Kodaly Conference Session Elective 4
Hello and welcome! I hope you enjoyed the session. Please find below some notes from the session, as well as links to detailed information and articles.
– Katie Argyle
About Midnight Music
You can learn more about what I do here:
1. Online courses – GarageBand, iPads, Music Tech for Beginners, IWBs, Sibelius, Mixcraft, Audacity and much more
2. Face-to-Face training – in-service PD for music teachers (limited bookings available for term 4)
3. Other events – workshops and conference presentations
Hook Theory
Go to Hooktheory website.
We looked at 3 sections:
1. Theorytab – 1 Tabs
2. Theorytab – 2 Trends
3. Hookpad – Songwriting tool
1. TheoryTab
– Chord analysis of songs
– Graphic notation view of melody
– Can use to analyse melody and how it fits with chords: turn on/off notes of chords using Stable button
– Shows melodic contour
– View in many ways
– Youtube and piano audio options
– Chord chart/position for keyboard and guitar
2. Trends
– Choose key first
– Click on a chord “circle”; then choose next chord etc
– See list of song that appear that use the chord sequence somewhere
3. HookPad
– Sign in so you can save
– Chords – choose duration first
– Click on chord name to add it to the song (it will be added at the playback line position)
– Melody – turn on Stable to see “notes in chord”
– Add lyrics
– Export – score, tab, MIDI
Other Useful things:
Shortcuts – See Hooktheory shortcuts
Manual – See Hooktheory manual
My article – See Website of the Week: Hooktheory
Noteflight
Go to Noteflight website
Shortcuts: download Noteflight shortcuts
Manual: see Noteflight user guide
Thinglink
Go to Thinglink website
iPad app – download app
Android app – download app
Examples
Voicethread
Go to Voicethread website
Voicethread example 1: collaborative project: Utah grade 2 artwork with commentary, Colorado grade 9 poems, Texas Grade 5-6 students music in GarageBand.
Voicethread example 2: Music To My Eyes.
Other Links
I collect and share music tech-related links and resources on Pinterest. You can view my Pinterest profile by clicking on the See It On Pinterest button below:
Visit Midnight Music’s profile on Pinterest.