Discovering Music 2e Student Resources

All new print and electronic versions of Discovering Music come with access to a full suite of engaging digital learning tools that work with the text to bring content to life and build critical listening skills.

Digital access to Discovering Music includes the following resources:

• An enhanced eBook integrates Larry Todd’s engaging narrative with a rich assortment of audio and video resources. Along with the below resources, the eBook includes:
  • Animated notations with real piano recordings bring the sheet music to life in the Listening Maps and throughout the text
  • Check Your Knowledge questions tied to each learning objective allow you to enter your own responses and then see suggested answers.
  • Further reading on key musicians and their work bring the past to life with additional listening maps and primary sources.
• Streaming audio provides students with access to high quality recordings of all 78 key pieces discussed in the text
• Digital Listening Maps animate the First Listen segment of the 78 in-text Listening Maps, making it easier for students to follow along with the music
• A collection of 56 engaging videos provides hours of rich multimedia content (and most with assessment):
  • New custom videos include Why to Study Music, Elements of Music, and Western Classical Music across Time.
  • Twenty-three author videos feature R. Larry Todd explaining and demonstrating key concepts
  • Fifteen instrument videos created specifically for Oxford University Press and hosted by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra introduce students to instruments of the orchestra while offering reflections on the importance of classical music from a diverse group of practicing musicians
  • Nine early instrument demonstrations from the Peabody Conservatory give students insight into instruments they are unlikely to have encountered in contemporary music
  • Seven non-Western music demonstrations and performances enrich the text’s new Global Connections features
  • Four opera performance videos give students the opportunity to experience both the visual and audio aspects of this art form. 
• Interactive timelines for Parts II through VII allow for further exploration of the music and historical context outside of the textual narrative. From the timeline, jump right into the rich content that interests you.
• Quizzes test students’ knowledge of each of the text’s 47 chapters. Quizzes average eight to ten questions in length and often include at least one listening question related to a brief audio clip.
• New assignable "Listening Log" essay activities in each part ask students to find and explore additional musical examples related to material discussed in the part