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Emerging Technologies For Teaching Music
Deborah Barber, ATU
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Advantages of Scorch over simple playback
•Anybody can use it with any computer. Free Scorch plug-in allows use without owning Sibelius.
•Flexibility of Tempo •Flexibility of Transposition or Key •Exercises and patterns can be posted on a web page and downloaded, or e-mailed to students. •Anything you can create in Sibelius can be turned into a Scorch file.
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Improvisation
•Create an accompaniment for any set of changes in Sibelius and export it as Scorch.
•Students can download the file and play the lead or improvise over changes. •Change to a slower speed for fast bop charts until they can keep up. •Students can transpose the file into any key.
•Example: “ Billie ’ s Bounce ” http://lfa.atu.edu/music/howe/bbchanges.htm
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How do you create Scorch files?
They are actually two files .htm and .sib
Create new Sibelius file
Export > Scorch Web Page Save to a folder. Choose to enable Print or Save (?) You can also have the students create warm-ups or chorales for their sections.
Woodshedding Difficult Ensemble Passages
•Difficult ensemble passages can be put in Sibelius and saved as a Scorch file. •Students can play along gradually increasing the speed.
•Rhythmic and pitch accuracy can be improved. •Example: mm 88-114 from Gordon Goodwin ’ s
“ A Few Good Men ”
file http://lfa.atu.edu/music/howe/fewgoodmenwoodshed.htm
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Search for video Store favorites Use as online storage Problems: Distracting pages (no control) Sift through many similar, but not equal Files come and go Pros: Audio + Visual http://lfa.atu.edu/music/barber/intro/Romanticism.htm
PODCASTING
Podcasting combines the terms
iPod
and
broadcasting
to describe a new kind of access to files for your computer and MP3 player. Other terms = vcast, vodcast, vidcast You actually download the file and it resides on your computer.
A blog is mostly text, but similar in rss.
Podcast FAQ http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcastsfaq.html
PODCASTING
How can you keep current? 1. Subscribers
get most recent files automatically (iTunes, etc.) 2.Sign up for
notification 3.
Bookmark
bar (browser) 4.
Newsreader
of RSS feeds (GoogleReader) RSS = Rich Site Summary
or
Really Simple Syndication Quicker page load, text & links of podcast homepages.
PODCASTING
To access/utilize podcasts you need:
Computer
An internet connection
Browser (IE, Firefox, Safari)
Speakers or headphones
Optional: iPod or MP3 player
Optional: a podcatcher
PODCASTING
http://www.gardnermuseum.org/music/podcast/theconcert.asp
podcatcher = aggregator
PODCASTING
Advantages of podcasting: 1. Interested folks get automatic notification of new episodes.
2.Anytime access to audio or video files on the student ’s computer or ipod 3.Does not clog the inbox 4.Motivating for students -
LOOK AT ME!
5.Storage on another server h
PODCASTING
What Do You Need? What we use: QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture.
Computer (PC or Mac) & Internet USB Microphone $40
http://www.macmice.com
PodOmatic website - free www.podomatic.com
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OPTIONAL: QuickTime Pro - $30 www.apple.com
miniDV VideoCam Mine is a JVC cheapie Audacity free - crossplatform - sound recorder & editor GarageBand - free - Apple only - good for voiceovers, Chapter markers, Syncing picture with music
I do not make my page public - just for my students.
This is done by blocking from iTunes.
Preferences...
1. Use for storage of all your mp3s 2. Searchable 3. Podcast aggregator 4. Buy single tracks quickly soon DRM free versions 5.Develop playlists for lessons 6.Develop playlists for iPod 7.Online radio stations - KUAR & KLRE 8. Streaming webstations - folkalley
LIBRARY Store Playlists SEARCH
Play mp3s with Ext. speakers Use as an external harddrive : Sound Files, Movies, etc.
On your iPod you can choose to sync every time you attach to your computer. Good for low memory models. Erases old files from player.
OR You can manually choose the podcasts you want to load to your iPod. Does not erase previous files.
I like to listen to music and podcasts more than once and my iPod has plenty of memory, so this is the option I choose.
I use my iPod as an external hard drive to transport large files.
Hardware:
laptop & Printer Digital camera Digital VideoCam iPod External Harddrive External DVD burner Good headphones
Software:
Word iTunes PowerPoint QuickTime Pro Sibelius 4 & Scorch plug-in SmartMusic Audacity or GarageBand (mac) iMovie & iDVD (mac) FrontPage or DreamWeaver WS_FTP (Wintel) or Fetch (Mac)
Online:
Google (images, video, etc.) youtube iTunes Magnatune http://vixy.net
Brasscast.com - podcast
Additional Refinements:
•Free software download Audacity allows you to remix your MP3 audio.
•Website: audacity.soundforge.net
•Audacity allows you to take your MP3 podcast audio and add any number of improvements.
•Add a voiceover track with instructions or cues for improvisation or feedback.
“Ticker” by Bill Holman
Deborah Barber [email protected]
http://lfa.atu.edu/music/barber