In a recent article I listed several of the most popular pieces of patriotic music. This post shows you where to find audio, lyrics, and sheet music to many more.
Patriotic music for your fourth of July celebration is easy to find if you know where to go looking. There are many different places around the Internet that you can find recordings and sheet music to various pieces of traditional patriotic music, but the quality and variety of their information varies greatly from site to site. Take a look at these suggested web sites for all of your flag waving, toe tapping, patriotic needs!
The Wikipedia Songs Project- American Patriotic Music
All the information and links you could need to dozens of pieces of patriotic music from the United States. The landing page is not incredibly useful, but scroll to the bottom to see the listing of all cataloged patriotic songs in the Wikipedia database. Each of the individual song pages has a list of additional references that you can use as well.
Play a game of Name That Tune with your kids or other family members.
All the information and links you could need to dozens of pieces of patriotic music from the United States. The landing page is not incredibly useful, but scroll to the bottom to see the listing of all cataloged patriotic songs in the Wikipedia database. Each of the individual song pages has a list of additional references that you can use as well.
Kid's Pages at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Play a game of Name That Tune with your kids or other family members. Visit this NEIHS page and you will be treated with a list of audio files. Play each file in your browser, name it, and then check to see if you were correct! The songs start out pretty easy but get more difficult as you go down the page.
Free Patriotic Sheet Music At MusicEdMagic
If you are simply looking for sheet music to sing or to play on your clarinet, flute, trumpet, or any other concert band instrument, check the collection of full size printable sheet music available on this site. Current sheet music includes the Star Spangled Banner, Yankee Doodle, My Country Tis' Of Thee, and many others.
