Oak Prairie Music Technology

Oak Prairie's Music Technology Course is an elective for 7th and 8th grade students with or without a music background.  Aside from learning traditional notation and notation software, students learn sequencing and cross-platform digital composition skills.

Grading

A          95-100
A-         92-94
B+        89-91
B          86-88
B-         83-85
C+        80-82
C          77-79
C-         74-76
D+        71-73
D          68-70
D-         65-67
F           64 v

Category Weights

50% Summative Assessments

• Completed Projects
• Quizzes/Tests

50% Formative Assessments

• Check for Understanding
• Worksheets/Google Forms

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Curriculum Scope and Sequence

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Lesson Plans

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Projects & Links

Unit 1: How Do We Listen To Music?
Interactive Listening
​Perceived Space Graph
Mahler Symphony and Microphone Placement

Unit 2: Form and Rhythm
Musical Form Map
Understanding Rhythm - Groove Pizza
 Groove Pizzeria - a more advanced Groove Pizza
Step Sequencing in GarageBand iOS
Intro to GarageBand OSX

Unit 3: Space - The Final Frontier (Techniques in the 20th Century)
Space Composition Contest Winners through MAARBLE
NASA Soundcloud - Spooky Sounds
NASA Soundcloud - Rocket Engines
NASA Soundcloud
Space Jams Project

Unit 4: Improvising Music (Melody and Harmony)
Theory for Producers - The Black Keys
Improvising Melodies and Bass Lines

• Stevie Wonder - Superstition

Melody Composition Project - Using MIDI Controllers & Smart Instruments with GarageBand

• Stevie Wonder - Superstition MIDI File (for use in GarageBand - Tempo 101, Key Cm)

Google Doodle on Oscar Fischinger - Composing Melodies without Notation

Unit 5: Remix
Google Doodle on Mixing Beats
You.DJ
Remix Project
Remixing Using GarageBand iOS
Remixing Using GarageBand OSX

Unit 6: Soundtracks
BBC Sound Library
Music in Movies
Car Commercial

Misc. Links
Mp3 File for Making Ringtones
LoopLabs - Free Online Beat Builder
MathScienceMusic.org