Music
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| | This is the Boy Scout Music Merit Badge. Cub Scouts & Webelos Scouts can earn the Cub Scout Music Belt Loop & Pin |
| Music Merit Badge | ||||
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| Field of study: | Arts and Crafts | |||
| Status: | Elective | BSA Advancement ID: | 077 | |
| Created: | 1911 | Requirements Revision: | 2004 | |
| Discontinued: | N/A | Pamphlet Revision: | 2008 | |
Contents |
Music Requirements | |||
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Please make a note of any errors in the requirements on this article's Talk Page | |||
Notes
| | A Free Workbook is Available! with the maps, charts, links, and checklists you need! | Merit Badge & Rank Workbooks Webelos Activity & Rank Workbooks Cub Scout Belt Loop Workbooks |
- Per the BSA: "You should read the merit badge pamphlet on the subject." Pamphlets (books) are at local Scout Shops and online at ScoutStuff.org.
- "Get a signed Merit Badge application from your Scoutmaster." An online, printable Word doc file version is available.
Requirement resources
1. Music Symbols - Key Signatures - Musical Terms
- Lessons Videos: Singing - How to Play Music - Guitar - Piano - Piano Chords - Major & Minor Scales
2. The five general groups of musical instruments - Yahoo Answers - Answers.com - Wikipedia - Classifying Musical Instruments
- How tones are generated - How Instruments Make Sound: Vibration (Drum) - Wikipedia: Vibrating String - Animated String
3. Types of music: The Big Bands Database - The Blues Foundation
Classical Music Archives - Country Music Assn
- Int. Bluegrass Music Assn - Red Hot Jazz Archive - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Smithsonian
- Links to Composers - Links to Songwriters
- History of American music
4b. Music Theory: Help for Composing
4c. Make a traditional instrument - another site
Related awards
Art Awards Links - (Music is an applied art)
- Boy Scout Merit Badges: Art - Basketry - Bugling - Cinematography - Cooking - Graphic Arts - Indian Lore - Leatherwork
- Metalwork - Model Design and Building - Music - Photography - Pottery - Sculpture - Theater- Wood Carving - Woodwork
- Cub Scout Belt Loops & Pins: Art - Music Webelos Activity Badge: Artist - Craftsman - Showman
- Venturering: Arts and Hobbies Bronze Award - Outdoor Living History
History
The Musician Badge was one of the Original Merit Badges from the 1910 BSA Handbook. It was relabeled as the Music Merit Badge.
See also
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- An Introduction to Merit Badges - how to get started, who chooses the counselor, etc.
- Merit Badge Worksheets & Requirements - with the revision dates, diagrams, charts, checklists, logs, and links you need.
- Merit Badge Application - offers online resources to let you print "Blue Cards," etc.
- Merit Badge FAQ - answers dozens of questions like: Who can be a counselor? Can requirements be added or removed?
- Merit Badges Requiring Prior Approval - Certain requirements need prior approval. Most do not. Here is the list.
- Also see: Most Popular Merit Badges - Merit Badge Policies - Eagle-Required Merit Badges - Merit Badge Days

