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The following resources and more are part of Total Access, included with every new copy of What’s That Sound?, Sixth Edition, or available for purchase standalone.

InQuizitive

InQuizitive offers students low-stakes opportunities to master chapter content. Through a variety of question types, answer-specific feedback, and game-like elements such as the ability to wager points, students are motivated to keep working until they’ve fully comprehended the material from the chapter.

Questions guide students through the historical contexts and musical influences they are reading about.

Norton Ebooks

With Norton Ebooks, students are able to have an interactive reading experience and can take notes, bookmark, search, highlight, and even read offline. As an instructor, you can even add your own notes or links for students to see as they read the text.

Embedded streaming recordings make listening while reading easy.

“Listen For” Author Videos

Many Listening Guides are accompanied by short “Listen For” videos featuring the authors noting the important elements in the song and what students should try to hear when they listen to the song.

Questions guide students through the historical contexts and musical influences they are reading about.

  • Short Rock Themes author videos help students understand larger trends and themes in rock history.
  • Supplemental Listening Guides offer students more songs to study beyond those included in the textbook.

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