iPads in the Music Classroom 101

Course Description

This course has been designed to teach music teachers and middle school / high school students how to successfully use and teach musical form, chord progression, music sequencing and song composition on an iPad.

The course begins with the workings of the iPad, and then quickly moving into musical form. Students then map out their form for their composition on a blank piece of paper and learn and fill in their chord progression. They then take this blueprint to the iPad and use Garage Band and generate a 5 part song consisting of: drums, bass, piano, guitar, and an audio track. They then Master the music and getting it ready for publication and/or sharing online. Students must then complete a Final original song on their own and submit to the instructor.

• Note : This course is intended for teachers and/or HS or students. You should have access to a computer with Internet access, an iPAD pre loaded with the Garage Band app.

Upon completion of the course you will:

• Understand the workings of an iPad
• Understand the basics of musical form and map out on a sheet of paper their own song based on these musical forms
• Understand chord progressions and cadences
• Use their musical form sheet as a blueprint to compose their song into Garage Band on the iPad
• Record drums, bass, piano, guitar, strings, and an audio track in Garage Band
• Master the recording: Mixing. Panning, effects, editing
• Be able to publish your song online, email it to a friend, or share on social networks

The course package:

• 23 tutorial videos, and a few downloadable PDF's.
• Weekly Assignments
• Step by step video tutorials will be provided.
• Weekly assignments you can submit to your teacher for feedback

Course Duration: June 17th - August 23rd, 2013 (8 week session) or...self pace yourself if you want to move along quicker.

Optional College Credit Available:

• Also, Optional (1) graduate-level quarter credits will be made available for this course through Seattle Pacific University at $50.
• The cost for the 1 units is $50 per credit hour payable to SPU.
• Once registered for this course, please register with SPU within one week of starting your course by following the link below to online registration or by calling 800-482-3848. SPU registration is paid to Seattle Pacific University and handled separately from the course registration.
• To Register: Click here

• This course is time specific and assignments / projects will be organized into (10) weekly folders to be completed weekly.

The course outline:

Week 1A: Welcome and how the course works Week 1B: iPad workings Week 1C:Garage Band Basics. Week 2A: Musical Form Motive and Semi Phase Week 2B: Musical Form Phrase and cadences Week 2C: Musical Form Periods Week 2D: Musical Form Double Periods Week 2E: Construct your own Form Week 3A: Chord Progressions Week 4A: Garage Band: Working with Drums Week 4B: Recording Your Song : Record the drums Week 4C: Recording Your Song : Record the Bass Week 5A: Recording Your Song : Record the Piano Week 5B: Recording Your Song : Record the Guitar Week 5C: Recording Your Song : Record the Strings Week 6A: Recording Your Song : Record the Audio Track Week 6B: Mastering Part 1 Week 6C: Mastering Part 2 Week 6D: Publishing/Sharing your song Weeks 7-8: Work on your Final assignment and submit