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Here you will find an alphabetical list of the websites and apps that support listening in teaching and learning music. There is a short review summary for each tool, as well as a link direct to the website itself.

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Really useful simple resource for playing examples of each instrument, with icons and colours to separate families of the orchestra, clefs and correct names. Samples of playing are taken from various public domain sources that you can use yourself outside the site.

Classical 100 is a great web based resource for playing well known classical music performances. The one hundred pieces can be filtered by musical period, genre, composer, and instrumentation, and each has a summary of the piece and composer to accompany the recording. Over time the website has increased in lesson content for educators.

ETM Video: Classical 100 Website Review – YouTube

Theta contains a great range of original ear training games and activities for students to practice developing a more refined ear or for educators to as use whole class challenges. The first levels in each game are free, and later levels can be purchased if needed. Games cover chords, intervals, notation, rhythm as well as other contexts.
YouTube is a phenomenal resource for music teachers. Within the vast library of user created content videos there are many tutorial videos, guides, play alongs for different instruments at all ability levels, explainers, and tips by professional musicians, teachers and both! YouTube is one of the largest search engines in the world, and so using it to support your teaching opens a whole world of useful content.
YouTube is a phenomenal resource for music teachers. Within the vast library of user created content videos there are many tutorial videos, guides, play alongs for different instruments at all ability levels, explainers, and tips by professional musicians, teachers and both! YouTube is one of the largest search engines in the world, and so using it to support your teaching opens a whole world of useful content.