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Teaching Music Technology Concepts with Few Music Technology Resources

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Page 1: Teaching Music Technology Concepts with Few Music Technology Resources

Teaching Music Technology

Concepts with Few Music

Technology Resources

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Digital Audio Workstations (DAW)

Multitrack Stems & “Acapellas”

Notation & Traditional Music Theory

Miscellaneous Software

Free/Low-Cost Resources

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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)

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Indabamusic.com

Ben Folds “Stems & Seeds”

Phoenix “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”

Manufacturer websites

Miscellaneous websites

Stems/Acapellas

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Noteflight.com

Finale NotePad

Teoría.com

Musictheory.net

Notation & Music Theory

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Whosampled.com

Auricula

Quiztones

Musicdelta.com

Miscellaneous Resources

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The Elements of

MusicThey’re still the same!

Embrace the repertoire

Make practical connections

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Back to Front Left Right

Up

to

Down

Dimensions of Sound

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Teach the ConceptsVital regardless of technology

Setup guideposts

Connect their importance

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Analyze the MastersBasic, large-dimension listening

• What is the form?

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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)

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Analyze the MastersBasic, large-dimension listening

• What is the form?

• What instruments do you

hear?

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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)

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Title:_________________________________

Composer(s):__________________________

_

Publisher:_____________________________

PRO: ascap/bmi/sesac

Artist:________________________________

Album Title:___________________________

Label/Release #:_______________________

Producer(s):___________________________

Engineer(s):___________________________

Musician(s):___________________________

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Analyze the MastersDetailed, small-dimension

listening

• Notate form & meter vs.

timings

• Graph volume, panning,

etc.

• Rhythmic dictation

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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

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Mix the Masters

Indabamusic.com

Stems direct from artists

Stems from manufacturers

Musicdelta.com

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Lo-Fi Signal ProcessingUse objects you already have

• Spring Reverb

• Plate Reverb

• Telephone Bandwidth

• Consumer Controls

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Acoustics All Around You

Use spaces all around your school

What makes them sound that

way?

Found object acoustics

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