Recorded Instructional Materials

Various methods of learning how to play music and learn about music by are available as audio. The NLS music collection includes recorded instructional materials, and recorded materials about music and musicians.

The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the NLS Online International Union Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.

Audio Music Instruction

Basic Vocal Technique by Nichols, Penny
Call Number: DBM 01301
Published/Created: 1986
Six lessons of instruction of pop singing, including breath control and projection of the voice. Includes six songs.
Guitar Instruction: the complete beginner series by Talking Tabs
Call Number: DBM 03441
Published/Created: 2007
Intro to the Piano for the Visually Impaired by Brown, Bill
Call Number: DBM 01719
Published/Created: 1997
Basic beginning piano instruction for the visually impaired.
Intro to the Guitar for the Visually Impaired by Brown, Bill
Call Number: DBM 01719
Published/Created: 2009
Beginner guitar instruction for the visually impaired.

Audio Music Appreciation

Bach and the High Baroque by Greenberg, Robert
Call Number: DBM 01542
Published/Created: 1995
Features the Baroque era through Bach's development as a composer.
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony by Center for Cassette Studies
Call Number: DBM 00072
Published/Created: 1971
Serge Koussevitzky leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a rehearsal of Symphony no. 9 by Beethoven.
Classic Country Music by Malone, Bill
Call Number: DBM 03645
Published/Created: 1990
Presenting a history of country music in the United States.
The Folkways Collection, Episode 10, Jazz by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Call Number: DBM 04120
Published/Created: 1999
Features information on James P. Johnson, Mary Lou Williams, Nat King Cole, Coleman Hawkins, Les Paul and others.
Great Masters, Mozart, His Life and Music by Greenberg, Robert
Call Number: DBM 02441
Published/Created: 2000
Eight lectures on the life and music of Wolfgang A. Mozart
How to Understand and Listen to Great Music by Greenberg, Rovert
Call Number: DBM 01532
Published/Created: 1996
Historical perspective of classical music from the early church to the twentieth century.

Music Materials in Braille, Large Print and Audio: A Research Guide

Recorded Instructional Materials

Audio Music Instruction

Audio Music Appreciation