Technology in music education

Technology in Music Education

Music Literacy

– reading standard music notation

Learning music through notation-based theory may be discouraging

Desktop Music Production Software

Making Music

Composer Morton Subotnick

The MAKING MUSIC programs were designed as a self-informing application, that is, to enable children to begin to create music without assistance from anyone else.http://creatingmusic.com/

http://www.creatingmusic.com/

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

(MIDI)

A standard protocol for the interchange of musical information between musical instruments, synthesizers and computers.

MIDI encodes keyboard functions, which includes the start of a note, its pitch, length, volume and musical attributes.

Technology Integration Strategies for Music

Support for Music Composition and Production

Support for PerformanceSupport for Self-paced Learning and

PracticeSupport for Teaching Music HistorySupport for Interdisciplinary Strategies

Music Composition and Production

Sequencersfacilitates music making in the aural domain

Notationfacilitates music in the visual domain


sequencers and notation software allow students to compose music in both:Traditional wayNontraditional way


Apple Garagebandhttp://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/Basic Lessons in GarageBand – piano and

guitar. Nine interactive video lessons – teaching the

fundamentalsFinger placement and basic chords on

animated onscreen instruments.

http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/


Apple GaragebandUSB music keyboard or onscreen keyboardUSB electric guitardisplay notes on a piano roll or as notation,

complete with notes, rests, and other musical events.

sing, play, loop, record, mix, and music arrangement

Garageband

How To Mix and Play Beats


Apple/Emagic Logichttp://apple.com/logic/

http://apple.com/logic/

Music Composition and

Production

Reason (Propellerhead) Softwarehttp://www.propellerhe

ads.se/

http://www.propellerheads.se/

http://www.propellerheads.se/


Mixcraft 5http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/Loops and sound effectsVirtual instruments and effectsVideo scoring and editing





Performance

Notation software expedites all the tasks related to ensuring that each student has something to play

Support sectional or individual parts

Performance

MidiNotatehttp://www.notation.com/Notation ComposerNotation MusicianNotation PlayerVideo –

http://www.notation.com/DownloadComposerTrial.php

Performance

Sibeliushttp://www.sibelius.com/home/

index_flash.htmlNotation softwareCreate and edit music sheet – input notes by

using a keyboard or mouseMusic arrangementPlay along

Sample Videos of How To Use Sibelius

Playing an instrument with the notation software

PerformanceFinale and Print Music

Softwarehttp://www.finalemusic.com/





Self-Paced Learning and Practice

Practica Musicahttp://www.ars-nova.com/aboutpm5/

index.htmla complete music theory and ear training

package on a hybrid CD-ROM for both Windows and Maccomputers

Skill Levels (beginner to advance)





Teaching Music History

Internetelectronic booksJournalsaudio and MIDI filesvideo clipsetc

Classic Motown Timelinehttp://www.classic.motown.com/timeline/





Interdisciplinary Strategies

The Music Educators National Conferencehttp://www.menc.org

Technology Institute for Music Educatorshttp://www.ti-me.org/index.html

Sibelius Education Suitehttp://sibelius.com/education/

Interdisciplinary Strategies

Free sheet Music in PDF formathttp://www.free-scores.com/cd-sheet/

piano.php

The Media Machine-Making Music with the Macintosheshttp://www.mashine.com/

Mixcraft 5

Hands on activity

Documents

Technology in music education