Iowa State Open Educational Resources (OERs): Music
by Iowa State University Library
From the Iowa State University Library guide:
Free and Open-Access Music Resources
Section titled “Free and Open-Access Music Resources”Curated by the Iowa State University Library, this comprehensive guide collects Open Educational Resources (OERs) for music instruction. OERs are free-to-use, openly licensed educational materials that can be customized and distributed by teachers without copyright restrictions, reducing the financial burden of purchasing textbooks.
Key Resources
Section titled “Key Resources”- Open Music Theory Textbooks: Links to comprehensive peer-reviewed music theory resources, covering fundamentals, chromatic harmony, and post-tonal analysis.
- Open Score Databases: Directories of free, public domain score libraries, including historical choral databases, wind band resources, and orchestral score collections.
- Music History & Appreciation OERs: High-quality, open-license textbooks covering Western classical music, global music cultures, jazz history, and popular music studies.
- Interactive Ear Training Databases: Directory of open-source software, web tools, and exercises for chord recognition, sight-singing, and melodic dictation.