Making Music in the Middle School

Using Sequencing Software in New and Innovative Ways

Deborah Barber, Arkansas Tech University

Jane Kuehne, Auburn University

Veronica Sichivitsa, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Kimberly Walls, Auburn University

Why MIDI in the Middle School Music Classroom?

(and what is it?)

Technology and adolescent learners

• Motivation through interactivity

• Creativity

• Relevancy– Hip factor– Career opportunities

What MIDI can do

• Record multiple tracks

• Change tracks & notes– orchestration, tempo, – pitch, rhythm, expression, transposition

• Display different notation views

• Can be sequenced with digital audio recordings

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Equipment and software needed

• Playback only

Equipment and software needed

• Playback only

• Editing

Equipment and software needed

• Playback only

• Editing

• Recording

Equipment and software needed

• Playback only

• Editing

• Recording

• Digital Audio

Equipment and software needed

• Playback only

• Editing

• Recording

• Digital Audio

• Individual vs. Group

How to learn more

• Web sites

• Books

• Curricula

• TI:ME

Demo MIDI Lessons