Technology in Music Education. MUS 17F, Spring 2004

Classwork and Assignments

Computer and Internet Terminology

Music Technology Terminology +

Technology in Music Education

Technology Strategies for Music Education (from TI:ME)
Opportunity-to-Learn Standards for Music Technology (from MENC)
National Standards for Music Education
The School Music Program: A New Vision (a more detailed listing of the standards)
Some Examples of Music Technology on the Web

Notation Software

Finale and Sibelius (two popular music notation applications)
Music Notation Software (a long list of other notation programs)
Finale NotePad (free version of Finale you can install on your computer)
Notation Software: The Ultimate Tool for the Music Teacher

Electronic Keyboards and Synthesizers

The Triton (first three links are PDF files. Require free Acrobat Reader)

MIDI and Desktop Music

Desktop Music Handbook
What is MIDI
Making Music with MIDI
Exploring MIDI (especially Connecting MIDI Studios in MIDI Connections)
Cakewalk Track View Screenshot
Recording in Cakewalk
Nine Suggestions for Improving Sequences
MIDI Sequencing and the National Standards

TI:ME (Technology Institute for Music Educators)

Free Software (to install on your computer)

ACID XPress (free version of ACID. PC only)
Finale NotePad (free version of Finale. PC and MAC)
Logic Fun (free sequencer. PC and MAC)

Miscellaneous

Choosing a Composition Program (PDF file. Requires free Acrobat Reader)
Sources for MIDI files
Free Sheet Music
ACIDPlanet (listen to what others are doing with the ACID)
Use this search to find free Acid loops to download

Last update: March 23, 2004

The Sidebar

March 23, 2004

Scenario: you're a music teacher and you're asked to produce a musical revue in your school. (or maybe you want to produce a CD featuring one of your singing groups.)

Here are some MP3 examples of electronic accompaniments you could create using synthesizers, Cakewalk/Sonar and/or Finale

February 26, 2004

Some terms you've (hopefully) read about and you (definitely) should know: MIDI, General MIDI, Sequencer, Synthesizer

Here are the sound and graphics files used in the demonstration on how to make your MIDI sequences sound more realistic:

Sounds

No breath, constant tempo
(Hmm, 37 sec. on one breath)

No breath with fermatas
(45 sec. Circular breathing?)

Breath/Phrasing added
(More musical? Realistic?)

And for a more realistic sound, Breath, fermatas, with reverb

Graphics

Piano Roll View for first two excerpts (No breath/phrasing)

Piano Roll View for last two excerpts (Breaths/Phrasing added)

(By the way, you've probably noticed that the trumpet sample used in these examples has a "warbly" vibrato. Does this vibrato make the sound more or less realistic to your ears?)

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Technology in Music Education
MUS 17, Spring 2004
Department of Music
C.W. Post Campus
Long Island University
Brookville, NY USA
John Meschi, Instructor

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