Students will compose music throughout the course of this class. They will create music both in small groups and individually. Here are some programs that foster musical composition through technology.
Incredibox
Incredibox is a fun and engaging cloud app that is very easy to use. In this program, students will learn how to add and subtract musical samples. Musical samples are ostinatos - short repeated patterns - that can be combined easily with other musical samples and looped to create original musical ideas.
This program allows students to create their own "boy band." Simply click and drag the musical samples onto the guys in the program and see what cool sounds we can make with the human instrument!
To access the website and use Incredibox, please click HERE.
This program allows students to create their own "boy band." Simply click and drag the musical samples onto the guys in the program and see what cool sounds we can make with the human instrument!
To access the website and use Incredibox, please click HERE.
Sound Trap
Sound Trap is a great program to create and produce your own music! This is a free cloud app that has a slight learning curve, but has many capabilities. Students can use provided musical samples or record their own music into the program. That material can be adjusted to mix your own recordings! You can download and share your musical creations with ease - you'll love this program!
To access the website and use Sound Trap, please click HERE.
To access the website and use Sound Trap, please click HERE.
Noteflight
Students are learning how to read and write using standard musical notation in this class. This can be done by hand as well as by using computer programs. There are many software programs available. Noteflight is a free musical notation cloud app that is very easy to use.
With this program, students can write their musical ideas down and play them back, change instrument timbres, share their musical notations with others or even embed their scores on websites.
To access the website and use Noteflight, please click HERE.
With this program, students can write their musical ideas down and play them back, change instrument timbres, share their musical notations with others or even embed their scores on websites.
To access the website and use Noteflight, please click HERE.
MuseScore
Students are learning how to read and write using standard musical notation in this class. This can be done by hand as well as by using computer programs. There are many software programs available. MuseScore is a free musical notation downloadable app that is very easy to use.
With this program, students can write their musical ideas down and play them back, change instrument timbres, share their musical notations with others or even embed their scores on websites.
To access the website and use MuseScore, please click HERE.
With this program, students can write their musical ideas down and play them back, change instrument timbres, share their musical notations with others or even embed their scores on websites.
To access the website and use MuseScore, please click HERE.
Finale
There are many software programs that offer much more control over what you want the musical notation to look like. Two of the more often used are Finale and Sibelius. Finale offers a free version of their program called Finale NotePad, which can be downloaded from their website.
To access the website to download Finale NotePad or learn more about Finale, please click HERE.
To access the website to download Finale NotePad or learn more about Finale, please click HERE.
