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"Music in Alaska"

Songs to Learn Music Intervals

Posted by on Sep 30, 2016

Recently I have been teaching in middle school choir and we are working on sight singing intervals. I have had tried many different techniques for developing inner hearing of intervals, but one of my favorites is using a famous song to help you hear the interval before you have to sing it. This website, Earmaster.com has songs that demonstrate each interval cued to the appropriate place in the recording.  Happy Ear-training!

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Noteflight free music notation software and beyond

Posted by on Sep 16, 2016

I have been exploring apps and software for music notation for the last year and I am happy to find a great free experience for music notation! Noteflight, offers a Basic plan for free, for life.  If you decide you like the online platform they offer music content libraries etc. for a cost. If you are a music educator they also offer large online networking platforms for your students to share music and work in together.

Check it out.

Noteflight

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