Sunday, September 29, 2013

YouTube Audio Library

There has been some good news  from YouTube this week.They have just launched a new service called YouTube Audio Library. It allows  people to download copyright free music. Although there are no lyrics, there is a huge range of music to choose from and it will be a great platform for us to use with our students to access free music downloads. The ISC will set up its own  account and students will be able to access it from the relevant  places on the portal and on Libguides.Until that is set up, here is a link  to my account YouTube Audio Library  if you would like to check it out.
All the music embedded in the library can be browsed through the following criteria:

1- Featured
This part contains the most popular hits that people have downloaded

2- Genre
You can use this to specify the music genre you are looking for .Some of the genres used here include: classical music, Jazz and Blues, Reggae, Country and Folk, Rock, Pop and a couple more.

3-Mood
Choose music that suits best the following moods: angry, ambient, happy, romantic, sad, calm, inspirational, dramatic, dark, funky, and bright.

4- instrument
You can also choose your music according to the instrument being used in it like : Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Strings, Synth, Trumpet.

5- Duration
You can look for music clips according to their time duration ranging from 1 minute to 25 minutes.

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