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Technology in Music Education

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Last update: August 6, 2004


Basic Skills in Music Technology: Instructional Software, Communications, and Digital Media
MUS 657H, Summer 2004
Department of Music
School of Visual and Performing Arts
C.W. Post Campus/Long Island University
Brookville, NY USA
John Meschi, Instructor

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Multimedia on the Web
Multimedia on the Web


The National Standards:

  1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
  2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
  3. Improvising melodies, harmonies, and accompaniments
  4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
  5. Reading and notating music
  6. Listening to, analyzing and describing music
  7. Evaluating music and music performances
  8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
  9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture

Five types of music software:

  1. Drill and Practice
  2. Tutorial
  3. Games
  4. Composing/Printing
  5. Testing

From Tips: Technology for Music Educators. Compiled by Charles G. Brody. MENC, Reston, VA; 1990