Video Podcast 2

This would be a great way to show kids how to care for instruments, or give them examples of how to use a specific music theory program. Preparation would be much easier for the teacher, and the possibilities are great to keep the students interested.

Video Listening Guide

Here is my video listening guide. This would be a great way to talk about Hawaii and Polynesian music. I have created a listening guide that could be used for this activity.

midi file

icecrman.mid

Audio file from finale

bailey all state.m4a

Exporting Digital Audio

tuba all state - Upload a Document to Scribd

Above is the all state file that I put into finale a couple of years ago for my all state tuba player. I do this for all of my students and they can access the etude on my webpage instead of navigating the GMEA website, which confuses them. They are able to print this at home and practice for their sessions with me to pass it off. I also use these etudes for my chair placements. The audio file is above in the posting "audio file from finale".


Also, here is a midi file from a website of free midi files. Pretty cheesy, but it fits the bill. Click on the post for midi file above.

Read this document on Scribd: tuba all state

Software Evaluation Podcast 1

Here is my PDF with screen shots for the software evaluation.

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Composing with Intelligent Composition Software

I would love to use Garage band in my class room. Unfortunately, my school system is loyal to Dell and won't turn loose of any money to buy Macs. However, we saw enough programs in class today that there are other options out there. It seems that this would be a cheaper alternative to using Finale. Plus, students would be interested more in the digital synthesizer sounds. I could take my class to the lab to use one of the programs and spend a unit on composition. I used Garage band today for the assignment. There are endless possibilities with the program, plus more sounds that you can buy in upgrades for garage band, such as more drum sounds called jam packs. They run about $99, and I think I will sink some of my money this year to try some out. Who knows, maybe I can talk the system into buying a mac lab.