Standard #6: Listen

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Connecting Technology & Standards, (emphasis MIDI) for elementary general music.

1.  Timbre--record a song in a looping or sequencing program.  Add different voices to create a layered arrangement.  Select different timbres for each voice.  Use the solo button to listen to each part until satisfied.

2.  Texture--use the same process as #1.   Choose one or two voices for thin texture, many voices for thick texture.

3.  Rhythm--Record a song with melody in one voice, a simple beat ostinato in a different voice (looping or sequencing program).  Compare the difference between beat and rhythm.  Look at the Step Editor for each voice to compare visually.

4.   Style--Record a familiar song in Band-In-a-Box.  Try different styles.  Have students decide which style fits the song.

5.  Tempo--Use a looping, sequencing or accompaniment program to adjust the tempo of songs for creative movements.  Young children will need a faster tempo than older students.  (e.g. Pick a song from Band-In-A-Box to use as Tinikling music--"The Entertainer" works great).
 

Evalute selections for musical criteria.
 
 

WWW Links

Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
glassharmonica.com
Makoyan's Classical and Recorder MIDI
midikaraoke
 
 

last updated: 5/2/08