This semester, audio examples are available online through the WMU Music & Dance Library website.

To connect to this audio website site, you need to know your WMU Bronco NetID Username and Password (the same ones that you use to access your WMU e-mail). If you do not know this information, or if you have trouble logging on or following the instructions below, contact the WMU Computer Help Desk at online at http://www.wmich.edu/oit/helpdesk/index.html or call (269) 387-4357.

The "Classical Music Online" service that WMU changed its interface a bit in Nov 2009, so you will need to do the following exactly as stated below:

1. Go to http://clmu.alexanderstreet.com.libproxy.library.wmich.edu/Playlists/115523

2. When you see the log in screen, type in your WMU Bronco NetID Username and password, and then click the "connect" button.

If you cannot log on, please contact the WMU Computer Help Desk http://www.wmich.edu/oit/helpdesk/index.html or call (269) 387-4357

3. The main window for "Music 1500 (Jacobson)" should appear on your screen. All the Music 1500 playlists you need are available to you from there.

Using the playlists:

-There are pre-set playlists for Chapters 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the textbook (there are no listening examples for Chapter 2: NonWestern or Chapter 9: Modern Popular Music).

-Click on a playlist's title to see its contents (titles are blue hotlinks)

-Within a playlist, click on the title of the example you want to hear (titles are blue hotlinks)

-The name of the example you chose is listed near the top of its page; to hear the example, press the Play (>) button. (There may be many additional "related tracks" showing at the bottom of the window, but you do not need to listen to those (they are additional options that are provided automatically by the new "Classical Music Library" interface.