Musical Resources
Free Music Making Tools
Free Music Making Tools
Get your students excited about learning making music! Even if you are a beginner, the tools below will help you to compose your own musical pieces. See how you can utilize these in your own classroom elementary to high school and beyond. Included with the activities you may find usable handouts or digital tools to save and collect student work. Feel free to use these resources if you wish. If you would like to build some lesson ideas together, please email me akaplan@gdrsd.org.
Get your students excited about learning making music! Even if you are a beginner, the tools below will help you to compose your own musical pieces. See how you can utilize these in your own classroom elementary to high school and beyond. Included with the activities you may find usable handouts or digital tools to save and collect student work. Feel free to use these resources if you wish. If you would like to build some lesson ideas together, please email me akaplan@gdrsd.org.
As a follow up to any of these activities, consider using a screencasting tool. A screen casting or screen capturing tool lets you video record the computer screen usually with audio. This is a great way for students to record their compositions and narrate their work. In ELA, you might have them read a poem or sing the lyrics to a song they wrote. In other classes, they might need to make a commercial to persuade an audience. Ask them to come up with an engaging slogan or short script to go along with the musical jingle they created. Bringg in some computer science using Tone Matrix and talk about switches or binary numbers.
As a follow up to any of these activities, consider using a screencasting tool. A screen casting or screen capturing tool lets you video record the computer screen usually with audio. This is a great way for students to record their compositions and narrate their work. In ELA, you might have them read a poem or sing the lyrics to a song they wrote. In other classes, they might need to make a commercial to persuade an audience. Ask them to come up with an engaging slogan or short script to go along with the musical jingle they created. Bringg in some computer science using Tone Matrix and talk about switches or binary numbers.
Tone Matrix, is a free tool that allows the user to compose their own music using base, harmony, chords and melody. The program is easy to use as it works like binary code or electrical switches. Toggle the notes by clicking on blocks within the grid to play or turn off the notes. Experiment a little and make some music! Compose your own music using patterns, randomness or maybe a little of both. Are your students visual or auditory learners. Take a look at their compositions and see.
Tone Matrix, is a free tool that allows the user to compose their own music using base, harmony, chords and melody. The program is easy to use as it works like binary code or electrical switches. Toggle the notes by clicking on blocks within the grid to play or turn off the notes. Experiment a little and make some music! Compose your own music using patterns, randomness or maybe a little of both. Are your students visual or auditory learners. Take a look at their compositions and see.
ToneMatrix.movMy example
Although you can copy and save the link to your musical composition, consider using grid paper so the students can transfer their piece using color coding with a hard or digital copy for future reference. See the Google Doc or Slide handout or take a look at the short video tutorial for a more advanced digital version using pixlr.com/editor.
Although you can copy and save the link to your musical composition, consider using grid paper so the students can transfer their piece using color coding with a hard or digital copy for future reference. See the Google Doc or Slide handout or take a look at the short video tutorial for a more advanced digital version using pixlr.com/editor.
If you have other ideas or you would like to design a lesson together, just reach out, click here to email Audra.
If you have other ideas or you would like to design a lesson together, just reach out, click here to email Audra.
Tone Matrix Color Coding.movTake it a step further, use screencasting or audio recording software to save any work. Use student compositions as background music for other works like song writing and storytelling.
Take it a step further, use screencasting or audio recording software to save any work. Use student compositions as background music for other works like song writing and storytelling.
Patatap, another fun tool, lets students explore tones and visuals as they type on the keyboard. Don't like the current sound system, tap the spacebar to change things up. Have fun typing words or random patterns and see what you can design.
Patatap, another fun tool, lets students explore tones and visuals as they type on the keyboard. Don't like the current sound system, tap the spacebar to change things up. Have fun typing words or random patterns and see what you can design.
Once you get started, it is hard to stop. Go ahead, try to keep your hands off the keyboard. Give it a try, click on the image to the right and follow the directions.
Once you get started, it is hard to stop. Go ahead, try to keep your hands off the keyboard. Give it a try, click on the image to the right and follow the directions.
Typatone is so much fun to play with. Using the keyboard or copy and paste, you can add your words into music.
Typatone is so much fun to play with. Using the keyboard or copy and paste, you can add your words into music.
Type a message. It plays at the rate you type. Play it back and Typatone makes it rhythmic to sound more like a song. A study from Cornell University helped to match more commonly used letters with more pleasing notes and sounds. The less frequently used letters add a little "spice" to the composition.
Type a message. It plays at the rate you type. Play it back and Typatone makes it rhythmic to sound more like a song. A study from Cornell University helped to match more commonly used letters with more pleasing notes and sounds. The less frequently used letters add a little "spice" to the composition.
"The act of writing has always been an art. Now, it can also be an act of music. Each letter you type corresponds to a specific musical note putting a new spin on your composition. Personalize your writing by choosing between six unique moods. Each mood changes speed, filter and color to each letter’s musical note. Easily import text written in other writing applications with a copy and paste interface. When you’ve finished writing, share it and download an audio version with a click of a button! Whether it’s a message, essay, story, or poem explore a new way of writing.
"The act of writing has always been an art. Now, it can also be an act of music. Each letter you type corresponds to a specific musical note putting a new spin on your composition. Personalize your writing by choosing between six unique moods. Each mood changes speed, filter and color to each letter’s musical note. Easily import text written in other writing applications with a copy and paste interface. When you’ve finished writing, share it and download an audio version with a click of a button! Whether it’s a message, essay, story, or poem explore a new way of writing.
Make music while you write." ~Lullatone
Make music while you write." ~Lullatone
Change the mood!
Change the mood!
Information included in this write up was obtained from this YouTube video, "An Introduction to Typatone" by Lullatone. "www.typatone.com
"Typatone is an online instrument by Lullatone and Jono Brandel.
It is a text to tone converter to make sentences into symphonies and morse code music." Lullatone
Hear my songs! :-)
Hear my songs! :-)
Earslap a Generative Musical Sequencer and another free and fun music making tool. "Procedural music, art, computation and some other things." ~Batuhan Bozkurt, batuhan@earslap.com
Earslap a Generative Musical Sequencer and another free and fun music making tool. "Procedural music, art, computation and some other things." ~Batuhan Bozkurt, batuhan@earslap.com
