Music Ancestry

Many musicians use their “musical family tree” as an important source of information and pride in their history. Unfortunately there are very few resources and literature available in this field. While there are various avenues to explore and research, it is a time-consuming obstacle with little information compiled in one place that is specifically relevant to the hierarchy and pedagogy. Often the fruit of these extensive efforts come up with little to no information without direct consultation with the individual teachers and students involved, which can be complicated and time consuming. With MusicAncestry as a resource, musicians could save time and have instant access to a wealth of knowledge not readily available and easy to access in such a succinct manner. MusicAncestry.com is a crowdsourced website in which the data is provided by and collaboratively verified for authenticity by the page administrators and users. It is designed to make collecting information effortless where users from across the world can contribute information using trustworthy sources and firsthand verification. The organization MusicAncestry itself is only focused on the handling the website, the servers, and administration, while the main content is contributed by the users as volunteers. This resource would be written by musicians for musicians. MusicAncestry.com strives to fulfill its vision to create a knowledge database of music pedagogical lineage available to the entire online music community for free. This aligns with our values to support free knowledge, create connections, and provide direct support to music communities. We plan to serve musicians of all ages, skill level, and profession, as well as anyone who may be interested in the history of musician pedagogy, theory, and historical line of teachers