Grove Dictionary of Music and Composers  A PA Power Library Resource.

Opera Terms glossary from the Memphis Opera.

Naxos.com biographical dictionary of classical music composers.

Practice Spot:   dictionary of musical terms.

Unofficial RAP Dictionary guide to RAP artists and to the slang used in RAP lyrics.

Astra Web and Lyrics World offer searches for lyrics on the Internet.

8 Notes.com offers free sheet music and midi files for beginning instrumentalists. Most of the works are classical compositions from the public domain.

Folksong Archives Cantaria is an online database for locating folksongs.

Lyrics.com online directory for lyrics searches by the artist's name.

Mutopia Project In an effort similar to Project Gutenberg, the Mutopia Project has assembled a sheet music library of works in the public domain that users may access freely.

Piano World has an excellent list of links for free classical sheet music. The site also offers search tools to find piano retailers, repair and tuning services, and bulletin boards for people wishing to buy or sell a used piano.

Practicespot has music crosswords, downloads for sheet music, online music lessons, downloads for tabulature, fingering patterns, and manuscript papers and other assorted tools for music teachers and students.

Real Lyrics.com allows searches for lyrics of recent popular songs by the artist's name, the song title or the album title.

Sheet Music Archive offers a large selection of scores for clasical works in the public domain. Users are limited to 2 download files a day.

Sheet Music Digital has a large library of free popular and classical works for various instruments (mostly piano and classical guitar). These files require Sibelius SCorch software, which is a free plug-in.

MIDI FILES

Beginning Music Theory presents rudiments of reading musical notation.

Essentials of Music -- An encyclopedia of music designed for students in secondary schools. Files in the audio library require the Real Player for listening. Use the link for the Real Player download (Windows).

Garden of Praise is a site that ofers free lessons for learning to play a keyboard.

Great Performances from PBS -- Supplemental activities require the latest Flash Player (Windows) and the videos require Real Player (Windows).

Guitar Chord Dictionary lets you search for guitar chords by names or by fingering patterns.

Ricci Adams Music Theory Net offers a free tutorial for music theory.

Theory.com offers free lessons for guitar and bass.

300 Years of People and Pianos    -- This site, created as a classroom supplement for the 2001 PBS documentary for the Smithsonian exhibit on the history of the piano, has lesson plans and activities recommended by the National Association of Music Educators.

Browser Plug-ins for Music Files

Real Player   The premier music and video player for Windows 98, 2000 and XP.

Rhapsody The Internet's #1 provider of digital music offers a free 7 day trial.

Sibelius Scorch   Scorch is the free software which lets you view, play, customize and print Sibelius scores on the Internet.