Posted on 6th March 2008 by Judy Breck in art | history | music
joplin, katy, missouri, music, ragtime, railroad, scott, sedalia
Here as this learn node begins are links to two of the many superb music modules on Connexions by Catherine Schmidt-Jones:
One is about Ragtime.
The other is about the great Ragtime artist Scott Joplin.
Scott Joplin and Ragtime are booming at The Scott Joplin International Ragtime Foundation, where the biography page about Scott Joplin includes the piano-player illustration shown here. Moving on through this virtual Ragtime online network, an invitation to the annual Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival (every June) takes us to Sedalia, Missouri.
On a visit to Sedalia’s Web site for a look at its music history, it is easy to get sidetracked into its rich railroad history, as this Katy engine image from the Sedalia site recalls. It seems certain Scott Joplin often passed through the now restored Katy Depot — and perhaps there was a piano in the waiting room where ragtime was played in his hey day.
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Posted on 31st December 2007 by Judy Breck in music
handel, learn, major, minor, music, operas, oratorios, practice, scales
The webpage in this learn node from Connexions offers 5 brief musical excerpts and challenges: Three are in a major key and two in a minor key. Can you tell which is which simply by listening? You can click for the solution. The image posted here is from the same page. It sets out the Three Major Scales. The page is titled Major Keys and Scales and is part of a highly-developed network of learning pages for music.
Making music as well as learning about it can be assisted from online. YourAccompanist.com offers, for example, Melodic Minor Scales which can be used as accompaniment for practicing singing scales. Musicians of every sort are to be found in many contexts and formats, and nurtured online by individuals and organizations both large and small. A fine node that is an Introduction to G.F. Handel is found on the Portland Handel Society Newbies page.
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