| Middle School , High School |
Business Careers, Music, Technology Media |
Software Programs |
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| 2Tone |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2007%20Projects/Biz-2Tone/2Tone/index.htm |
| Pupils are asked to design and present a data handling system for the management of a fictitious music company called '2tone'. The system should host customer information and be sufficiently robust to provide solutions to problems. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Music |
Performing Arts |
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| Bach Cadences |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/Music-Bach%20Cadences/index.htm |
| This project focuses on the study of chorale cadences. Using the guide supplied within this resource and the audio-visual material offered, students learn how to harmonize choral cadences in the style of J.S. Bach. |
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| High School |
Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Music, Technology Media |
Graphic Arts, Reading Literacy, Writing, Internet, Software Programs |
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| Blues Music |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2005%20Projects/Music-The%20Blues/Cross-Curricular%20Music%20Project.ppt |
| This project will look at blues music and the diversity within it, considering factors such as instrumentation, style and emotional response, and the technological, social and political influences that have shaped the genre.
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| Middle School , High School |
Music, Technology Media |
Internet |
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| Composing with the Instrument Families |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/egolf |
| In this unit, students create a 15-second song that uses at least one sound sample from each of the four instrument families. This project uses the students' original and creative ideas to compose music that incorporates the learning of the instruments. |
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| Composing with the Instrument Families |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/egolf/ |
| In this unit, students create a 15-second song that uses at least one sound sample from each of the four instrument families. This project uses the students' original and creative ideas to compose music that incorporates the learning of the instruments. |
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| Middle School |
Fine Arts, Music, Science, Technology Media |
Performing Arts, American History, Community Culture, Internet, Video |
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| Elvis Lives |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/nacionales/elvis.htm |
| Who is the "King of Rock & Roll" and why was he adored by millions of fans and still loved by so many some twenty five years after his death? This program is an introduction to a person many agree is the most widely known, loved, and recognized entertainer of all time--Elvis Presley. It was developed to enlighten the current generation of young people to the origins of rock and roll's first superstar. |
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| High School |
Music, Technology Media |
Internet, Software Programs |
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| Experimenting with Sound |
| http://resources.teachnet.ie/jhennessy/2005/index.htm |
| A high-tech approach to experimenting with vibrations, frequency, waves, speed, music and more. |
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| Middle School |
Music, Technology Media |
Digital Media, Internet, Software Programs |
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| From Magpies to Messiaen: Birds in Music |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetusa/etobias/tobias.htm |
| This is a program in which middle school students study the influence that birds have had in music and create their own original music based on imitations and actual electronic samples of birdsong. They learn how composers make use of the everyday material around them and they gain a unique perspective on music. They learn various compositional techniques as well as fundamental music concepts.
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| Middle School , High School |
Music, Social Studies |
Community Culture, Global History |
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| Global Rap |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2007%20Projects/Music-Global_Rap/Global_rap/index.htm |
| This resource should strengthen understanding of the contextual importance of music making in different cultures. By working with a musical genre which is already part of their cultural world, we should be able to make classroom music more engaging for our students.
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| Elementary |
Music, Technology Media |
Digital Media, Internet, Software Programs, Visual Arts |
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| Image work. . . through sound! |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2005%20Projects/ICT-Image%20Work/image-work/index.htm |
| The concept that color and musical harmony are linked has a long history, intriguing scientists such as Sir Isaac Newton. In this project, students explore images through sound!
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Music, Social Studies |
Performing Arts, American History, Community Culture |
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| Jazz |
| http://resources.teachnet.ie/amhiggins/teachjazz |
| Students will find out a little about Jazz, by completing a series of written, listening and research assignments. Through these tasks they will learn about the origins of Jazz, the main musical features of Jazz, some Jazz styles, instruments and musicians. |
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| Melody Writing for Music Students |
| http://resources.teachnet.ie/amhiggins/melody |
| This project shows how: a. to continue a given opening to complete a 16-bar melody with modulation. b. to cope with parameters such as a dance style, metre or form and c. to set a text to music. An ability to read and hear notated music does not come naturally to everyone. However, students can work towards aural competence in this area by working through the interactive examples. |
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| Elementary |
Music, Technology Media |
Internet |
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| Music for Fun |
| http://resources.teachnet.ie/adonaghermcgowan/ |
| This project is based on the music curriculum. The three main strands -- listening and responding, performing, and composing -- are each dealt with. While the site is aimed at children from third to sixth grade, many of the activities can easily be modified for all classes.
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| High School |
Music, Technology Media |
Software Programs |
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| Music Remix |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2005%20Projects/Music-Remixing/remixing/index.htm |
| Computer based music production, remixing and working with samples, can motivate those pupils who have limited or no instrumental and/or notation reading skills. It allows them to work with important compositional concepts such as structure, timbre, texture and arranging. |
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| Elementary |
English Language Arts, Music, Technology Media |
Internet |
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| Musical Journey Through Time |
| http://www.teachnet-lab.org/miami/2002/knorkin.htm |
| Students have the opportunity to learn about different types of music from Baroque to Gospel, composers from Beethoven to Run D.M.C, and styles from swing to hip hop. All learning styles are involved: the auditory learner hears the music, the visual learner views pictures of instruments and composers, the tactile learner creates listening tapes and/or CDs and the kinesthetic learner taps out rhythms of songs.
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| Middle School , High School |
Music, Social Studies, Technology Media |
American History, Community Culture, Digital Media |
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| Podcasting in the Classroom |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantwinners/GrantTeachnet_RianWilkinson_PostcastingInTheClassroom.htm |
| This project was designed to be a culminating activity for a 9th grade Music History unit covering popular music in America during the 1930s. Student podcasts are created through the use of images, sound bytes, written information, and multimedia. |
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| Middle School , High School |
English Language Arts, Music, Technology Media |
Poetry Creative Writing, Writing, Digital Media, Software Programs |
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| Setting Text to Music |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantWinners/TeachnetDisseminator_EvaEgolf.htm |
| Students create original music compositions and incorporate original text. Students research the conventions of writing poetry and learn about form in music from online resources. When they create the songs, they use contemporary software and multitrack recording techniques. |
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| Elementary |
Music, Technology Media |
Internet |
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| Sounding Notes and Noting Sounds |
| http://resources.teachnet.ie/adonaghermcgowan/2005/ |
| This project deals with music literacy in the context of the Irish primary school curriculum. Theory is linked to practical examples, and chime bars are used as a resource throughout. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Fine Arts, Music |
Art History, Performing Arts |
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| Sounds of Kandinsky |
| http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2006%20Projects/Music-Sounds_of_Kandinsky/index.htm |
| Kandinsky considered music to be the most developed of the abstract arts and consciously made connections between developments in music and the visual arts. This project uses a Kandinsky painting to generate musical ideas for a group composition. |
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| The Reel Thing: An Introduction to Traditional Irish Music |
| http://resources.teachnet.ie/ddonnelly/ |
| The Reel Thing is a resource to bring Irish Traditional Music into the classroom. This project is designed to assist the pupil and teacher to appreciate and understand traditional music, its origins, tunes, instruments and styles. The teacher or child is encouraged to listen to traditional music for its sheer enjoyment potential. |
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| Elementary , Middle School |
Music |
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| The Ultimate Instrument |
| http://teachersnetwork.org/grantWinners/PowerToLearn_JulieReksc.htm |
| The Ultimate Instrument is an interactive unit in which students design, create, and learn about the instrument families of the symphony orchestra through the use of technology. |
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| Timbral Composition |
| http://resources.teachnet.ie/arainsford |
| This project will help the non specialist primary teacher to tackle the composition strand of the music curriculum. The ideas featured in this piece focus on timbral composition, which uses musical textures and soundcapes rather than harmony as it is understood in the traditional sense. This allows teachers and pupils to try out composition without having to understand the technical requirements of harmony and writing in standard notation. |
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| High School |
Music, Science, Technology Media |
Physics, Internet, Software Programs |
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| Timbre for Music and Physics Students |
| http://resources.teachnet.ie/amhiggins/ |
| This project will encourage meaningful listening to the tone colour of instruments, and foster an awareness of different timbres in a musical context. Students will experiment with sound in a musical context through a composing task, then apply these ideas through project work and a performing task.
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| Elementary |
Fine Arts, Foreign Language, Music, Social Studies, Technology Media |
Art History, Painting, Internet, Software Programs, Video |
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| Viva Mexico |
| http://www.teachnet-lab.org/miami/2002/rduarte.htm |
| Viva Mexico is based on interactive units that build students research skills. The students have fun surfing the Internet while acquiring information for the different activities they participate in. Once students reach a particular website, it is up to them to gather the information to be used in the presentation. Students complete a series of four lessons with numerous activities in each lesson. Because the lessons are in different disciplines, particularly art and music, the learning process becomes enhanced, more enjoyable and long-lasting.
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| High School |
Music, Technology Media |
Internet, Software Programs |
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| West End Blues |
| http://www.ioe.ac.uk/TeachNetUK/nbluck/index.html |
| This unit is designed for anyone who is interested in finding out more about the Blues. Students will work cooperatively to complete tasks that require Internet research and the development of presentations. |
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| Middle School , High School |
Music |
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| What is Timbre? |
| http://resources.teachnet.ie/amhiggins |
| Timbre refers to the tone colour of a sound. It allows the listener to distinguish between two sounds when pitch, loudness and duration are the same. Sift through the material in advance and decide on the end product - a musical composition, a PowerPoint display or simply a set of filled-in worksheets. |
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