MMED 765 Smart Music & Accompaniment Software For Music Education

College of Performing Arts School of Music

3 credits 45.0 hours
700 level graduate course

Learn how to use SmartMusic software with your students and explore ways to create custom accompaniments for use in the music classroom and rehearsal settings. The course will explore the incredible SmartMusic repertoire library, which includes 31 method books (band, string, and jazz), 2,500 concert titles, over 7,000 solo titles, and the new vocal sight-singing methods and choral warm-ups. You will learn how to use SmartMusic assessment and how it can encourage your students to practice longer and more often. You will experience the steps and procedures for creating your own SmartMusic classes and assignments and how to track your students’ progress. You will also learn how to create your own custom SmartMusic accompaniments using Finale notation software and from any MP3 audio file. Participants will learn how to create accompaniments using a wide variety of software titles including Finale, Sibelius, Band-in-a-Box and GarageBand. Additional topics include creating and searching for MIDI and audio files and converting them so they can be burned to an audio CD or posted on a school or personal website.

Prerequisites Take MMED*739;

This course is not repeatable for credit.