ICT in learning – with emphasis on music technology

Finally, I have added a short rap to to the backing track of Go to church. I will let the track speak for it self …
Play rap!
 
 

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Now that I have created a working backing track, I will present some possibilities which music technology offers. As I have shown, Cubase is an example of a kind of software which allows the user to record and play back music, both in the format of MIDI and audio. From a learner’s point of view [...]

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It is time to provide an example of how some popular music software works, and some aspects of it which may lend it self to music education.
In this video, I will step by step add different musical parts that belong in the arrangement of Ice Cube’s “Go to church”. The work is done within the [...]

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To provide examples on how digital tools can be used in a musical context I have recreated the backing tracks of the tune “Go to church” by the American rap artist Ice Cube. I will elaborate on the process and on what kind of tools I have been using in the next articles. Here is [...]

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The aim of this series of postings is to convert the most important features of a pure text based essay into a multimodal text. The essay which I am about to convert, is an assignment I wrote earlier this autumn as part of the Master Studies in ITC in learning at the University College at [...]

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