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M I D N I G H T M U S I C . C O M . A U ! THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO 2018/19 FREE MUSIC TECH RESOURCES by midnightmusic.com.au
Introduction 2 About Midnight Music 2 Lesson Plans For Resources In This Guide 2 Start Here: How to Use This Guide 3 Reading Notes Of The Staff 3 Ear Training 4 Music Theory 5 Notation 5 Recording and Sequencing 6 Creating Loops and Patterns 7 Remixing, Arranging and Composing 9 Virtual Instruments 10 Orchestra, Composers and Opera 11 Reference 13 Music History and Styles 13 Digital Portfolios: Capture Student Learning 14 Manage Your Class 14 Make Your Own Games and Quizzes 15 Utilities 16 Images, Sound Effects, Videos & Music 17 Create Your Own Website 18 Reading: Blogs 19 Listening: Podcasts 20 Free Lesson Plans & Training 21 More Help? Super-Simple Music Tech Lessons Using Free Websites 23 Connect 27 Thank You! 27
THE ULTIMATE FREE MUSIC TECH RESOURCES GUIDE 2018-19 !1 ! INTRODUCTION
As a music technology in educa2on presenter and consultant, I’m always on the lookout for quality free and low-cost resources for teachers, students and other musicians. In 2009, I ran my first Music Technology On A Shoestring workshop at a conference in Melbourne, Australia, where I presented a number of the resources featured in this guide. Over 2me, the list of resources grew and I decided that it was 2me to make a guide which I could share easily and update on an annual basis. Please note that while most of the resources men2oned are completely free to use, some of them have op2onal paid upgrades which unlock extra features, levels or services. I highly recommend upgrading to a paid op5on if your budget allows - the extra features are always beGer and in many cases upgrading will simplify the way you share and assess student work. Also - a few of the links in this guide are affiliate links which means I will receive a small commission if you choose to use them to sign up for a paid product. It does not cost you any extra when using my link and it may buy me the occasional coffee here and there :)
Ka2e Wardrobe Midnight Music
ABOUT MIDNIGHT MUSIC
Midnight Music director Ka2e Wardrobe is an Australian music technology educa2on trainer and consultant with a passion for helping music teachers find success with using technology in music educa2on. Ka2e is a qualified teacher and she likes to focus on simple ways to incorporate technology into the music curriculum through a range of crea-ve projects. She is also the host of the Music Tech Teacher podcast - a free weekly show for music teachers about all things music tech related. In 2016 Ka2e launched the Midnight Music Community - the online space for music technology in educa2on professional development which has more than 350 members. There are online courses, video tutorials, lesson plans, 2ps, advice and a place where members are encouraged to ask ques2ons (especially those they think are “silly” or “dumb”). Come and join us!
LESSON PLANS FOR RESOURCES IN THIS GUIDE
I have chosen a handful of my favourite resources from this guide and created a series of lesson plans that show you crea2ve and prac2cal ways you can use them in class with your students. The lesson plan collec2on is called Super-Simple Music Tech Lessons Using Free Resources. Each one has a downloadable lesson plan, plus a walkthrough video showing how it works. Some also have downloadable printable and/or worksheets. The good news is that you can access the ENTIRE collec2on of lesson plans inside my online community - the Midnight Music Community. Unlimited access is available for as long as you are a member. There will be 25 lessons to start with and I will be adding to the collec2on over the coming months. If you are already a member, log in to access the lessons. Lessons are for Incredibox, Groove Pizza, Isle of Tune, Youtube, Beepbox, Hook Theory, the Chrome Music Lab & more. Join me and hundreds of other music teachers inside the Midnight Music Community for instant access these lessons!
THE ULTIMATE FREE MUSIC TECH RESOURCES GUIDE 2018-19 !2 ! START HERE: HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE Clickable headings & related resources Each resource listed in this guide has a “clickable” hyperlinked heading. Click on the link to go straight to the website. If the link doesn’t work for you, simply type the resource name into Google to search for it. Unfortunately the website owners occasionally change the link without warning! Where appropriate, I have also included links to further reading, other useful online ar2cles, related lesson plans or Music Tech Teacher podcast episodes.
Appropriate age ranges I have indicated a “best for” age group for each resource. Please do use your own judgement though! Many resources are adaptable and may work perfectly fine with students outside the suggested age groups. I have used the following guide: • E = Elementary (K-6) • M = Middle school (5-8) • H = High school (7-12)
READING NOTES OF THE STAFF
RESOURCE DESCRIPTION E M H
Staff Wars
A space-themed game to help students learn the notes of the staff. You can test treble, bass and alto clefs. There is also an iPad app version available. Play it on individual devices or use it with a single ✓ ✓ ✓ laptop plugged into a data projector. If you have just a single computer, you can use the free score cards linked below to engage all the students in your class.
Related: Printable score cards for Staff Wars - free download
Krank and Lucy – The Music Interac5ve
Iden2fy notes on the staff. You can select an instrument at the beginning which will affect the clef ✓ and the range used.
Whack A Note
Whack a given note by clicking on it or by pressing the corresponding number on the numeric keypad on your computer. Tip: when you enter the “prac2ce” screen at the beginning you simply need to click on each number (or press the number on your computer keyboard) to let the game know that everything is working OK. Once you’ve done that, the game itself will load (I found that confusing at ✓ first!)
Related: 30+ Fun Ways To Teach The Notes Of The Staff
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Note Iden5fica5on Trainer by Ricci Adams
Iden2fy notes on the staff by selec2ng the answer at the boGom. You can customise the exercise (ie. ✓ ✓ leave out some notes) by using the Customise menu at the top right of the screen. There are op2ons to turn the 2mer and score on or off.
Fretboard Note Iden5fica5on Trainer by Ricci Adams
Iden2fy notes on the fretboard by selec2ng the answer at the boGom. You can customise the ✓ ✓ exercise (ie. leave out some notes) by using the Customise menu at the top right of the screen. There are op2ons to turn the 2mer and score on or off.
Speed Note by Vic Firth
More advanced - good for older students. 10 levels, each with 3 speed op2ons (rookie, pro, all-star). Lower levels use leGer names to iden2fy notes while the upper levels use an on-screen keyboard. ✓ ✓ Students need to take accidentals and key signature into account. A small drawback - Speed Note plays a tone when you iden2fy notes (not the pitch of the note you just iden2fied). You can also download this game from The Music Interac2ve website (use the Staff Wars link above).
Treble and Bass Clef Note Reading Games
A series of 4 games designed to reinforce the notes of the treble and bass clefs. There are easy and ✓ ✓ advanced versions; the advanced versions include ledger lines. All four games can be found at the link above.
Flash Nota5on - Theta Music
Go to Games > Nota-on > Flash Nota-on. One of the ear-training/literacy games from Theta Music. ✓ ✓ Click on the leGer name to iden2fy a note. Most of the lower levels of each game are free (when you set up a free account). Pay a subscrip2on to access higher levels.
EAR TRAINING
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Theta Music Trainer Ear-Training Games
A range of good quality, innova2ve games. Most of the lower levels of each game are free and you can pay a subscrip2on to access higher levels. The site keeps track of your progress and suggests ✓ ✓ areas for improvement! There are a huge number of other games which include: Parrot Phrases (melodic dicta2on - right), Dango Brothers (tuning), Chord Spells (spelling chords), Chord Locks (type, posi2on, number), plus more!
Jama Mambo – The Music Interac5ve
Basic rhythmic dicta2on for young students. Iden2fy the rhythm sung by the monster by selec2ng ✓ one of the op2ons at the boGom of the screen.
Rhythm Dicta5on – The Music Interac5ve
Rhythmic dicta2on for older students. You can select which rhythmic values are included in the ✓ ✓ rhythmic dicta2on. You can also choose the number of beats and the speed at which the example will play. Drag rhythmic elements into the beat squares to complete the exercise.
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Rhythm Puzzles - Theta Music
Go to Games > Rhythm > Rhythm Puzzles. Listen to the rhythm for each square and drag the ✓ ✓ corresponding nota2on into posi2on.
Flash Styles (Drums) - Theta Music
Go to Games > Rhythm > Flash Styles (Drums). Listen to the rhythm style and select the ✓ ✓ corresponding op2on.
Flash Rhythms - Theta Music ✓ ✓ Go to Games > Rhythm > Flash Rhythms. Listen to the rhythm and select the corresponding notated op2on below.
MUSIC THEORY
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Musictheory.net ✓ ✓ Free online theory informa2on. Clear, step-by-step lessons. Includes interac2ve exercises.
Teoria
Theory tutorials, exercises, reference and ar2cles. Good control over sesngs for ear-training ✓ ✓ exercises. Includes analysis sec2on with works by Bach, Chopin, Debussy and Schumann.
Musicards: online music theory flashcards
Flashcards for note names, key signatures, intervals, triads and more. Roll your mouse over the card ✓ ✓ ✓ to reveal the answer. Generate new ques2ons with a click.
G Major Music Theory ✓ ✓ ✓ Music theory site covering fundamentals, listening ac2vi2es and dicta2on.
Lightnote ✓ ✓ ✓ A very basic overview of "how music works", focussing on the rela2onship between sound waves, harmony, scales and chords
NOTATION
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Flat.io Online nota2on souware that allows you to collaborate with other musicians. The free version has some limita2ons and is not suitable for students under the age of 13. If you choose to upgrade to the ✓ ✓ ✓ paid educa2on version, you can use it with students of all ages (because you will access your own private closed version of the souware) and you can also take advantage of the integra2ons with Google Classroom, Moodle, Edmodo and other online plavorms.
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MuseScore
Download to your computer (PC or Mac). Create your own scores with unlimited staves, key changes, ✓ ✓ ✓ 2me signature changes, lyrics and so on. Note entry via computer keyboard or MIDI keyboard (step- 2me entry only). There is also an online score-sharing facility which you can make private for students.
Noteflight
Noteflight is online nota2on souware. The free version - Noteflight Basic - has limita2ons and is not suitable for students under the age of 13. If you choose to upgrade to the paid educa2on version (Noteflight Learn), you can use it with students of all ages (because you will access your own private, closed version of the souware). Noteflight has some excellent free resources for educators and when ✓ ✓ ✓ using the paid version, you can manage students/classes from your central account. Also integrates with Soundtrap (see below).
Related: Best Nota2on Apps and Souware For Music Educators (podcast episode)
Blank Sheet Music
Create your own custom-designed blank manuscript paper: you can print the paper as is, keeping the ✓ ✓ ✓ default sesngs, or set up your own custom manuscript paper by using the op2ons in the menu across the top. Tip: the prominent Start Download buGon in the centre of the screen is an advert. Just ignore it! When you want to print, use the orange Printer buGon at boGom right.
RECORDING AND SEQUENCING
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Audacity
Excellent free audio recording and edi2ng souware. I personally use Audacity all the 2me! You can transpose a song, remove vocals, change tempo, chop up musical examples, create a song medley, ✓ ✓ ✓ add fade-ins and fade-outs and effects. Great for podcas2ng, digital storytelling, recording sound effects, recording musical performances and edi2ng.
Related: Audacity Tips For Music Teachers 5-Part Video Tutorial Series
Studio One 4 Prime ✓ ✓ A free entry-level digital audio worksta2on that works on both Mac and PC. Unlimited audio tracks, FX & buses; MIDI instruments. You can upgrade to one of the paid versions for more features.
GarageBand
The Mac-only digital audio worksta2on which comes free with your new Mac. GarageBand is easy to use for beginners and has lots of features that will suit more experienced users. There is an included loop library with music loops and sound effects. A great tool for songwri2ng, recording, film scoring, video game music composi2on, digital storytelling and more. ✓ ✓ ✓ Related: GarageBand Online Course inside the Midnight Music Community (includes songwri2ng, film scoring, video game composing, remixing & more)
Related: Printable GarageBand shortcuts list - free download
Sounda5on
An online digital audio worksta2on which includes virtual instruments, effects and over 400 loops. ✓ ✓ Best when used as part of a school account through Music First (more features, extra loops, manage students easily). For school accounts, visit: www.musicfirst.com
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Soundtrap
An online digital audio worksta2on with an easy to use, appealing interface. Record voice, guitar or virtual instruments . The free version has a limited loop library and instrument sound op2ons and is suitable for students 13 and over. Paid school accounts are available which give access to a private, ✓ ✓ ✓ closed version of the souware with the full range of loops, sounds and other features. Integrates with Google Classroom and Noteflight.
Related: Using Technology for Crea2ve Collabora2on with Meredith Allen (podcast episode)
AudioSauna ✓ ✓ A simple online digital audio worksta2on which includes virtual instruments and a sampler.
BandLab ✓ ✓ BandLab is a clean-looking, online DAW that allows you to record audio or MIDI and access an extensive loop library. It's set up to be a social sharing plavorm so it's beGer suited to older students.
LoopLabs ✓ ✓ Another online digital audio worksta2on with a social sharing and collabora2on focus.
CREATING LOOPS AND PATTERNS
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Groove Pizza
Groove Pizza is an easy-to-use online drum machine which uses a circular “pizza” interface to represent rhythmic paGerns. Alterna2vely, you can create a drum paGern by using the drum grid underneath the “pizza”. Groove Pizza is also useful for cross-curricular maths-music lessons because it allows you to view rhythmic paGerns as shapes and angles. You can export drum paGerns as WAV ✓ ✓ ✓ or MIDI files and you can also send a paGern directly to the online digital audio worksta2on Soundtrap (listed above). This is my favourite new free music website of recent 2mes!
Related: There are lesson plans for Groove Pizza inside the Midnight Music Community, which include Rap My Name, Boom Snap Clap, Musical Dr Seuss, Billie Jean Remix)
Tone Matrix
A simple, pentatonic-based step sequencer which allows you to create repea2ng melodies. Use it as ✓ ✓ ✓ a composi2on starter (try drawing your name!) or to show melody visually.
Monkey Machine
Create drum loops up to 32 beats in length. Variety of drum kits to choose from. You can export your ✓ ✓ paGern as a MIDI file.
Audiotool ✓ Create paGern-based music using hardware emulators. Includes drum machines, synths, effects units and more. Drag elements into place. Useful for teaching signal flow.
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Beat Lab
Create drum loops with a variety of sounds using this simple grid-style step sequencer. Click on squares to turn them on or off. Change tempo, genre and paGern length. You can use Beatlab as is ✓ ✓ without logging in, but in order to save paGerns you need to log in with a FaceBook account.
Related: How to Make A Funky Beat In 30 Seconds
One Mo5on Drum Machine ✓ ✓ Create drum paGerns using online step-sequencer. Click on squares to turn sounds on/off. Has 3 demo paGerns.
Papatap
You really need to try this out for yourself! Visit the site and then press any key on your computer keyboard. Each key triggers a percussive or melodic sound AND a visual to go with it. Press Spacebar ✓ ✓ ✓ to change the sound set (each one is represented by a different coloured background. There are 6 sound sets in total. Good for exploring sound, experimen2ng with rhythmic paGerns and as a discussion starter for sampling.
Typatone
A new way of combining text and music. Click on the right side of the screen and type something (your name perhaps?) Stop typing and wait for your text to be played back to you. Could be used as ✓ ✓ ✓ composi2on starter ac2vity: type a couple of words or a short sentence and have students transcribe the musical phrase, or record it in a sequencing program. Use that musical phrase as the basis for a composi2on.
Typedrummer
Click in the box and type something: a word, a sentence or just a string of random leGers. Your text will be “played” back to you with a series of rhythmic sounds. Students could collabora2vely “decode” the alphabet: iden2fy which leGers make the sounds of a bass drum, snare drum, hi hat and so on. ✓ ✓ ✓ Students could then work out how to create a basic rock paGern: which leGers are needed? In which order do they need to be wriGen to create the drum paGern?
Seaquence
Seaquence is….unusual! The website describes it as “an experiment in musical composi2on. Adop2ng ✓ ✓ a biological metaphor, you can create and combine musical lifeforms resul2ng in an organic, dynamic composi2on.” Experiment for yourself to see what it’s all about.
Rhythm (Chrome Music Lab)
Make your own rhythms in a variety of meters - 3, 4, 5 or 6. Click on the grid to add or remove sounds. You can have students play along with the on-screen rhythms using body percussion or classroom instruments. ✓ ✓ Related: Free lesson plan - Explore Rhythm and Meter with the Chrome Music Lab Related: There are more lesson plans for the Chrome Music Lab inside the Midnight Music Community.
Piano Roll (Chrome Music Lab)
Watch well-known classical pieces such as Mozart’s Rondo Alla Turca or Beethoven’s Fiuh Symphony play in a graphic nota2on piano roll format. You can change the playback sounds and also record an ✓ ✓ ✓ audio sample to be used as the playback sound (try barking like a dog - very funny!). Note that the record func2on does not work on iPads (but the other sounds do).
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Spectogram (Chrome Music Lab)
A spectrogram is a sound picture and allows you to see the frequencies that make up sound. The ✓ ✓ ✓ effect is quite beau2ful. Test the different sound op2ons at the boGom of the screen.
Kandinsky (Chrome Music Lab)
Inspired by the ar2st Kandinsky who compared pain2ng to making music. Draw lines, squiggles or ✓ ✓ pictures on the screen with your finger or mouse and your picture will turn into sound. Press play to hear your picture as a looped piece.
Hatnote ✓ ✓ ✓ Listen to changes being made to Wikipedia ar2cles. Kinda weird but beau2ful!
Splice Beatmaker
A simple online beat maker with limited op2ons. Useful for quick rhythmic/melodic paGerns. An ✓ ✓ account is required to save your work and there are extra features available when signing up for a monthly subscrip2on.
DrumBit ✓ ✓ A simple, easy-to-use online drum machine useful for quick paGerns (a warning that the site uses adverts).
REMIXING, ARRANGING AND COMPOSING
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Isle of Tune
“Build” a musical city using trees, houses and other items that all make different rhythms and melodies. Drive a car along the musical street to play your crea2on. Also available as a paid iPad app.
Related: Website of the Week Isle Of Tune ✓ ✓ ✓ Related: Related: There are more lesson plans for Isle of Tune inside the Midnight Music Community. Lesson plans for Isle of Tune include Mapping Meter, Melodic Palindromes, Driving A-Round, Construct A Cover Song.
UJam ✓ ✓ Put together a song using preset styles. Can upload audio tracks or record your voice. Change chord sequences and write a melody. Useful tool for middle school remixing projects.
Incredibox
Simple, interac2ve website, lots of fun! Great introduc2on to beat-boxing, a cappella singing, arranging and remixing. Record your remix and share the link.
Related: Using Incredibox To Introduce Remixing. ✓ ✓ ✓
Related: There are more lesson plans for Incredibox inside the Midnight Music Community including The Singer or Beatboxer Game, Hey, What Is Your Name?, Beatboxing Basics, and The Drop - Building Tension in Music.
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Sound Infusion
An online sequencer for world music. Create pieces using loops and samples from 22 different ✓ ✓ cultures. Once you have registered you can export your piece as an MP3 file. The Sound Infusion website also includes informa2on about the instruments and featured cultures.
Sampulator
Pitched and unpitched samples that can be triggered with your computer keyboard. Record a loop ✓ ✓ and then add other parts. When recording, make sure to click Stop at the end of your recording otherwise the part you have created will be overwriGen on the next play-through.
HookPad (part of Hook Theory)
Songwri2ng lessons, 2ps and an online music editor. The music editor - Hookpad - allows you to put together chords sequences and melodies. It also iden2fies effec2ve chord progressions and offers assistance with melody wri2ng (hover your mouse over a chord to see which notes make up that chord). The Theorytab sec2on allows you to explore examples of pop songs that use certain chord ✓ ✓ sequences. Extra features are available for Plus members and educa2on accounts. Related: Website of the Week - Hook Theory
Related: Lesson plans for Hook Theory inside the Midnight Music Community include The Choose Your Own Adventure Remix and Write Your Own Hit.
Don’t Worry Be Happy Game
An interac2ve website that lets you to break down Bobby McFerrin’s arrangement of his a cappella ✓ ✓ hit Don’t Worry Be Happy. You can listen to the parts of the song separately or together. Great for showing students how an a cappella arrangement is constructed and the effec2veness of contras2ng parts.
Blokdust ✓ ✓ BlokDust is a web-based music making app that you can use to build sounds or instruments and share your crea2ons. Best used on the Chrome browser.
Melody Maker (Chrome Music Lab)
Tap on the grid to create notes and then press play to hear your melody. You can change the tempo ✓ ✓ ✓ with the slider and experiment with duplica2ng your melody with the copy buGon. Useful when discussing melody wri2ng with students.
Song Maker (Chrome Music Lab)
A clean, simple songwri2ng sketch tool. Click in the grid to create notes or use a MIDI keyboard or ✓ ✓ ✓ the in-built microphone. You can change the length of the piece, the division of the beat, tempo and other parameters. Students can share a link to their crea2ons once finished.
VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS
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Qwerty Beats
An online drum machine with loops which you can play by using the keys on your computer ✓ ✓ keyboard.
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MusicTheory.net Piano ✓ ✓ ✓ A useful online piano keyboard. Turn on “Play mode” to play notes on the keyboard. You can add red dots to notes when in “Mark mode”.
AQWERTYON
With AQWERTYON you can turn your computer keyboard into a musical keyboard and play along with your choice of Youtube video. You can set the keyboard up with a preset scale or mode and students can then play along with the song’s melody, bass line or they can improvise a solo. You can ✓ ✓ also save presets and share the link with students to make class 2me more efficient.
Related: Lesson plans for AQWERTYON in the collec2on of Super-Simple Music Tech Lesson Plans Using Free Websites
Theremin
This online theremin allows you to play with waveform and different effects. You can also loop and ✓ ✓ record. Very entertaining!
Gregorian Voices ✓ ✓ Mix your own Gregorian chant! Explore reverb, hums, and other sound effects.
Drum Kit
A drum kit and sound effects that you can play by pressing keys on your computer keyboard. Eye- ✓ ✓ catching visuals.
Virtual Drumming
Play an onscreen drum kit using the keys on your computer keyboard. Useful for showing students ✓ ✓ the parts of the kit if you don't have a real drum kit handy.
Tony-b Machine ✓ ✓ On-screen synth that allows you to create, record and share music. Useful for discussing form, texture and building tension in music.
ORCHESTRA, COMPOSERS AND OPERA
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Philharmonia Orchestra Instrument Guides
A beau2ful collec2on of guides for orchestral instruments. Includes videos by players of the orchestra ✓ ✓ ✓ discussing range, repertoire and playing techniques.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids
The kids’ website of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Listen and Learn sec2on contains simplified ✓ composer biographies and instrument listening guide. Games sec2on includes 4 music games for students.
New York Phil Kids ✓ Variety of bright, colourful games for students. Website also includes instrument and composer informa2on.
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San Francisco Symphony Kids ✓ Orchestra games and instrument informa2on for young children.
Brahms in 1890’s Vienna ✓ ✓ A listening experience featuring the Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor Opus 114. Includes music listening guides and games.
Scheherazade Interac5ve ✓ This interac2ve music site teaches rudiments of music and listening skills. Includes lesson plan and printables for students.
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra ✓ ✓ An online game for students based on BriGen’s Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra. You can register and login to save game progress.
Dvorak Symphony No.9 (New World) ✓ Listening guide with images and sound. Includes suggested ac2vi2es. Tip: if the website area is small, you can zoom in to make it clearer.
Classics For Kids ✓ A musical dic2onary designed especially for young students which includes free lesson plans and games.
Arts Alive – Instrument Lab
The Instrument Lab teaches students about sec2ons of the orchestra and allows them to listen to ✓ each instrument. They also have a Great Composers page.
Fakebook: imaginary profile pages
Create an imaginary profile page for a well-known musician, composer, performer or other ar2st. Use ✓ ✓ it to plot a series of music history events, the rela2onships between famous historical figures or band members. You can fill in their profile picture, friends, posts, comments, add videos and images. A small warning: adverts appear in the free version.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Varia5on Playground)
Pick an instrument and explore sound: density, low/high pitch and dynamics in this interac2ve version of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ✓ ✓
New World Symphony (Varia5on Playground)
Explore form by building your own version of Dvorak’s New World Symphony. Students can choose which themes play when, they can choose to repeat them and they can change the playback sound. ✓ ✓
Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra (Varia5on Playground)
Choose your own instruments and create your own orchestral varia2on on BriGen’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. ✓ ✓
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Build Your Own Orchestra - Mozart
You decide who plays when! Musicians of the New York Philharmonic play an excerpt from Mozart’s ✓ ✓ Symphony No. 41 Jupiter. Listen to parts individually or all together.
Build Your Own Orchestra - Beethoven
You decide who plays when! Musicians of the New York Philharmonic play an excerpt from ✓ ✓ Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 (my favourite one!). Listen to parts individually or all together.
REFERENCE
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Sweetwater Music Tech Glossary
Extensive collec2on of music technology terms and their defini2ons. Includes recording and edi2ng ✓ ✓ terminology.
Interac5ve Frequency Chart ✓ ✓ Hover your mouse over the chart for instrument informa2on including note range and frequency range.
Steven Estrella’s Incredibly Abridged Dic5onary of Composers ✓ ✓ Very useful Western Classical music 2meline and composer biographies.
MUSIC HISTORY AND STYLES
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Every Noise All At Once
From techno to deep opera, if you are looking for a specific musical genre, you will most definitely ✓ ✓ find it on this site. Search by ar2st for a sample of their work, or search by genre for a sample of that "sound." This site is INCREDIBLY comprehensive.
World Music Network ✓ ✓ ✓ This guide uses a world map to help you find music styles, popular ar2sts, and tradi2onal instruments from all over the world.
Who Sampled
Who Sampled is a comprehensive collec2on of songs that include samples. You can search for a song or ar2st/composer and discover which samples have been used in the song. Once you click on one of ✓ ✓ the listed samples, there is an excellent side-by-side comparison available. You can play the sample as it features in the song and also listen to the original version of the sample. You can also explore cover versions of songs too.
Bob Dylan Video ✓ ✓ This interac2ve site features Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone.”
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Music Map ✓ ✓ ✓ Interac2ve visual that allows you to explore popular music genres. Includes video and listening examples.
DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS: CAPTURE STUDENT LEARNING
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Thinglink
Create interac2ve digital “posters” with links, text, images & more. Students can use to demonstrate ✓ ✓ ✓ learning (ie. by labelling the parts of a drum kit on a drum kit photo), Also available as an iPad app.
Voicethread
Create collabora2ve, mul2media slideshows. Upload, share and comment on videos, images and ✓ ✓ ✓ documents. Leave comments via text, video or audio. They have a list of examples of use in educa2on.
Jing
Capture an image of anything on your screen. Mark-up images (arrows, circles, text). Create a video of ✓ ✓ ✓ you doing something on your computer. Use to make your own tutorial documents and video. Students can use Jing to capture learning or to teach each other and teachers can use it to create tutorial videos or visual feedback on student assignments.
Animoto
A simple-to-use video-maker. Upload images and audio and a slide show (with transi2ons) is created automa2cally. An engaging way for students to present assessment tasks ✓ ✓ ✓
WeVideo ✓ ✓ A free online video editor and maker which allows simple edi2ng and sharing of videos. Paid educa2on accounts offer stricter privacy and collabora2on op2ons.
Padlet
Padlet is a super-useful online digital bulle2n board with countless uses in the classroom. Use it to ✓ ✓ ✓ gather facts and research from students, collaborate on brainstorming ac2vi2es, ask for feedback, post listening responses, create digital posters and much more. A favourite of mine!
MANAGE YOUR CLASS
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Random Name Picker ✓ ✓ ✓ Classtools.net provides this wheel of fortune-style student picker.
Countdown 5mer ✓ ✓ ✓ Countdown 2mer with background music op2on. Choose a soundtrack from the drop-down menu. Op2ons include Mission Impossible, Hawaii 5-0 and Star Wars (among others!)
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Bingo Baker
Create your own custom bingo cards that can be printed, used online or on iPads Save your own ✓ ✓ ✓ crea2ons and share the link with students. Students can click on a square to mark it. Here’s an example.
Kahoot!
A game-style quiz tool. LOTS of fun! Create mul2-choice ques2ons online which can include images. Students can submit answers using any device: iOS, Android, laptop, desktop computer, ✓ ✓ ✓ Chromebooks. Points are awarded for correct answers AND the speed at which the answer is submiGed.
Related: 4 Fun, Forma2ve Assessment Tools for Music Educators podcast episode
Socra5ve ✓ ✓ ✓ Another quiz tool. Set up ques2ons for students using the Socra2ve teacher app, or on the website. Students log in on their device using the Socra2ve student app. Student progress can be tracked.
Plickers
“Paper clickers.” Set up mul2-choice or yes/no ques2ons ahead of 2me. Students answer ques2ons by holding up their printed Plicker (the direc2on in which the cards are held indicates their answer). You can “scan” all the student cards quickly by using the Plickers app on any device (only the teacher ✓ ✓ ✓ needs a device - not the students). Results are recorded in your online Plickers account.
Related: 4 Engaging Ways To Tech-i-fy Assessment In Music Educa2on
Music Tech Teacher by Karen Garref
If you don’t have 2me to make your own quizzes and games, you might find something useful here. ✓ ✓ ✓ There are more than 130 music games and quizzes created by music teacher Karen GarreG. Includes interac2ve (online) and printable games/quizzes.
Ankiapp ✓ ✓ ✓ This downloadable app allows you to create your own flashcards with images, sounds, and text.
Playposit
If you’ve ever wanted to create video quizzes where ques2ons pop up during the video itself (and ✓ ✓ ✓ pause the video when they appear) then PlayPosit is for you. A great tool for crea2ng listening analysis ques2ons to accompany Youtube (and other) videos.
Quizizz
Gamified quiz builder for forma2ve assessment or review. Quizizz shows funny memes that match ✓ ✓ ✓ correct or incorrect answers and you can even add your own memes into your quizzes. Search for exis2ng quizzes or create your own from scratch.
Quizlet
Quizlet started as a simple online flashcard builder but has expanded to include other modes of ✓ ✓ ✓ learning. Create a set of flashcards and Quizlet will use the informa2on to automa2cally generate quizzes in other formats, including game-show style quizzes, a matching game, a space race game and more. Flashcards can include charts, diagrams, and images.
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Metronome Online ✓ ✓ ✓ An online metronome which includes an A440 tuner.
Fingering Diagram Builder ✓ ✓ ✓ Create fingering diagrams for a range of woodwind instruments including flute, recorder, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon.
Riffsta5on
Play along with your favourite song - a Youtube clip is shown and the chords change underneath the ✓ ✓ ✓ video in 2me with the music. See guitar chords, ukulele chords or piano chords on the screen as you play. Chord analysis is done automagically, so some2mes it’s not completely accurate!
iPevo Annotator ✓ ✓ ✓ Free souware tool that lets you annotate your desktop. Perfect subs2tute if you don't have an interac2ve whiteboard. Write over your screen, draw arrows, shapes and more.
Chords and Scales 3.0 ✓ ✓ ✓ An excellent reference for chords and scales on keyboard, guitar, bass, and ukulele.
Chords (Chrome Music Lab)
An online keyboard which will play a major or minor triad based on the single (tonic) note you play on ✓ ✓ ✓ the screen.
Sound Waves (Chrome Music Lab)
A visual representa2on of the way sound travels through the air. View sound waves in two ways - as ✓ ✓ ✓ moving air molecules (in the regular view) or zoom in to see the detailed view of one molecule (the sound wave itself).
Arpeggios (Chrome Music Lab)
Play chords and arpeggios on a brightly coloured wheel. Great tool for songwri2ng with students. Use to work out effec2ve chord progressions. ✓ ✓ ✓ Related: Lesson plans for the Chrome Music Lab in the collec2on of Super-Simple Music Tech Lesson Plans Using Free Websites
Voice Spinner (Chrome Music Lab)
Spin the wave form like a record player to hear the sound sample fast, slow, forward or backwards. ✓ ✓ ✓ You can also record your own voice sample (except on iPad).
Harmonics (Chrome Music Lab)
A visual representa2on of the harmonic series. ✓ ✓ ✓
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Oscillator (Chrome Music Lab)
Interac2ve and cute! Play different oscillators by clicking and dragging up or down to change the ✓ ✓ ✓ frequency. Oscillator op2ons include square, triangle, sawtooth and sine.
Strings (Chrome Music Lab)
Spin the wave form like a record player to hear the sound sample fast, slow, forward or backwards. You can also record your own voice sample (except on iPad). ✓ ✓ ✓
Scale Wheel ✓ ✓ ✓ Scale Wheel is a reference tool that allows you to visualise the intervals that makes up different scales and modes in a circular paGern.
IMAGES, SOUND EFFECTS, VIDEOS & MUSIC
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Big Nota5on Library
A collec2on of nota2on images I created. Individual image files of notes, clefs, rests and other ✓ ✓ ✓ nota2on graphics. Use in your worksheets, make posters, use in interac2ve whiteboard souware or in Powerpoint.
Guitar Chord Image Library ✓ ✓ ✓ A collec2on of guitar chord diagram images I created. Use in your worksheets, make posters, use in interac2ve whiteboard souware or in Powerpoint.
Ukulele Chord Image Library ✓ ✓ ✓ A collec2on of ukulele chord images I created. Use in your worksheets, make posters, use in interac2ve whiteboard souware or in Powerpoint.
Sound effects: NASA Sound Library
NASA has made available an en2re library of sounds from historic spaceflights, astronauts and mission control. Awesome collec2on which is ideal for remix assignments, film scoring, story telling ✓ ✓ ✓ and more. There are 140 tracks on the above Soundcloud link.
Related: Found Sounds Using NASA Samples online course inside the Midnight Music Community
Sound effects and music: Bri5sh Library Sounds
Fantas2c collec2on of sound recordings. Includes accents, classical music sounds, nature sounds, ✓ ✓ ✓ world and tradi2onal music sounds and more.
Videos: The Moving Image Archive
Crea2ve Commons and public domain videos useful for film scoring projects. Wide variety of styles ✓ ✓ ✓ and lengths. Includes an en2re collec2on of Warner Bros. cartoons.
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Music: Incompetech
Highly recommended! Composer Kevin McLeod shares his music under a Crea2ve Commons license. ✓ ✓ ✓ Search by music style or “feel”. Excellent for film scoring projects, jingles and intro/outro music for student projects.
Images: Pixabay
My personal number one go-to place for photos and graphics. Images on this site are in the public ✓ ✓ ✓ domain. There’s a great selec2on of music and non-music-related photos and illustra2ons. Create a free account so you can save your “favourites”.
Images: Clip Art by Phillip Mar5n
Gorgeous array of cartoon images for use by schools. Includes a Peter and the Wolf picture, a range ✓ of instruments of the orchestra and many other music-related and non-music images.
Images: Compfight
A search engine for images. Visit the website and type in a search term, then select the Crea2ve ✓ ✓ ✓ Commons sesng on the leu of the screen to search for photos that are legal to use (with aGribu2on to the creator).
Images: The Noun Project
Free icons for you to use in worksheets, posters and other projects (aGribute the creator). Type into ✓ ✓ ✓ the search bar at the top. Try “music”, “audio”, “instruments” or “recording”.
Images: Flat Icon
Another website with icons for you to use in worksheets, posters and other projects. Look for the “Selec2on” icons which are the non-premium, free to use icons (aGribute the creator). Type into the search bar at the top (try “music”, “audio”, “instruments” or “recording”) and then choose to view the ✓ ✓ ✓ results for individual icons or packs of icons (matching sets). There is a brilliant Create A PaGern feature which you can use to create an image with a repea2ng paGern of any of the icons in your chosen collec2on. You can adjust the size, colour and rota2on of the icons in the paGern as well as changing the background. Download your paGern crea2on when you’re finished and use it in worksheets, presenta2ons and resources for your Teacher Pay Teachers store.
Images: Adobe Spark Post
Free tool that allows you to create images with text overlay. You can use it in two ways: you can use ✓ ✓ it yourself to create images for your own presenta2ons, worksheets or classroom posters, or students can use it to create a “visual assignment” (their favourite lyric over a music-related picture, a quote they like and so on).
CREATE YOUR OWN WEBSITE
RESOURCE DESCRIPTION E M H
Wordpress
Create your own website/blog for free. Step-by-step instruc2ons; no coding necessary! This is the ✓ ✓ plavorm I use to run my own website and if you’re wan2ng a robust system with flexibility and the biggest range of op2ons.
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Weebly
A free website/blog creator which is easy to use. It has a drag-and-drop interface and it’s a popular choice for music teachers who want to start their own website to share student porvolios and ✓ ✓ assignments. Here is an example: teacher Richard McCready’s advanced music tech class from River Hill High School. There is a main website which acts as the “home base” and features links to each student’s own Weebly site which they have set up themselves.
Wix ✓ ✓ Another free website/blog plavorm which is simple and easy to use and also popular with teachers and students.
READING: BLOGS
RESOURCE DESCRIPTION
Midnight Music
My blog which features music tech 2ps, tutorials, ar2cles, news and podcasts. Would you like to be a guest writer for Midnight Music? Find out how to apply here.
Educa5on Closet
Excellent ar2cles, 2ps and training for arts integra2on and STEAM. They hold regular online conferences which feature a range of top educa2on presenters.
Edutopia
Tips and strategies for K-12 teachers. Edutopia has lots of top quality ar2cles on topics like project-based learning, classroom management and more.
Cool Cat Teacher Blog
Teacher Vicki Davis has been blogging since 2005 and covers a wide range of topics including many technology- related ones. Dig through her archives for some excellent prac2cal 2ps.
Free Technology for Teachers
Teacher Richard Byrne has been sharing free tech tools for teachers on his blog for more than 10 years. He shares free resources, 2ps, tutorials and ar2cles on a daily basis and has a huge following.
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RESOURCE DESCRIPTION
Music Tech Teacher Podcast - Ka5e Wardrobe
My weekly-ish podcast in which I share prac2cal 2ps for using technology in music educa2on. There are also regular interviews with real teachers who use technology in crea2ve ways. Subscribe for free via iTunes or S2tcher. Would you like to share your music tech story on the podcast? Get in touch with me here.
Music Educa5on and Technology Podcast - Paul Shimmons & Christopher Russell
Paul Shimmons and Chris Russell discuss their use of technology in their music teaching. They also interview souware developers and other music educators.
Music Ed Mentor Podcast - Elisa Jones
Elisa discusses the challenges that music teachers face, and discusses possible solu2ons. Great for 2ps about produc2vity, organisa2on, leadership, fundraising and tech 2ps.
Make Moments Mafer - David Row
Host David Row is an Orff Schulwerk teacher who shares lessons about singing, playing, recorder, guided listening and teaching techniques.
The Music Room - Aileen Miracle
Experienced teacher Aileen Miracle shares teaching strategies, lesson ideas, songs, mul2cultural ideas.
Crea5ve Piano Teaching Podcast - Tim Topham
Tim Topham shares his piano teaching 2ps, resources and guides. Tim regularly interviews composers, teachers, souware developers and other music educators and frequently covers tech-related topics.
The Musicality Podcast - Christopher Sufon
In the Musicality Podcast, Christopher SuGon presents a mix of interviews and teaching about playing by ear, ear training, listening, improvising, theory and more. A great resource for both you and your students.
10-Minute Teacher Show - Vicki Davis
Bite-sized podcast episodes 5 days a week for busy teachers. Vicki chats with educators, thought leaders and classroom teachers.
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Twenty-Thousand Hertz - Dallas Taylor
One of my favourite podcasts which is all about “the stories behind the world’s most recognisable and interes2ng sounds”. Host Dallas Taylor presents a behind-the-scenes look at a range of fascina2ng topics including sound design, the history of the THX deep note cinema sound, sampling and the Amen break, video game music and so much more.
Song Exploder - Hrishikesh Hirway
An excellent resource if you’re doing any kind of songwri2ng with your students. Each episode features musicians taking apart their songs piece by piece and sharing the story of how they were made. Note that some of the episodes have an explicit language warning.
Score The Podcast - Robert Kraj and Kenny Holmes
A fascina2ng behind-the-scenes look at movie soundtracks and original scores. The hosts Robert Krau and Kenny Holmes interview top film, TV and video game composers. The podcast is an off-shoot from the documentary of the same name.
The Soundtrack Show - David W. Collins
From the How Stuff Works network, The Soundtrack Show is a weekly look at film scores and soundtracks for some of the most popular movies, TV Shows, video games and theatre pieces of all 2me.
FREE LESSON PLANS & TRAINING
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Lesson Plan: Rap My Name
A simple composi2on lesson where students compose a rap using their name. Makes an excellent back-to-school ac2vity. ✓ ✓ ✓
Lesson Plan: Incredibox Beatboxing Basics
This is a free sample lesson plan from my collec2on of Super-Simple Music Tech Lessons (Using Free Websites) that can be found inside the Midnight Music Community. This lesson uses one of my favourite free websites – Incredibox – which I’ve been using for around 9 years now! In this lesson, students will learn about a cappella singing and beat-boxing as an art form and to iden2fy the difference between melodic and percussive sounds.
Lesson Plan: What In The World?? Unusual Musical Instruments
This listening/observa2on ac2vity for students is a free sample lesson plan from my collec2on of Super-Simple Music Tech Lessons (Using Free Websites) that can be found inside the Midnight Music Community. There are some truly amazing videos of crazy, weird, unusual and wacky instruments on Youtube that are perfect for showing students in class. This lesson is adaptable – there are a set of ques2ons for students to answer (individually or as a group) and you can use any instrument video of your choosing.
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Lesson Plan: Clapping Music
Learn how to perform Steve Reich’s Clapping Music using the free iPad app and this downloadable lesson plan. ✓ ✓
Lesson Plan: Explore Rhythm and Meter with the Chrome Music Lab
Perform and compose rhythms in meters of 3, 4, 5 and 6. Students can also notate their composi2ons with the provided downloadable worksheet. ✓ ✓
Free Mini Course - iPads and Music Educa5on: Gelng Started
Ideas for single iPads or mul2ple devices. Tips, tricks advice and lesson ideas. The course is delivered ✓ ✓ ✓ to your email inbox over 4 weeks.
Free online training - 7 Easy Ways To Use Technology in Your Music Classes
A webinar on demand that you can watch at any 2me. PD cer-ficate of aSendance provided [60 minutes]. Not sure where to start with technology? Overwhelmed by the op2ons? Worried the students know ✓ ✓ ✓ more than you do? In this FREE online training session, Ka2e will show you a range of simple tech ideas you can try in your music classes. Discover fun, crea2ve songwri2ng and composi2on tools, op2ons for making your own engaging quizzes (that you don’t need to mark yourself!), ways to u2lise video and how to create an interac2ve “musical” wall display. Technophobes are welcome!
Free online training - 9 iPad Apps Music Teachers Love and How To Use Them
A webinar on demand that you can watch at any 2me. PD cer-ficate of aSendance provided [75 minutes].
Since the evolu2on of the iPad, thousands of music apps have been launched. How do you choose ✓ ✓ ✓ which ones to use? Which apps have stood the test of 2me & are the most versa2le or useful for music educators? During this FREE online training, Ka2e will share her favourite apps for for crea2vity, composi2on, nota2on, music literacy, transposi2on, playback, forma2ve assessment & digital porvolios. Discover lesson ideas for each app that can be used with a range of student ages.
Free online training - Music Technology Curriculum Ideas For Middle School Students
A webinar on demand that you can watch at any 2me. PD cer-ficate of aSendance provided [60 minutes]. Do you teach at a school with 1:1 devices, or have access to mul2ple devices (Chromebooks, iPads or laptops) for students to use in music class? Wondering how you can use those devices in a crea2ve ✓ and meaningful way? Ka2e will share her favourite engaging music tech lesson and unit ideas that you can use to build a middle school music tech curriculum. We’ll look at video game composi2on, film scoring, crea2ng audio storybooks, how to make mul2track split screen videos, songwri2ng, podcas2ng, live looping and a few more!
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Free online training - Music Tech for Schools with Chromebooks, BYOD and Mixed Devices
A webinar on demand that you can watch at any 2me. PD cer-ficate of aSendance provided [60 minutes]. If you’re at a school with a combina2on of devices - laptops, iPads and Chromebooks - you might be wondering which music apps or souware you can use. What are the op2ons for recording, ✓ ✓ ✓ composing, nota2on, remixing and reinforcing the elements of music? Are there alterna2ves for the souware like Sibelius, Finale, GarageBand, Mixcrau or Audacity that you’ve used in the past? This online training will cover ideas for music tech lessons that use online souware and interac2ve websites that can be accessed by a variety of devices. We’ll look at some free op2ons and also a range of the best paid souware op2ons.
Soundfly
The people at Soundfly have developed a range of free courses for musicians with a focus on music ✓ ✓ produc2on. Excellent for middle and senior school students. Courses fall into the following categories: Produce, Write, Play, Hustle and Discover
MORE HELP? SUPER-SIMPLE MUSIC TECH LESSONS USING FREE WEBSITES
Auer using a number of these free resources over the years, I was inspired to put together a collec2on of lesson plans. I’ve chosen my favourite free websites from this guide and created a set of Super-Simple Music Tech Lessons Using Free Websites. The websites I’ve chosen include: • Incredibox • Groove Pizza • Beepbox • Isle Of Tune • Youtube • Hook Theory • Chrome Music Lab (coming 2018-19) • More will be added
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Incredibox lesson materials example Included resources for each website 1. Downloadable teacher’s guide PDF The teacher’s guide contains at-a-glance informa2on and useful 2ps.
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3. WriSen lesson plans A lesson plan with step-by-step instruc2ons, extension ideas and USA and Australian curriculum standards.
4. Lesson plan walkthrough video A video explana2on of how each lesson works.
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6. Help and advice If you have ques2ons about the lessons, or about music tech in general, you can head over to our Discussion Forum and ask for advice. “Silly” ques2ons are welcomed!
How do I access the Super-Simple Music Tech Lessons?
ALL of these lessons can be found inside the Midnight Music Community - my online professional development space for music teachers who want to know more about using technology. If you’re already a member of the Midnight Music Community, simply login and head to the Training area where you’ll find the Super-Simple Music Tech Lessons. You can access them straight away! Click here to join us and gain instant access to ALL of the Super-Simple Music Tech Lessons, plus all of our other training and resources. Once you’re inside, introduce yourself and say hi! I’ll look forward to seeing you in there.
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THANK YOU!
You made it to the end! I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone that sends messages of apprecia2on for this guide which has now been produced for 7 years running. I hope you find something useful in the guide. If you use any of the resources with your students, I’d love to hear from you. Let me know on social media (links above) and there are bonus points for images or video of kids in ac2on (backs of student heads are ok!). I look forward to connec2ng with you in person or online - whether you’re a Midnight Music Community member, a podcast listener, a workshop aGendee or social media stalker!
All the best with your music tech journey.
Ka2e Wardrobe Midnight Music
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