I'm video happy - sorry! I hope that as they next few weeks go along, I'll have more images and words from the classroom to share. But inspiration keeps coming from all over the place, even Japan.
via Lullatone
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Showing posts with label lullatone. Show all posts
30 May 2010
27 March 2010
Making Music Online
Late last spring, I introduced this Lullatone Raindrop Melody Maker into the classroom. Some of the children found it interesting and tinkered around on it, but I never got the chance to bring it back in.
Now I'm thinking about visiting it with this year's class, and perhaps this, the week before our spring break, is the right week to do some creative music making.
This site, Tone Matrix, is more controllable - you can make loops, but you can decide if you want the tones to be higher or lower, you can make chords or dissonance...it seems like it could be really interesting work for those children who are always at the piano with the headphones on, playing their three note compositions over and over again. I think we would also be able to record the compositions using Audacity, a free recording program that we have installed on the computer.
Now I'm thinking about visiting it with this year's class, and perhaps this, the week before our spring break, is the right week to do some creative music making.
This site, Tone Matrix, is more controllable - you can make loops, but you can decide if you want the tones to be higher or lower, you can make chords or dissonance...it seems like it could be really interesting work for those children who are always at the piano with the headphones on, playing their three note compositions over and over again. I think we would also be able to record the compositions using Audacity, a free recording program that we have installed on the computer.
05 August 2009
Making Music
Listen to this! Wow!
The music reminds me a little of the I Heart Huckabees soundtrack, which we have on in the background in the classroom quite often. I think all of these songs could be pretty inspriting for kids writing their own music -- simple sounds, creative "instruments". I've always wanted to do a music project with children...perhaps it will come around one day.
Come tomorrow for a song written and performed by two of my students!
The music reminds me a little of the I Heart Huckabees soundtrack, which we have on in the background in the classroom quite often. I think all of these songs could be pretty inspriting for kids writing their own music -- simple sounds, creative "instruments". I've always wanted to do a music project with children...perhaps it will come around one day.
Come tomorrow for a song written and performed by two of my students!
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