A collection of tools for music education. Inspired by the fine folks in the music department of Franklin Classical Middle School.
"I have used the program to create a project where students must incorporate 6 sound effects (splash, horn, crickets..etc) into an original 1 minute story. For that project, Audacity is the best platform." - Kathleen Webber, Humanities Teacher
"Online music notation software/cloud service. No downloads necessary, just the latest version of Flash Player. Students can write, listen to, and publish their own music." - Andrew Fitzgerald, Instrumental Music Teacher
"Fantastic for students to practise speaking, recording and playback to hear their great pronunciation, fluency, lexical resource, and error recognition for self-awareness and correction." - Vernon Fowler, eLearning Coordinator and Teacher
"This is a wonderful free site for Music teachers to teach students learn how to play an instrument. This is done by playing real instruments in combination with online games." - David Kapuler, Ed Tech Specialist
"The ability to extract parts is my favorite feature, and it makes it extremely easy to print music for the entire ensemble. However, I wish that MIDI input allowed for instant transposition for different instruments." - Andrea Newby, Homeschooler
"Teachers can assign playing assignments to students, listen, and provide assessment. Software provides assessment and immediate feedback to musicians. Includes gradebook and parent communication functionality." - Andrew Fitzgerald, Instrumental Music Teacher
Turn your iPhone into a handy piano or use it to play back previously-recorded songs.
A free iPad app for practicing music that combines sheet music, recording devices, metronomes, and tuners all into one handy app.
Play your recorder or flute alongside this app to play this game. It's almost like a Guitar Hero for learning on real instruments.
"One part studio recording suite and one part live performance tool, Garage Band makes for a great teaching tool." - Georgina Chong-You, Homeschooler
Thousands of free sound clips you can download and use for your projects.