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Music creation

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About this module

Explore live instruments, hardware and software that blend the physical and digital worlds of sound and rhythm.This module can be used within a music curriculum, or within another academic area (physics, computational thinking, etc.) in which creative programming, sequential thinking, and the understanding of sound are practiced.

Applications

  • Learning rhythmic figures in context to genre (music teachers)
  • World culture and representation inclusion (music teachers)
  • Rhythmic storytelling
  • Programming and live manipulation of sounds (music teachers, computer science teachers)

Materials

  • Roland AIRA T-8 module
  • BandLab Software
  • Percussion instruments or household items