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Music makes the world go 'round and the Net reflects this. From rhythm and blues to classical and alternative music, the Internet has sites to fit almost anyone's taste in music.

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The Grammy Awards are presented every year. How did this award get its name and in what year were the first Grammys awarded? List the winner (or nominees) for this or last year's Best Song, Best Rhythm and Blues Song, and a winner (or nominee) from a category of your choice.

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music
awards
Grammy

Suggested site: The Recording Academy

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What type of music do you like: classical, country, alternative, rock and roll, hip-hop, flamenco, funk? Visit a music site to find out more about your favorite musician or group. Give a brief history of the musician (or group), the type of music played or composed, and a title of a piece this musician (or group) has performed or composed. If available, listen to one of their recordings and include a one sentence review of the song.

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music
genres
entertainment
[type, such as classical, country]
artist
composer
performer
[name of artist]

Suggested site: Sony Music: Artists

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Musicians routinely cruise the Internet, contributing everything from original music to lyrics (and chords) for popular songs. Explore some of these music sites. Include the words to the first verse of Paul Simon's classic song "Graceland" or the words to one of your favorite songs.

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music
lyrics
[name of musician]
[name of song]

Suggested site: International Lyrics Server

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Keeping up with the top hits in a musical category can be fun. MTV, for example, is now on both tubes. The MTV site includes MTV news, VJ profiles, the Top 20 music videos, and much more. Make a list of the Top Five music videos for this week. Look for this same type of information in other musical genres.

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music
[music category]
Top Ten
top videos

Suggested site: MTV

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The Internet is alive with music. Learn about the highly compressed CD-quality music available in MP3 format. Locate a site that offers MP3 format music, then download and/or listen to a song. Identify the song and compare the quality of what you heard to what you might hear if the song was played from a CD. Why has MP3-format music become so popular?

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music
MP3

Suggested site: MP3.com

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