Online Music Resources

Beginner Video Lessons

Free, short videos from Mr. Smith's YouTube channel (Alan Smith, a band teacher). Each playlist starts at the very beginning: putting the instrument together, holding it, making the first sounds and playing the first five notes, then a few easy songs. Pick your instrument to open its playlist, and come back any time you need a refresher.

• Flute
• Oboe
• Clarinet
• Saxophone (Alto)
• French Horn
• Trumpet
• Trombone
• Baritone
• Percussion
• Drum Stick Technique: CAMI LOOPS YouTube Video

Ear Training

• Solati™: a listening game, free in any web browser. Tap the colored bars to hear the notes, do through ti (with optional high do). Then listen to the pattern the computer plays and tap it back in the same order. A wrong note costs a life, and you get five. See how long a pattern you can remember! No download or account needed.

Note Reading

Note Identification from musictheory.net. A note appears on the staff and you click its letter name. Pick your instrument; each link opens the exercise already set up for that instrument's clef and note range.

• Flute and Oboe
  • Flute and Oboe no helpers
• Clarinet
  • Clarinet no helpers
• Saxophone
  • Saxophone no helpers
• French Horn
  • French Horn no helpers
• Trumpet
  • Trumpet no helpers
• Trombone and Baritone
  • Trombone and Baritone no helpers

Tuners and Metronomes

• My Pick Combo Tuner and Metronome: TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome ("TE Tuner") for iPhone and iPad or Android, plus Windows/Mac. Not free, but inexpensive, and it combines a tuner and a metronome in one app.
• Free Tuner: Tunable Free Online Tuner, free in any web browser. Press Start Tuning, allow the microphone, and pick your instrument from the list; no download or account needed.
• Free Metronome: imusic-school Online Metronome, free in any web browser. Set the tempo with the slider or tap it in; no download or account needed.

Links go to outside websites, which can change or remove their pages at any time. Free sites may show ads.