• Music Terms Display (primaryresources.co.uk)

• Sodcasting
  "is described by The Urban Dictionary as "The act of playing music through the speaker on a mobile phone, usually on public transport.
  Commonly practised by young people wearing polyester, branded sportswear with dubious musical taste."
  (BBC)
  
  

• Exploring Instruments - Can you name them ?
  (Primary Resources)

  

  
  

• Music Words with pictures (enchantedlearning.com)
  
  
  
  

• Music glossary (musicglossary.com)

• Music - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
  - a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
  - a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
  - a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.

• British Pop Music (learnenglish.de) :
  Banghra - BritPop - Garage - Glam Rock (aka Glitter Rock) - Goth - Grunge - Hip Hop - Indie - Madchester - Mods - Northern Soul - Punk - Rockers - Ska - Soca - Techno - UK Garage - Learning English through Pop Music - Interesting British Bands

• BRITPOP FAMILY TREE (britkid.org)
  
  
  
  

• Music Education at Datadragon - (datadragon.com)
  "Learn about different Music Genres and what happens today in music history.
  Learn and hear about different instruments."
  
  
  
• The RAP dictionary (rapdict.org)
  
  
  
• UK summer music festivals - text + vocabulary explained (BBC)
  
  

• Guitar Heroes, Before Anyone Even Heard of Video Games + TRANSCRIPT
  (voanews.com)

  

• Going to a concert - AUDIO + ACTIVITES
  "Le support d’une séquence montée avec 2 collègues pour nos GAL en 3°. Deux amies parlent d’un concert..."
  (soundguideweb.com)
  

• National Anthems of the World
  "Our website displays the most complete collection of lyrics and audio from the national anthems of all of the countries in the world."
  (nationalanthemsnow.com)
  
  See National anthems

• Les couleurs de l'orchestre - Listen to the instruments.
  (capcanal.com)

  

• Carnegie Hall: Listening Adventures (listeningadventures.org)
  "Learn about sound, music notation, text, and instruments through engaging Web-based games.
  Each listening adventure provides a visual interpretation of a piece of music using animated images, activities, and stories."
  (Education World)
  
  

• AUDIO LESSONS - about 50 Cent - Biography for example
  (englishryan.com)

• Have you ever heard Irish music ?
  - a worksheet with 15 sounds :
  sound 1 - sound 2 - sound 3 - sound 4 - sound 5 - sound 6 - sound 7 - sound 8 - sound 9 - sound 10 - sound 11 - sound 12 -
  sound 13 - sound 14 - sound 15
  sent by Estelle Piron

  

• The Circus Sound Story (BBC)

  

• Sound and Hearing (crick.northants.sch.uk)
  1) Identifying sounds 2) Sorting instrument sounds

  

• Learn about instruments (datadragon.com)
  " Learn about the different families and different types of instruments.
  Click on any instrument to hear it."

• Cartoon Conductor
  "Roll the cursor around the cartoon to animate it with images and music!"
  
  

• Peter & The Wolf Musical Themes (philtulga.com)

• Music - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
  - a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
  - a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
  - a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.

• Music (iteslj.org)

• see Downloading music

• Gangnam Style most-watched YouTube video (November 27, 2012) - a lesson plan with AUDIO
  "The video to the global smash hit song Gangnam Style has become the most-watched clip in YouTube's history.
  It has had almost 825 million views in the past five months and is moving quickly towards one billion."
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  See Videos

• Amy Winehouse Dies, Aged 27 (24th July, 2011) - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

• English Lesson Plan on World Music Day - June 21st (eslholidaylessons.com)

• Action Chant
  "Rédaction et interprétation d’un Action Chant à partir d’un document audiovisuel de Kathy Toxel "Verb Song" que les élèves découvre en compréhension orale.
  La séquence se déroule sur quatre séances...
  Niveau A1/A2 - La tâche a été élaborée pour des élèves de 5° d’un niveau faible à la fin de 2° trimestre. "
  (Ac. Toulouse)

• Création d’un Jazz Chant - Séquence élaborée pour le niveau A2
  (Ac. Toulouse)

• Susan Boyle to star in Japanese show - a lesson plan
  "Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle will appear on a popular Japanese TV show on New Year’s Eve."
  WARM-UPS :
  SUSAN BOYLE / BRILLIANT YEAR / 2010 / DREAM A DREAM / JAPAN
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  

• Rock 'n' roll.
  "Take a look at the article, word game, cartoon, stories, trivia and links."
  (British Council)
  
  

• AUDIO LESSONS - about 50 Cent - Biography for example
  (englishryan.com)

• Classical music.
  "Have a look at the article, stories, word games, cartoons, trivia and links."
  (British Council)

  

• Blues Journey (artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
  "Through informative interviews and a wealth of music clips, you'll learn the ins and outs of blues music and find out
  about the history of the blues using the loose lesson plan.
  Provides related lesson plans and website links. Flash-based resource"
  

  

• Rock+Roll - lesson plans (Music and History / Myths) - (rockhall.com)

• Hip-hop is history at American museum
  - a lesson plan with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work, discussion,
  reading and vocabulary exercises."
  (Breaking News English)

• Apple iTunes sees billionth download
  - a lesson plan with a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises.
  "An American teenager became part of history yesterday
  when he downloaded the billionth song from the Apple iTunes music store..."
  (Breaking News English)

• Music - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
  - a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
  - a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
  - a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.

• English Word Search Puzzle - Musical Styles
  "There are twenty English words for different types of music hidden in this online word search.
  Can you find them all? Click on the letters to highlight the words."
  (esolcourses.com)

• Country music. A short illustrated history
  "Start the movie , sit back and enjoy the music. Then play the game."
  Created by Renée Maufroid.

  
  
  
• Music maze - "Practise words for musical instruments with a maze."
  (British Council)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Music - interactive crossword (BBC)

• Music - Interactive Crossword (BBC)

• "The Spanish-speaking immigrants of the Caribbean brought creative new music-- and new percussion instruments--to the United States. Can you name these instruments?
  Play the game and find out!"
  (memory.loc.gov)

  

• Lyrics Training
   "is an easy and fun method to learn and improve your foreign languages skills like english through the music and lyrics of the songs."
  - with VIDEO CLIPS
  3 levels : Beginner / Intermediate / Expert - with interactive activities
  (lyricstraining.com)

  

• Do-Re-Mi (Sound of Music)
  (esl-lounge.com)
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)

• Don't download this song - Weird Al Yankovic - An animation
  - see the lyrics

  

• Put Your Records On sung by Corinne Bailey Rae :
  "Three little birds, sat on my window.
  And they told me I don't need to worry.
  Summer came like cinnamon
  So sweet,
  Little girls double-dutch on the concrete...
  The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same"
  - with the VIDEO (YouTube)

• We are in an Orchestra - a song
  - with an animation and activities to print
  Learn the instruments.
  (British Council)
  
  

• Exercices sur des chansons actuelles que l'on peut écouter (baladre.org)
  
  
  
  
  
• National anthems :
  
  
  • National Anthems - You can listen to most of them. (national-anthems.net)

   

  • United States - National Anthem (national-anthems.net) :
    Listen to vocal anthem - Listen to instrumental anthem - Lyrics

   

  • Listen to "The Star-Spangled Banner" (bands.army.mil)

   

• Music by Gigi D'Agostino :
  "Music was my first love
  and it will be my last
  music of the future
  and music of the past...
  and music of the power...
  to live without my music
  would be impossible to do
  in this world of trouble
  my music pulls me through"
  

• Let The Music Play by Barry White :
  "I've got to hide what's killin' me inside
  Let the music play
  I just want to dance the night away"

• 'Music' by Steven Seagal (lyrics on the CD : Songs from the Crystal Cave)
  "Desperation, abomination, disintegration, degradation
  Poverty, treachery...
  .. the music will set us free"

• Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan or Smokie

• The Piper Calls The Tune by UB40
  (Proverb : 'He who pays the piper calls the tune')
  (sing365.com)

Idioms and Proverbs :

• MUSICAL VOCABULARY & IDIOMS with a MATCHING EXERCISE to print
  (musicalenglishlessons.org)

• Fit As A Fiddle by Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor
  
  

• Spanish Eyes by U2 :
  "Empty heart, beat tight as a drum"
  
  

• Relax-Ay-Voo by Dean Martin :
  "You're as tight as a drum
  I was loose as a deuce
  You're as gay as a tune"

• The Piper Calls The Tune by UB40
  (Proverb : 'He who pays the piper calls the tune')
  (sing365.com)
  
  

Cartoons :

• Cartoon: 11pm Curfew Hits Stones Concert : BACKGROUND + THE CARTOON + EXPLANATION + NOTES + LINKS
  (englishblog.com)

  

• A conductor...
  
  
  
• It's illegal to download music - a cartoon (borg.com)
  
  
  
  
• I used to suffer alone (markstivers)
  
  
  
  

ADS :

• Hard Rock Cafe: Rock histories
  "The following three print advertisements were made for Hard Rock Cafe by advertising agency Y&R Argentina.
  They tell the history of Bob Marley, Eric Clapton and The Beatles."
  

Poems :

• THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN - Robert Browning (indiana.edu)
  "And even spoiled the women's chats,
  By drowning their speaking
  With shrieking and squeaking...
  `Only a scraping of shoes on the mat?
  ``Anything like the sound of a rat
  ``Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!''...
  And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered,
  You heard as if an army muttered;
  And the muttering grew to a grumbling;
  And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling;
  And out of the houses the rats came tumbling..."
  - to illustrate noises
  - with the VIDEO : Part 1 (YouTube)
  + Part 2

  

• The Cat and the Fiddle - a Nursery Rhyme (bygosh.com)

  

Stories / Jokes :

• When Beethoven passed away, he was buried in a churchyard...  - a joke (michaelclark.name)

• Voyage of the animal orchestra - a short story
  - animated
  with an activity and flashcards
  (British Council)

Videos :

• GANGNAM :
  
  

• NASA Johnson Style (Gangnam Style Parody) - (YouTube)
  The lyrics are below the video on YouTube.

 

• Gangnam Style most-watched YouTube video (November 27, 2012) - a lesson plan with AUDIO
  "The video to the global smash hit song Gangnam Style has become the most-watched clip in YouTube's history.
  It has had almost 825 million views in the past five months and is moving quickly towards one billion."
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  
  
• Anish Kapoor's Gangnam Style for Freedom
  "Sculptor Anish Kapoor has made a special Gangnam Style video in support of the artist, Ai Weiwei."
  - a video "to promote free speech...
  Kapoor’s Gangnam Style video is supported by human rights organisations including Amnesty, Liberty and the Index on Censorship..." 
  (telegraph.co.uk)
  
  
  



• «Gangnam style» de Psy, le pire du pire - avec des videos (20minutes.fr)

• Reuters Video: Stones rock packed O2 arena in London - VIDEO + TRANSCRIPT
  "The Rolling Stones kick off their 50th anniversary mini-tour, ''50 & Counting'' at the O2 Arena in London. John Russell reports."
  (englishblog.com)
  See Facts

• The First Live Music Performance In Space
  "The Launch follows the story behind the race to perform the first live music show from space....."
  (vimeo.com)

• A look at the key music stories from 2011 - a video
  "She was one of the world's most talented female singers but this year saw the death of Amy Winehouse at just 27.
  It was a record-breaking 12 months for Adele and after being hotly tipped Jessie J managed to live up to the hype.
  REM and Westlife split but there are now reunion tours from the Stone Roses and Steps to look forward to.
  Sarah Jane Griffiths takes a look back at the big music stories of 2011."
  (BBC)

• Entertainment review 2011 - a video
  "A busy year for showbiz saw Michael Jackson's doctor inprisoned over the star's death,
  Amy Winehouse pass away and sackings for Cheryl Cole and Charlie Sheen.
  Karl Riley looks back at those big stories of 2011 and more."
  (BBC)

• Lyrics Training
   "is an easy and fun method to learn and improve your foreign languages skills like english through the music and lyrics of the songs."
  - with VIDEO CLIPS
  3 levels : Beginner / Intermediate / Expert - with interactive activities
  (lyricstraining.com)

  

• "When you're strange" - A film about The Doors - Trailer
  - a film / documentary with authentic archives
  Narrator : Johnny Depp
  (YouTube)

  

• Elevator music
  "Problems arise when a conservative old man walks into the same lift as a 15-year-old girl who likes to play loud music from her mobile phone."
  (YouTube)

  

   

• WOODSTOCK :

  • Audio slideshow: Remembering Woodstock
    "In August 1969, an estimated 400,000 young people converged on a dairy
    farm in upstate New York for a music festival that would leave a legacy
    that endures today."
    (BBC)
    
    
    
  • VOA - Woodstock Remembered with Read Along Text
    Woodstock Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary.
    (manythings.org)

• Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009 (With Lyrics) (YouTube)
  Lire le script de l'interview proposé par un collègue.

  

   

• Verdi - Traviata - Choeur Bohémiens
  (dailymotion.com)

  

• Downloading music - animation
  Sous-titres en français
  (framasoft.net)

  

• Virgin Digital "Exercise your music muscle"
  (YouTube)
  See Games to print

  

• Arctic Winter Games: Olympics of the North - a VIDEO with the transcript (with throat singers)
  - with activities : before you listen / while you listen / after you listen
  (CBC Ottawa)