Creating and Composing Music

Links to interactive music

Create
http://www.incredibox.com/
Isle of Tune
http://soundation.com/ only works in Safari

Record and upload
https://soundcloud.com/

Incredibox 

Guide to Creating

• Have a Purpose
  
• Short better than Long (Edit)
  
• Have a Design
  
• Pictures and Audio

Guide to Learning

• Choose one app or activity
  
• Master and Understand
  
• Learn- unlearn-relearn
  
• Google Earth Philosophy
• Don't Settle - last 10% goes from good to spectacular!

Guide to Composing

• Repeat notes and phrases
• One to three notes or colors
• Sound vs Silence
• Color vs negative space
• Music IS math, looks organized, sounds organized
  

Guide to Literacy

Sound Effects created by hands and mouth
Sentences with sound effects
Sentences with pictures
Pictures with sound and sound effects, no words

Slide Videos

Additional slide videos found here, as well as directions on the procedure to create one with your students.

Mission Video

SketchBook X
Doink visuals
GarageBand music
iMovie 

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Apple Apps
GarageBand $4.99
iMovie $4.99

Creating Music
Isle of Tune $1.99
Beatwave Free

Instruments
Band 3.99 
ChordBank Free
Digidrummer Free 
I Can Xylo Free
Thumbjam $8.99

Visual Arts Apps
Brushes Free
Doink $4.99
Sketchbook Express Free

Recording Apps
Soundcloud Free
AudioBoo Free

Music Games
Seuss Band .99
Pluto Piano Free
Moozart 1.99
Note Squish.99
Simon's Cat Free
Magic Piano Free

Interactive
Sounddrop Free
Auditorium Free
Air Harp .99

Word
Word Art 3.99

Productivity
DropBox Free
Evernote Free
Google Free