Open Textbook Examples

Music Appreciation
Full Text: https://courses.candelalearning.com/musicapp1xmaster/
Full Text: https://cnx.org/contents/fCelrsUo@1.1:fWmMtOTx@8/Rhythm

Music Appreciation (Music Appreciation 1)
Full text: https://courses.candelalearning.com/musicappreciationxmaster/

Music Appreciation (Georgia Gwinnett College)
Full Text: https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/arts-textbooks/4/

Understanding Music: Past and Present
Full Text: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=407 Full Text: https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/arts-textbooks/1/

Open Music Theory
Full text: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/open-music-theory/view

Understanding Basic Music Theory
Full Text: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=257 or
Full Text: https://cnx.org/contents/KtdLe6cv@3.74:_GmJ4ENa@7/Understanding-Basic-Music-Theo

Music Theory
Full Text: https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/music-theory/

Music: Its Language, History, and Culture
Full Text: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=446

Music 101
Full Text: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-musicapp-medieval-modern/

American Popular Music
Full Text: https://publications.america.gov/publication/american-popular-music/

A Quick and Dirty Guide to Art, Music, and Culture
Full Text: https://osu.pb.unizin.org/artandmusicbiographies/

Other OER Resources

Minuet Free Music Online Software by KDE
https://minuet.kde.org/

Learn Basics of Music Theory
https://learningmusic.ableton.com/index.html

Hearing Harmony: What is Harmony?
https://cnx.org/contents/QILbGRy4@3/Hearing-Harmony-What-is-Harmon

Additional Music OER Textbooks and Resources
https://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/textbook-listings/textbooks-by-subject/finearts

Minuet – Grow Your Music Knowledge
https://minuet.kde.org/

 

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