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41 Free Resources for Teaching the 12 Bar Blues
The 12 bar blues has long been a favourite amongst music educators for teaching form, triads, the blues scale, cyclical
Using Pinterest To Share Music Technology Links
What is Pinterest? Lately I’ve been using the site Pinterest as a way to share links for the workshops and
Sharing Music Tech Classroom Ideas Part 3: Elementary Music
This is the third post in a 3-part series that looks at music teachers who are sharing their teaching experiences
My Latest Project: Studio Sessions for middle school
I was pleased to be contacted earlier this year by Kate Whitney (director of MusicEDU) to write Studio Sessions –
Sibelius Tutorial: How To Record With Your MIDI Keyboard [Video]
During Sibelius training sessions, teachers often tell me that using a MIDI keyboard to record notes in live is “a
9 Things You Didn’t Know About GarageBand For iPad
While preparing for an all-day iPads in the Music Classroom workshop, I ended up reading pretty much all of the
Sharing Music Tech Classroom Ideas Part 2: USA – Middle and High School
Earlier, I wrote about some Australian teachers who were sharing their music technology classroom projects and observations online. In this
Sharing Music Tech Classroom Ideas Part 1: Australia
Curriculum Ideas by Australian Educators There are a number of real-live, “in the trenches” music teachers around the world who
My Top 7 iPad Apps For Music Teachers
I’ve been using my iPad a lot recently, in preparation for my new, hands-on iPads: Perform, Create, Learn professional development
7 Ninja Technology Tricks Every (Music) Teacher Should Know
When I run music tech workshops for teachers, I have a secret aim: an aim to teach at least one
Integrating Music Tech – Part 1: Taking A Fresh Look
Meet Liz Liz is a music teacher at a private girls’ school in Melbourne and she is a self-titled “technophobe”.
Sibelius Tips for Kodály Teachers
The Kodály concept (or method) is an approach to music education developed by Hungarian composer and educator Zoltan Kodaly during
Top Tips For Using Sibelius On Your Interactive Whiteboard
An interactive whiteboard (IWB) can be used with any application that you run on your computer – including Sibelius. The
Super Round-Up: iPads in Music Education
Back in April, I was lucky enough to get my first iPad. I’ve had an iPhone for a couple of
15+ Fantastic Free Carnival of the Animals Resources
Note: this blog post has been updated (March 2016). Some of the links and resources in the original version were
An Intro To Film Scoring: Same Scene 5 Ways
Updated September 2016 to include student worksheet download (see below) I’ve been running a number of film scoring workshops lately
10 Excellent Ways to Use an Interactive Whiteboard in Your Music Classroom
So you’ve been given an interactive whiteboard (IWB) to use and you know you should be using as more than a simple projector or place to screen videos. The benefits of incorporating an IWB into your teaching are many: it allows you to create a bank of learning resources that can be used many times across multiple classes, you can replace some of your physical resources with digital versions so you don’t lose them. Luckily, you don’t need to re-write your curriculum.
Speedy PD: Short Worksheet Questions in Sibelius [Video]
This is the first in a series of tutorial videos I’m calling Speedy PD and it shows you how to create intervals-type questions in Sibelius. Each video will be 5 minutes or less and
7 Sources Of Free Music For Your Film Scoring, Video Game And Podcasting Projects
In a previous post I listed some useful places to find film footage for film scoring and video editing projects.
Audacity Tip: Previewing a Cut
Audacity is a fantastic free audio editing tool which allows you to carrying out editing tasks quickly and easily. If
Making Effective Tutorial Videos: Behind the scenes of a Screencast
I’ve been creating “how-to” style video tutorials (“screencasts”) about music software programs for a number of months now. Whilst I
Quick Karaoke: Remove Vocals from CD Recordings
You can easily create your very own Karaoke CDs using the latest version (1.3.13 Beta) of the free audio editing
Sibelius Tutorial: Drum Parts From Scratch
For inexperienced Sibelius users, one of the more complex (and misunderstood) tasks is to create drum parts from scratch. In
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