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Teaching Music Improvisation with Technology


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Incorporating technology in music classrooms can take the mystery out of improvisation. What music technology does is establish a strong foundation for chord, scale, phrase, ear training, and listening exercises, creating a solid backdrop for student expression. As author and educator Mike Fein shows, technology is a valuable tool that can be used effectively to supplement student practice time while also developing the skills necessary to become a proficient improviser. Complete with notated exercises, accompaniment tracks, and listening resources, this book gives teachers methods to set their students free to make mistakes and to develop their own ear for improvisation at their own pace. Broken down into significant areas of music technology, each chapter focuses on developing a new skill and guides readers to tangible outcomes with the assistance of hands-on activities that can be immediately implemented into the classroom. In addition to these hands-on activities, each chapter provides the reader with an "iPad Connection" to various iOS applications, which allows teachers and students another, albeit significantly less expensive, medium through which to learn, share, and create art. This book will appeal to music educators of students in grades K-12. It will serve collegiate music education courses secondarily, and will also appeal to those music educators who work with improvisation and technology.

Table of Contents:
Preface Ch. 1: Introduction to the Mechanics of Improvisation 1. Improvisation is.... 2. Developing improvisation in musicians 3. Repertoire guidelines 4. Classroom Technology 5. How Can Technology Facilitate the Development of Improvisation in Musicians? 6. Existing Materials and Methods 7. iPad Connection: SmartMusic for iOS 8. Breaking the Ice: Percussion-only Improv Jam 9. Ch. 1 Review Ch. 2: Auto Accompaniment Software: Band-in-a-Box and iReal Pro 1. Eb Jam Blues 2. Blues Variation: Freddie Freeloader 3. Modal Improvisation: So What 4. Chord Bracketing: Autumn Leaves 5. iPad Connection: iReal Pro 6. Ch. 2 Review Ch. 3: Notation Software: Note Flight and forScore 1. Notation Software Options 2. Creating a Lead Sheet: Für Elise by Beethoven 3. Creating an Exercise Sheet: Money by Pink Floyd 4. Creating a Motif-based Solo: Four by Miles Davis 5. Creating a Chord-tone Solo: All the Things You Are 6. The Power of MIDI in Notation Software 7. iPad Connection: forScore 8. Ch. 3 Review Ch. 4: Music Production Software: Audacity, GarageBand, and GarageBand for iOS 1. Isolating and Slowing Down Audio in Audacity: Miles Davis solo on So What 2. Comparing Melodies in Audacity: All Along the Watchtower by Dylan, Hendrix, and Matthews 3. Importing MIDI into GarageBand: Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock 4. High Quality Audio Recording in GarageBand and Audacity: Reprise of All the Things You Are Chord Tone Solo 5. iPad Connection: Creating Accompaniments Using Smart Instruments in GarageBand for iOS: Little Sunflower by Freddie Hubbard 6. Ch. 4 Review Ch. 5: Web Resources for Listening (YouTube and Spotify) 1. Using YouTube to Teach Musical Improvisation 2. Using Spotify to Teach Musical Improvisation 3. iPad Connection: YouTube and Spotify Apps 4. Ch. 5 Review Ch. 6: Web Resources for Posting: SoundCloud, Podomatic, Google Drive, and YouTube 1. Preparing Audio Files for Web Posting 2. Posting to SoundCloud 3. Posting to Podomatic 4. Posting and Sharing with Google Drive 5. iPad Connection: Posting to SoundCloud and YouTube from GarageBand for iOS 6. iPad Connection: YouTube Capture 7. Ch. 6 Review Ch. 7: Web Design to Organize Online Material (Weebly) 1. Web Design Overview 2. Web Design with Weebly 3. iPad Connection: Weebly App 4. Ch. 7 Review Closing Remarks Index

About the Author :
Michael Fein is an instructor in music technology who teaches at Haverford High School, at The University of the Arts, and at Central Connecticut State University. He was named Teacher of the Year by TI:ME, the Technology Institute for Music Educators, and he is a frequent clinician at music education conferences across the country.

Review :
"It's the way of the world that every generation adds their own voice to jazz improvisation, teaching is no different. 90% of teaching is forging a connection. Mike's technique connects. Bravo Mike!"--Denis DiBlasio, Director of Jazz Studies & Composition, Rowan University


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780190628253
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 218 mm
  • No of Pages: 208
  • Weight: 816 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0190628251
  • Publisher Date: 25 May 2017
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Width: 279 mm


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