Music Ed Tech Talk

Learn how to teach your students to play in tune by taking advantage of the features of the Tonal Energy tuning app. In this episode, my colleague Ben Denne joins to talk about a comprehensive methodology for teaching your students how to play in tune using their ears, not their eyes. In the episode, we overview the primary features of TE as they relate to playing with a beautiful tone and intonation. Features include: single and polyphonic tuning drones, modeling just intonation in chords and melody, visualizing pitch, and more!   Where to Find Me: Subscribe to the Blog...RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in...Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS   Support My Work: Become a Patron! Buy me a coffee - My Book: Digital Organization Tips for Music Teachers | Oxford University Press - My Scale Exercise Play-Along Tracks: Audio Only | Audio and Stems ... current on sale   Philosophy: - Prioritize these... - Tone - Intonation - Balance/Blend - Melodic Accuracy - Rhythmic Accuracy - Expression/Phrasing - Technique/Articulation - Sound Over Sight - If we are asking students to use their ears, then why are we having them use their eyes? - Natural Learning - think about how children learn to speak. Through modeling from parental figures, constant repetition, and encountering these repetitions in various contexts. - Electronic tuners can only tune intervals of unisons and octaves accurately. - We are used to hearing the piano in its slightly "out-of-tune" tempered state. - Interval Adjustment - Pure intervals have varying degrees of adjustment from tempered intonation to make them in tune. - Scale Degree | Adjustment - 1 | 0 - 2 | +3.9 - 3 | -13.7 - 4 | -2.0 - 5 | +2.0 - 6 | -15.6 - 7 | -11.7 - 8 | 0 - We must teach our students to HEAR when something is out of tune by listening for beats. But how? - Resonant intonation is the result of two other important features: superior tone and balance. - Good tone comes first. - Learning balance is difficult in a room by yourself. - Use of an electric drone helps. - Turn the drone up to a level that equals the student. - Song based learning that utilizes lots of simple melodies in standard keys teaches students to understand basic consonance and dissonance. - Lots of repetition!!! - Patients! - Reinforce that one success does not mean that everything will be in tune from here on out. - Don't strive for a perfect intonation system. Resist teaching students the theory of intervals and focus on them hearing consonance and dissonance through listening to the relationships of intervals. - Once you know what a 5th sounds like, you can tune it anywhere. - Avoid technical talk unless something is absolutely in a students way. - Daniel Kohut - Musical Performance: Learning Theory and Pedagogy - Superior Concept - Relaxed Concentration - Focused Awareness - Reasons teachers give up on teaching intonation this way... - Fear of other areas of musical performance failing - wrong notes, rhythm, poor technique, inability to execute musically. The solution to this - pick easier music!!! - Abstract nature of these skills make them less concrete to student minds and harder to teach. - This is a long road. It takes time. But! - the end reward is ultimately better because students own their critical listening skills and now make musical adjustments themselves, even to features in the music that are not tone and intonation related. Each year will have an upswing towards the end. Independent musicianship is the result.   Features of Tonal Energy - Overview of each feature and setting - Live Demo - Strategies - Everything with drone - All music taught around tonal centers - Students tune down to the tonic most immediately beneath where the majority of their part sits - Students write tonal centers in their method books and concert music - Analyze mode - Students practice scale patterns and songs in this sequence... 1. Visual and aural feedback 2. Aural feedback only 3. No drone at all - Practice Guide - You can balance to the drone Tell students to match the volume of the drone at various levels. - Play along melodies with students on a keyboard or on the display A midi keyboard like the Xkey https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DU2VKV8/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 can play certain key areas in tune perfectly and can automatically tune chords to just intonation. Combined with an iPad, this is like owning a Yamaha Harmony Director. - In rehearsal: Have students buzz along and find their place in the chord - Use In-App Audio Apps to make play along tracks - Making Just Intonation Play-Along Tracks for Your Performing Ensemble (Using Tonal Energy and GarageBand) GarageBand for iOS allows easy creation of engaging play along tracks by using TE Tuner as a plugin and combining its sounds with other instruments. Video demos of Inter App Audio Apps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMgypjhNPL0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmyw1j0vb4U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWsHqD816rw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM8dNCEbPro   - Tools for Making Play-Along Tracks - Yamaha Harmony Director - My Scale Exercise Play-Along Tracks (CURRENTLY ON SALE)   - Farrago - GarageBand Drummers - Shure BLX14/PGA31 Wireless Headworn Microphone System  - Band in a Box - My NAfME Article about teaching music in unison, making practice resources, and using drones/beats - Always Start from the Beginning: Developing Tone Quality, Intonation, Concert Repertoire, and Classroom Management through Unison Playing in Performing Ensembles   More Resources: - Hal Leonard Intermediate Band Method - Beat Elimination as a Means of Teaching Intonation to Beginning Wind Instrumentalists, The Journal of Research in Music Education, Winer 1972 - The Problem of Tonality in Seventheenth Century Music, Delbert M. Beswick, Music, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of North Carolina, 1950 - Musical Performance: Learning Theory and Pedagogy - Daniel Kohut - Automating Band Warmups, Teaching Auditory Skill, and Managing My Classroom… With Solfege Bingo Extra Show Notes from the Podcast Episode:   App of the Week - Obsidian - Hook - Jamulus.io Album of the Week - Church on Hell Street - Punch Brothers - Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Tech Tip of the Week - Numbers & Fantastical for Batch Events - Craft App - Craft episode of Music Ed tech Talk

Friends of the show join to answer burning questions about music, education, and technology in 2021 (and beyond). Patreon subscribers get some extra discussion about Dune and Foundation. Thanks to this month's new Patreon supporters, Emmanuel and Kristin! Thanks to this month's sponsor, Light the Music! Subscribe to the Blog… RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Support Music Ed Tech Talk Become a Patron! Buy me a coffee Show Notes: David MacDonald, composer Scoring Notes - Will Kuhn Will Book 1 - Electronic Music School Will Book 2 - Interactive Composition The Class Nerd Podcast Jon's new song - Another Night Obsidian - a second brain for you, forever. Craft - Taking notes to the next level Craft episode of Music Ed Tech Talk –> (1)(http://www.robbyburns.com/blog/47-craft-for-music-educators-with-dr-david-macdonald) OBS Studio (Open Broadcaster Software) OBS Cam app How to set up and use a Focus on iPhone and iPad DJI Pocket 2 camera Slack - a new way to communicate with your team. Todoist Trello Muse meditation headband Kirk Franklin Robby's book - Digital Organization Tips for Music Teachers Hazel - Hazel watches whatever folders you tell it to, automatically organizing your files according to the rules you create. How to Organize Your Mac's Desktop with Stacks in macOS Mojave Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive File Not Found, a generation that grew up with Google is forcing professors to rethink their lesson plans | The Verge I Gave My Mom a Crypto Wallet: A Simple Guide to NFTs, Blockchain and More | The Wall Street Journal Dyson cordless vacuum Pen Chalet iRobot Brava How Machines Learn - CPG Grey The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive Google is trying to make its image processing more inclusive iPad Mini Shure SM7B Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone Elago Ring Light Ableton Push 2 APC 40 Instapaper - Save Anything. Read Anywhere. AirPods Max Tom Bihn Bags Tom Bihn Synik 30 Tom Bihn Road Buddy Duffel 36 Tom Bihn Parental Unit - Robby's bag for baby stuff Peloton Digital Headspace for Educators Will's car - Fiat Dino Spider (1967) Soda Stream Fizzy One Touch Matter - smart home alliance Teenage Engineering Playdate Apple VR AR Rumors - Bloomberg Soothe2 vocal processer Band in a Box iReal Pro Robby's play along tracks Pianoteq 7 Loopback - cable-free audio routing for Mac OP1 OPZ The Dirty Loops and Cory Wong - TURBO The Wheels on the Bus - Cocomelon Julius Eastman: Stay On It Sound Painting Animal Collective - My Girls One of a Kind | Vivo POWRIG 6" Elastic Cable Ties Bungee Cords Adjustable Cable Management Reusable - Red (10-pack) DEVONthink - Get Organized – Unleash Your Creativity OmniFocus - Accomplish more every day The Verge - EMAILS shirt Loki Foundation Only Murders in the Building Doom Patrol Chillin Island The Expanse Animal Crossing The Breath of the Wild Overcooked 2 Star Wars Squadrons Dark Souls Fortnight League of Legends Google Stadia The Plot Thickens by Turner Classic Movies Hit Parade Sound Expertise William Robin | musicologist Robot or Not Do By Friday Election Profit Makers The 4-Hour Chef - The best steak recipe I have is in this book Recent episodes of Music Ed Tech Talk that the guests have been on: (2)(http://www.robbyburns.com/blog/20-electronic-music-school-with-will-kuhn) (3)(http://www.robbyburns.com/robbyburnsandfriends/bmw9wc09qe3qk7xfyh5l2rrctn6qnw) (4)(http://www.robbyburns.com/blog/47-craft-for-music-educators-with-dr-david-macdonald) (5)(http://www.robbyburns.com/robbyburnsandfriends/34-new-software-coming-from-apple-and-what-you-can-do-with-it-with-craig-mcclellan) Album of the Year - Nate Smith: Kinfolk 2 | Stevie Wonder: Talking Book | Magdalena Bay: Murcurial World | John Mayer: Sob Rock | Cory Wong and Dirty Loops: Turbo App of the Year - Obsidian | Fin Timer | OP-Z App | Pixelmator Photo | Molskine Actions Tech Tip of the Year - Focus Modes (some discussion about how I am using these on episode 44 of this show) | camelcamelcamel.com | Use OBS for everything | Feedbin | Press and hold the spacebar on iOS to move your cursor around Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!   47 - Craft for Music Educators, with Dr. David MacDonald  ↩ 20 - Electronic Music School, with Will Kuhn  ↩ 1 - The Inner Game of Everything, with Jon Tippens  ↩ 47 - Craft for Music Educators, with Dr. David MacDonald  ↩ 34 - New SOftware Coming from Apple (And What You Can Do With It), with Craig McClellan  ↩

David rejoins the show to talk about how we use Craft, an extremely versatile, elegant, and powerful app for the web, iOS, and macOS devices. Subscribe to the Blog… RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Support Music Ed Tech Talk Become a Patron! Buy me a coffee Show Notes: Example of listener submission, Mr. Ehler's, Resource for All Band Students (created entirely in Craft) Audacity 3.1 is out now! Fender acquires PreSonus Dorico 4, planned for early 2022, will be first Steinberg product to use new licensing system Craft OmniFocus Bear Markdown Blog Post iA Writer Obsidian Todoist Trello Rome Research Notion App of the Week Robby - Documents David - GoodReader Music of the Week Robby - NPR Top 50 of 2021 David - Silk Sonic Tech Tip of the Week Better Touch Tool Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book David - Twitter | Website | Blog Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!

Christopher Bill joins the show to talk about the musicianship, hardware, software, and creative process behind his viral YouTube channel, Classical Trombone. Subscribe to the Blog… RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Support Music Ed Tech Talk Become a Patron! Buy me a coffee Show Notes: Focusrite Control TEM240 - episode featuring Christopher Bill TBJ133 - featuring Christopher Bill Halloween 2021: Don't Fear the Reaper! (Trombone Cover) Christopher Bill Guide to Remote Music Education Christopher Bill's Multitrack Editing 101 Shure X2u Robby's Virtual Teaching Setup Royer R-121 Studio Ribbon Microphone Focusrite Scarlet Solo Adobe Premiere Elements Ableton Live Clip Champ - video editing software for Windows Davinci Resolve - video editing software Izotope Loopback Rogue Amoeba Audio Apps - Music Ed Tech Talk Episode, featuring Paul Kafasis Open Broadacaster Software Virtual Audio Cable VAC Audio Jack Farrago - Soundboard app for Mac Audio Hijack Automatic Instrument Rental Forms, with Keyboard Maestro AutoHotkey (Windows version of KB maestro) App of the Week Robby - Keyboard Maestro Christopher - Flic Music of the Week Robby - My Bluegrass Heart - Béla Fleck Christopher - Don't Lose Sight - Song by Lawrence | Dirty Loops - Rollercoaster | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful - Florence and the Machine Tech Tip of the Week Robby - NFC stickers Christopher - OVOU Business Card Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Christopher - Twitter) | Website | YouTube Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!

David MacDonald joins Robby to share their favorite books, hardware, apps, services, and musical gift ideas. Subscribe to the Blog… RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Support Music Ed Tech Talk Become a Patron! Buy me a coffee Show Notes: METT #43 - iOS 15 and macOS Monterey with Paul Shimmons Scoring Notes - Music notation software, macOS Monterey, and Apple Silicon M1 Macs Scoring Notes - Use Shortcuts to quickly create score templates on macOS and iOS | Robby Burns Noteflight Blog - Connecting the Strands: Teaching Melody and Harmony Writing with Ukulele, Noteflight, and Soundtrap | Robby Burns David's last appearance on this show to talk about smart speakers Chris Russell's recent appearance on this show to talk ukuleles Musician's Friend Stupid Deal of the Day Books Scott L. Phillips - Beyond Sound V.J. Manzo - Foundations of Music Technology Will and Ethan episode Will Kuhn, Ethan Hein - Electronic Music School Jorge Variego - Composing with Restraint Peter Perry - Technology Tips for Ensemble Teachers Robby Burns - Digital Organization Tips for Music Teachers Ronald Kearns - Recording Tips for Music Educators The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy edited by Lee VanHandel Kathryn Finch, Theresa Hoover - Pass the Baton Sarah Urist Green - You Are An Artist: Assignments to Spark Creation Hardware HomePod mini iPad mini MacBook Pro AirPods Elgato Stream Deck More Hardware Scoring Notes Podcast Notation Central Stream Deck Profiles AT2020 AKG P 420 Røde Lavalier Go Røde Wireless GO II Scarlet Focusrite Audio Interfaces Twelve South StayGo | USB-C Hub Amazon Basics Studio Headphones Software Rogue Amoeba Apps - Fission | Audio Hijack | Loopback | SoundSource | Farrago - Offers educator discount Drafts Craft - Offers educator discount OmniFocus - Offers educator discount Things Dorico - Offers educator discount StaffPad An evening with StaffPad - YouTube Services Headspace for Educators Calm Schools Peloton Digital Teacher Discount Nebula Misc Anker Nebula Capsule Projector Whoosh Nintendo Switch Online Subscription Atoms Shoes Bombas socks MacSparky Field Guides Paperless Field Guide Mac Pro Video Dorico Course - Leo Nicholson Skillshare Lamy Safari Fountain Pens Lush The Four Hour Chef Momofuku Cookbook Music of the Week Robby - Sarah Jarosz David - Sister Rosetta Tharpe Tech Tip of the Week Robby - Focus Modes David - CopyChar.cc Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book David - Twitter | Website | Blog Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!

Dr. Peter Perry joins the show to talk about the software and hardware we use in rehearsals, his book Technology Tips for Ensemble Directors, and our recent favorite music, apps, and tech tips.   Subscribe to the Blog... RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in... Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS   Support Music Ed Tech Talk   Become a Patron! Buy me a coffee   Show Notes:   - Dr. Peter Perry's book → Technology Tips for Ensemble Directors - File Not Found: A generation that grew up with Google is forcing professors to rethink their lesson plans - iOS 15 and macOS Monterey - Music Ed Tech Talk - Take, Leave, Transform! What Do We Keep from Last School Year? - Robby Burns (NAfME) - Get Back into the Rehearsal with Technology - Peter Perry (NAfME) - Shure wireless mic - TE Tuner - GoodNotes - forScore - iStroboSoft - Scale Exercise Play-Along Tracks - Focusrite Scarlet Solo - AT2020 Microphone - Twelve South StayGo USB Hub - BandLab - Soundtrap - Zoom audio recorders - Focus Modes - Rogue Amoeba Apps - Loopback | Soundsource | Audio Hijack | Fission - Rogue Amoeba Audio Apps with Paul Kafasis | Music Ed Tech Talk - iReal Pro - Band in a Box - AirServer - Classroom Maestro - Kahoot - Black Binder - Dorico  Music of the Week Robby - Astor Piazzolla and Gary Burton - The New Tango Peter - Tony Benett and Lady Gaga - Love for Sale  App of the Week: Robby - Craft Peter - Izotope RX9 Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Peter - Twitter | Website Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!  

Paul Shimmons returns to the show to talk about the features in Apple's new operating system updates, and how we plan to use them. Patreon subscribers get a bootleg version of the recording, without the ads, and including bonus conversation about notation apps on iPad. Subscribe to the Blog... RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in... Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Support Music Ed Tech Talk Become a Patron!   Show Notes: - Dorico for iPad: First Impressions | Music Ed Tech Talk - Sibelius for iPad, Featuring Joe Plazak | Music Ed Tech Talk - iOS 15 - macOS Monterey - OmniFocus - DEVONthink - Never Miss a Task, with Project Templates | Music Ed Tech Talk - The Class Nerd podcast - Craig McClellan and Robby Burns - AirServer - Twelve South StayGo | USB-C Hub  - The Breathing Gym - My Scale Exercise Play Along Tracks - OmniOutliner - My blog post about Safari extension on iOS - Some Monterey Features of Note - MacSparky App of the Week Paul - Ultimate Drill Book  Robby - Sofa Music of the Week Paul - Powerhouse - White Heart Robby - Cory Henry - Best of Me Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Paul - Twitter | Website Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!

Theresa returns to talk about career changing, COVID practices worth bringing into this school year, productivity apps, and empowering student creativity! Subscribe to the Blog… RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Support Music Ed Tech Talk Become a Patron! Buy me a coffee Thanks to my sponsors this month, Blink Session Music. Show Notes: Blink Session Music 14 - Empowering Performing Ensembles at a Distance, With Theresa Hoover Ducassoux Using Jamboard in the Music Classroom Craft Obsidian Light the Music  Pass the Baton: Empowering All Music Students (Kathryn Finch, Theresa Hoover) Pass the Baton YouTube Channel Jodie Blackshaw | Composer Alex Shapiro - Putting the E in Ensemble Alex Shapiro's appearance on Music Ed Tech Talk App of the Week:  Robby - Instapaper / Readwise Theresa - Kumospace Album of the Week: Robby - Turbo Theresa - Cory Wong Tech Tip of the Week: Robby - Safari Tab Groups, Sync Safari and Chrome bookmarks with a Windows PC Theresa - Chrome Reading List / Favicons Favorite Bar Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Theresa - Twitter | Website Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!

Joe Plazak (Principal Software Engineer and Designer) joins the show to talk about Sibelius for Mobile and their new iPad app. This episode is sponsored by Blink Session Music: Because Virtual Lessons Are More Than a Video Chat.   Subscribe to the Blog... RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in... Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Support Music Ed Tech Talk Become a Patron!   Buy me a coffee Thanks to my sponsors this month, Blink Session Music. Show Notes: Blink Session Music Sibelius for Mobile Scoring Notes Interview with Joe Plazak and Sam Butler - The history and future of Sibelius for iPad SetApp App of the Week:  Robby - CleanShot Joe - Tips Album of the Week: Robby - Jack & Owane - Part One: Shredemption Joe - Pomplamoose - Impossible à prononcer Tech Tip of the Week: Robby - Make your own custom keyboard shortcuts Joe - Hold the spacebar on iPhone to get a cursor Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!

Seth Sandler, maker of the poplar mobile tuner app Tunable, joins the show to talk about the process of making a tuning app, developing for iOS/Mac, and more! Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Show Notes: Tunable Seth's Tweets showing a piano widget NodeBeat Dr. Betotte Greg Pierce, developer of Drafts, on Music Ed Tech Talk DEVONthink OmniFocus Drafts GoodNotes App of the Week:  BusyCal Album of the Week: Chris Thile - Laysongs Acapella Musicals on Spotify Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Seth - Twitter Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!