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MMED 682 Teaching Music Improvisation with the iPad



3 credits 42.0 hours
600 level graduate course

This course is designed for elementary and secondary general music teachers and ensemble directors (vocal, strings, band and jazz ensemble) who want to enhance improvisation skills in their students and who have access to an iPad (iPad 2 or later, iPad Air, iPad Mini or iPad Pro) for use in the classroom/rehearsal as well as teachers who are working in a 1:1 iPad classroom. Participants will use GarageBand for iOS, iReal Pro and SmartMusic to create custom improvisation materials and discover existing resources, as well as how to share these materials with students via YouTube, Dropbox and/or Google Drive. Participants will learn the basic mechanics of improvising and the essential music theory elements needed to teach improvisation, including modal improvisation, the blues and simplifying chord progressions. No previous experience with improvisation is required.

This course is not repeatable for credit.