Once you have your music recorded the job has just begun. Very rarely is a recording perfect the first time, and even when it may seem to be a good one there are always things that can be tweaked a bit in a music editor app. Luckily there are dozens of different audio editing programs to choose from, but here we are going to focus on what most people in the industry consider to be the best free music editor apps for the PC. Read on to find out more.
Ear training was never my strong suit in college. Granted that was twenty years ago but even today I still can’t easily recognize certain chords by ear and transcribing melodies is sometimes an exercise in patience (and frustration). To try to refresh my abilities in this regard I gave a solid try at using the new EarMaster Pro 6 ear training software program to see if I was really as bad I thought I was. If you are looking for an easy way to drill and practice ear training concepts like intervals, scales, chords, and melodic and rhythmic dictation then read on for my full review.
What exactly are the most important parts of producing a good saxophone sound? Get advice from Scott Turpen, Professor of Saxophone at the University of Wyoming in this article that originally ran in the October 2015 issue of Teaching Music Magazine.
Yamaha’s SILENT Brass series of products is a set of trumpet, french horn, and trombone mutes that when used properly allow the performer to listen to themselves while practice at full volume but muting the sound to everyone else in the room. Some people swear by them, others not so much. I’ve been playing around with the trumpet version of the Yamaha SILENT Brass system for a few weeks now and I have to say there are some very good qualities and a few that kind of bug me. Read on to find out what those pros and cons are.
Few music teachers would deny that the oboe can be a challenging instrument to play well with respect to proper intonation and technique. We spoke to Dr. Sarah Hamilton, associate professor of oboe at the State University of New York at Fredonia to get her insight into ways to help young oboists fix some of the more common problems associated with the instrument.
In the same vein as other music note ID training apps NinGenius goes the extra mile to make the tedious task of learning to read music a whole lot more fun. But where other apps stop there, NinGenius goes even further by creating an incredibly useful tool that adds in the very important capability of being able to track student progress across an entire classroom. Check out this review of NinGenius.
In early July MakeMusic made a big announcement, that they were buying a company from France called Weezic. On the surface that may not seem like a big deal until you realize WHY they bought them. Until that point Weezic had been a competitor to SmartMusic, providing a different way for people to do automatic assessment of a musical performance just like SmartMusic does. The big difference though was that Weezic was truly cross platform compatible, meaning that it could run on just about anything with a web browser. Now do you get the picture? If you work in a school district that has gone totally one-to-one Chromebook then rejoice! SmartMusic is coming to the Chromebook!
For two decades we have used the old Nine Standards For Music Education to shape our classroom curriculum but over time their generalities and simplicity has been overshadowed by a national move toward a core curriculum. In many circles this in turn has lead to our old standards being seen as educationally insignificant. With the newly revised 2014 national music standards we are now at a point where we can hold our own and give validity to the importance and significance of music’s place in our school curriculum. Luckily, along with the new standards we also have a host of new technological tools that can be used to meet them in ways that not only enhance our current offerings but push us toward the ultimate goal of creating well rounded, passionate musicians.
Read more: The Role of Technology In The New National Music Standards
Neuratron's AudioScore Ultimate 8 seeks to automate a task that few musicians enjoy doing, that of transcribing audio performances of music into written music notation. The technology has come a very long way since its early iterations but is it solid enough to bother with? Read this review to find out!
When one thinks of the use of technology in music education one does not often think of the marching band field as being a very high tech area. However, many of the same technologies that we use in the music or general education classrooms are now finding their way onto the field as well. Here are just a few of the ways that the well orchestrated use of tablets, apps, computer software, and other techno gear can breathe new life into traditional outdoor marching rehearsals and performances.
Imagine if you will the first day of school with a new group of students in your classroom. For most teachers their first task is to get the student making music either by singing or playing on an instrument and then, over time, teach them how to read music notation and relate the notes written on the page to their instrument. But what happens when the student can’t see the notes? If a visually impaired student was added to your classroom tomorrow how would you go about providing him with the potential to be just as successful as any other student?
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