also with each other.
Check this page
frequently for updates, reminders,
pictures, etc. Feel free to post
comments, thoughts, and ideas in a
friendly, appropriate manner.
Rules of The Board:
- No Profanity
(i.e. no swearing, no inappropriate
language, etc.).
- No disrespectful
or hurtful comments towards an
individual.
- Do not post
personal information such as phone
numbers or home addresses.
- Do not post bulletins that do
not relate to the RMS Band.
- Inappropriate
language, bulletins or comments will cause an
immediate
shut-down of this page!
- Have fun with
this.
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Sites on
Instrument Care
How to take
care of your
instrument:
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Sites About
Instruments
Follow
these links for information on modern
and ancient instruments.
A guide to Medieval and Renaissance
instruments. Want to know what a
crumhorn looked like? How about a
hurdy-gurdy or bagpipe? Check out this
site for pictures and details. Do a
report on the history and development of
an instrument for enrichment.
This site
is a jumping off point for finding other
sites about a type of instrument.
Want to find the clarinet page or
something about flute history? How about
checking out the sackbut page! (Remember
that a sackbut is an early form of the
trombone - this page has trombone links,
too!) You can find history of
instruments, jokes, recordings and lots
of other info.
The Instrument
Encyclopedia
gives the origin of instruments,
present-day information, pictures, and
information on families of instruments.
The Clarinet Pages
includes lots
of interesting information and even a
section for beginners & intermediate
players (including an article about
getting the high notes on bass
clarinet!)
Saxofun.com -
Great site to
learn how to improvise, play
jazz, pick up sax tips, or even
to just chat with sax players
from around the world.
The
International Saxophone Homepage
- The
ultimate Saxophone web site...a
must see for all sax players!!!
Play Music
has info about and sound clips from the
different instruments, games, a musician
of the month, movies of kids who play, a
juke box where you can hear different
pieces featuring particular instruments
and lots more!
Percussion Information
has all kinds of info for the percussion
student! Check it out!!
Percussion - Vic
Firth
has lots of resources for
students, everything from how to
properly play rudiments to how to play
the bass drum.
Percussion -
timpani
The Ludwig site has
information specifically on how to play
and take care of timpani
Online Trombone Journal
- A site for and about trombonists &
their instruments.
Advice for brass
players
of all levels. Lots of advanced
information for those who are really
serious.
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Performing
Groups
Follow these
links for
information on
performing
groups.
Boston Brass - World renowned
brass quintet (2 trumpets, French horn,
trombone, tuba) that arranges and plays
all styles of music with their own
entertaining twist.
Nuclear Whales - Saxophone
players... don't miss this one! This
group plays every instrument in the
saxophone family, including the tiny
sopranino saxophone and the HUGE 6 foot
8 inch contrabass saxophone. Talk about
needing air to play!!!
Nexus - World renowned
percussion ensemble that plays all
styles of music; some original
compositions; some arrangements of
Classical or Jazz music.
From the
Top
- The radio program,
"From the Top," is aired on
WGBH
Sundays at 6:00. You can hear amazing
performances of high school musicians
from all over the world as well as
interviews and information about the
performer and the music he/she is
playing. Check it out!
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General Sites
Follow
these links for lots of different
musical information.
Band
Links Galore
-
Links to just
about EVERY band instrument
imaginable. Great site for all.
Classics for Kids
- Classical music
explained in "kid friendly" terms.
(includes some games on this site, too!)
PBS - Jazz Kids
- Jazz music explained in
"kid friendly" terms.
Essentials of
Music
-
Whether you're a casual listener or a
serious music student, here's the site
for basic information about classical
music.
ClassicalWorks.com
- This site is devoted to the love and
knowledge of classical music. Look
around, you will find extensive history
pages, bios, links, resources and more.
MusicTheory.net
- this site helps you learn
almost everything there is to know about
reading music!
Naxos Classicals
-
This site
includes a glossary of music terms,
composer bios, an intro to classical
music and another to opera, a section on
film music & lots more!
WGBH
-
Information
about classical music on the radio
station and channel 2 TV.
Classical
Net -
There are some biographies here and the
site is a great source of links to other
classical music sites.
Yahoo!
has and excellent web search section for
classical music. This link takes you
right to that jumping off point.
WCRB
- lots of classical music links and
information about classical music
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Suggest a
Link!
Help me
fill in more great web sites!! Email me
with the address, name of the site and a
short description & I will add it to the
list (and give RMS band members
enrichment points!!). Email me at:
rmsbandz@cox.net.
Here's a link
suggested by
Craig F.:
Music Centers -
Band Instrument
Care Tips
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Music Writing
Software
Finale Notepad
- a FREE music
writing software
program
available to
download for all
of you budding
composers out
there.
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Spring Concert
Music Samples
A service of
J.W. Pepper &
Son, Inc.
Now you can
listen to
professional
recordings of some
of our 2008
Spring Concert
music! Just
log on to your
SmartMusic
account to
hear some, if
not all of our
concert music.
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Fun Stuff
College
Chorus singing video game theme
songs! Cool!
Amazing 12 yr. old
drummer, Tony Royster
Amazing
Percussion Ensemble playing
"Sleigh Ride"
Chris
Bliss - The Amazing Musical
Juggler
Percussion Ensemble from
Portsmouth, NH
(pictured below)
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RMS Performance
Recordings
Now you can
listen to
recordings of some
of our past
performances!
Most of the
songs require
QuickTime. If
you do not have
QuickTime you
can click on the
icon below for a
free download.
RMS
Percussion Ensemble:
Ambience
- Ray Flores
~ Drop 6 Media
Miniature Rondo
- Daniel Turk
~ Drop 6 Media
RMS Summer Band
2007:
Jazz Band:
James Bond Theme
- arr. Mike Story ~
Alfred Publishing
Sesame
Street Theme -
arr. Paul Murtha ~
Hal
Leonard Corp.
Best of Queen -
arr. John Berry ~
Hal
Leonard Corp.
Grade
6/2nd Instrument Band:
Macarena
- arr. Paul Lavender ~
Hal
Leonard Corp.
Deep in the Jungle
-
N. Farrell
~ Curnow Music Press
Dancin' on the
Bayou
-
Ralph Ford
~ Alfred Publishing Co.
Grade 7-9 Band:
Wonka's
Welcome Song
-
arr.
Lopez
~ Alfred Publishing Co. Belwin Div.
John Williams
Trilogy-
Williams/Moss ~
Hal
Leonard Corp.
Grease
(Highlights)
- arr. Paul Murtha ~
Hal Leonard Corp.
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RIMEA Jr. Band
Festival
2008:
An Australian Sea Ballad
-
arr. Robert Sheldon
~
Alfred Publishing Co.
Westridge
Overture
-
James Barnes ~
Southern Music Company
Tricycle
- Andrew Boysen, Jr. ~
FJH Music Company
RIMEA Jr. Band
Festival
2007:
Make Way for
Melody
-
Leon Metcalf/arr. Lafferty
~
Carl Fischer, LLC
Nimrod
-
Sir Edward Elgar/arr. Chris Sharp ~
FJH Music Company
Creed
- William Himes ~
Neil A Kjos Music Co.
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RIMEA Jr. Jazz
Band Festival
2007:
Blue Dinosaurs
- Dean Sorenson ~
Neil A Kjos Music Co.
Old Friends
- Les Aldrich
~ C.L. Barnhouse, Inc.
Chili Pepper 101
-
Doug Beach
& Larry Shutack
~ Kendor
Music, Inc.
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Visit our city's
award-winning
Music
Departments!
Riverside Middle
School Chorus
East Providence
High School Band
East Providence
High School
Chorus
Martin Middle
School Band
Martin Middle
School Chorus
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