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Digital Literacy in SoundScape Creation

Tech used: Iphone, Mac (could all be done on phone or iPad) Apps: IMovie, GarageBand, Quicktime Video  

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Frasenmaker

Here’s my IFEA instruction manual for teaching musical phrasing!  Enjoy! Frasenmaker This way of creating simple, use friendly step by step instructions was very useful for distilling what in real-time is a very subjective, sense-based, internalized process for students in … Continue reading

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Jay Michalak/Jackie Nguyen

Jackie did an outstanding job bringing the relatively complicated musical performance strategy of phrasing to life in a fun, engaging and highly effective manner.  She paced the lesson extremely well and provided answers and scaffolding as necessary.  She also employed … Continue reading

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