teaching music technology concepts with few music technology resources

Teaching Music Technology

Concepts with Few Music

Technology Resources

Digital Audio Workstations (DAW)

Multitrack Stems & “Acapellas”

Notation & Traditional Music Theory

Miscellaneous Software

Free/Low-Cost Resources

Digital Audio

WorkstationsAudacity

(audacity.sourceforge.net)

FREE

Kristal (kreatives.org/kristal)

FREE

Ardour(ardour.org)

Pay What You Can

($45 Recommended)

Reaper(ardour.org)

$60 non-com license

(classroom licenses

available)

Indabamusic.com

Ben Folds “Stems & Seeds”

Phoenix “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”

Manufacturer websites

Miscellaneous websites

Stems/Acapellas

Noteflight.com

Finale NotePad

Teoría.com

Musictheory.net

Notation & Music Theory

Whosampled.com

Auricula

Quiztones

Musicdelta.com

Miscellaneous Resources

The Elements of

MusicThey’re still the same!

Embrace the repertoire

Make practical connections

Back to Front Left Right

Up

to

Down

Dimensions of Sound

Teach the ConceptsVital regardless of technology

Setup guideposts

Connect their importance

Analyze the MastersBasic, large-dimension listening

• What is the form?

Intro 1 bar (0:00-0:02)

Verse 1 8 bars (0:03-0:40)

Chorus 1 8 bars(0:40-1:32)

Interlude 4 bars (1:33-1:58)Verse 2 8 bars

(1:59-2:37)Chorus 2 8 bars

(2:38-3:12)Bridge 8 bars (3:13-3:50)Guitar Solo (verse) 8 bars (3:51-4:23)Chorus 3 (double) 16 bars(4:24-5:14)Coda 4 bars (5:15-5:36)

Analyze the MastersBasic, large-dimension listening

• What is the form?

• What instruments do you

hear?

Lead Male Vocalist Two rhythm guitars Lead guitar Bass Guitar Drums PercussionStrings

How can we expand these descriptions?

(distorted, humbucker, neck pickup?)

(overdriven with deep ¼ note triplet tremolo, tele bridge pickup)

(congas, small shaker, tambourine without head?)

(kick and bass play together during chorues)

Title:_________________________________

Composer(s):__________________________

_

Publisher:_____________________________

PRO: ascap/bmi/sesac

Artist:________________________________

Album Title:___________________________

Label/Release #:_______________________

Producer(s):___________________________

Engineer(s):___________________________

Musician(s):___________________________

Analyze the MastersDetailed, small-dimension

listening

• Notate form & meter vs.

timings

• Graph volume, panning,

etc.

• Rhythmic dictation

VERSE 10:03

44 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Lead Vox

Guitar I

Guitar II

Lead Guitar

Bass

Drums

Percussion

Strings

Mix the Masters

Indabamusic.com

Stems direct from artists

Stems from manufacturers

Musicdelta.com

Lo-Fi Signal ProcessingUse objects you already have

• Spring Reverb

• Plate Reverb

• Telephone Bandwidth

• Consumer Controls

Acoustics All Around You

Use spaces all around your school

What makes them sound that

way?

Found object acoustics

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