Updated 19 Sep 2020
Musical Texture
Musical Texture quiz playlist
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Coldplay - Clocks
Down by the Salley Gardens
'The Elephant' from The Carnival of the Animals
Musical Instrument audio examples
Musical Instrument Quiz
Rock Around the Clock video
Rock Around the Clock lyrics
History of Rock 'n' Roll
Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes
Blue Suede Shoes lyrics
Double Bass
Heart and Soul
Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
Greased Lightning
Those Magic Changes
Rock 'n' Roll is Here to Stay
We Go Together
Love Me Do
Eleanor Rigby
Can't Buy Me Love
Let it Be
Pachelbel Canon (hip hop)
Pachelbel Canon
Pachelbel Canon (6 track)
Scarlatti's Sonata
Bach's Toccata and Fugue
Handel's Messiah - Pastoral Symphony
Handel's Messiah - There were shepherds
Handel's Messiah - Rejoice greatly
Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Spring
Wimmoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
Brekete music from Ghana
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Drummers of Burundi
Traditional African Music Instruments
Mbira
Kora
Balafon
Shekere
Talking Drum
Layered percussion piece
The Children of Africa (lyrics)
Siyahamba (lyrics)
Mo Bero Agba
Hluphekile
Mosese 2000
Sosisa
Three film clips - first playing
Three film clips - second playing
Film Music genres - 10 excerpts
Movies and Music in the Park [genres]
Joplin: Rag Time Dance
Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto (2nd movt.)
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarasthustra
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
James Bond theme
James Bond sheet music
James Bond Goldfinger clip
James Bond Goldfinger clip (2nd half only)
Yellow Bird
Yellow Bird lyrics
Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
Three Little Birds - lyrics
Come Back Liza
Is This Love?
Hot, Hot, Hot
Que le ponga Salsa
Pio Leiva
Anoushka Shankar plays 'Pancham Se Gara'
Raga No. 1
Raga No. 2
Raga No. 3
Raga No. 4
Raga No. 5
Anoushka Shankar - Bhairavi
Taal Kererva - Improvisation on Tabla
Tin tal
Ek tal
Kehrva tal
Jhap tal
Rupak tal
Dadra tal
Dhamar tal
Bhangra Paundi
Ravi Shankar - Raga Rageshri: Pt. 1 (Alap)
Ravi Shankar - Raga Rageshri: Pt. 2 (Jor)
Ravi Shankar - Raga Rageshri: Pt. 3 (Gat)
Schubert's song 'The Trout'
Gluck's aria 'What is Life'
Haydn's 'Emperor' Quartet - Theme and Variations
Mozart's Minuet, K.2
Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet, movt. IV
‘Thinking Blues’ by Bessie Smith
‘Pineapple Rag’ by Scott Joplin
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s ‘Dippermouth Blues’
Glenn Miller’s ‘In the Mood’
Bebop – Charlie Parker – ‘Anthropology’
Latin Jazz - Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto and Stan Getz – ‘The Girl from Ipanema’
Cool Jazz – Miles Davis – ‘Moon Dreams’
Rock Fusion – Billy Taylor Trio – ‘I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free’
‘When the Saints Go Marching In’ by Louis Armstrong
16th c. Renaissance – Susato’s Pavane ‘La Bataille’
17th c. Baroque – Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gigue
18th c. Classical – Haydn’s London Symphony: Minuet
19th c. Romantic – Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcracker
20th c. Modern (Disco) – Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive
21st c. Contemporary (Dubstep) - Stepcat’s ‘The Jitterbug EP’
Bee Gees’ ‘Staying Alive’
Rose Royce’s ‘Car Wash’
Balinese Gamelan
Lancaran Bintang
Ima Ima
John Adams - A Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach
Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint
Traditional Scottish folk melody ‘The Flowers o’ the Forest’
‘Silver-fingered fling’ (from The Piano) by Michael Nyman
Steve Reich ‘Drumming’ - Portland Percussion Group
Steve Reich - Clapping Music
Terry Riley’s ‘in C’
Samba Spectacle at Rio's Carnival
Empress of Carnival ("Demo of Drumming Instruments")
Carlos Gardel’s ‘Por Una Cabeza’
‘La Cumparsita’ by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
‘Tango Argentino’ by Matyas Sieber
Scene from Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky
Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner (orchestral version)
The Beautiful Blue Danube by Johann Strauss Jr
1812 Overture (finale) by Tchaikovsky
Lyrics for ‘Oom-pah-pah’
The ‘Minute’ waltz by Chopin
‘Un bal’ from Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz
‘Brindisi’ from La Traviata
Smetana's Vltava
Original hymn ‘O Happy Day’
Gospel song ‘O Happy Day’
Sheet music for ‘O Happy Day’
Kathy Taylor- "Oh How Precious," Mt Zion Nashville
Ruth Brown – Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean (1953)
Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle & Roll (1954)
Bill Haley and the Comets - Shake, Rattle & Roll (1954)
Scene from 'The Color Purple'
½ hour edited version of BBC’s ‘Soul Deep – Episode 1’
Otis Redding's 'Respect'
Aretha Franklin's 'Respect'
Lyrics for Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’
Ben E. King singing ‘Stand By Me’