MIDI Lesson with easy beat Sequencing a MIDI

MIDI Lesson with easy beat Sequencing a MIDI file to use with improvisation activities in the middle school music class http: //lfa. atu. edu/music/barber/jaz z/iaje. html

Where to find MIDI files • Blues MIDI files - from http: //members. fortunecity. com/ajsmidi/ docdoc/docblues. html • Or search - terms: blues MIDI twelve-bar blues MIDI • http: //google. com http: //lfa. atu. edu/music/barber/jaz z/iaje. html

To Loop a few measures in order to practice improvisation, chords, or scales… • Songs in twelve-bar blues form are very good for this type of exercise. • Go to website and ctrl + click on the file you want • Download to desktop • Drag & drop on easy beat typer to convert • Click on file to open in easy beat http: //lfa. atu. edu/music/barber/jaz z/iaje. html

• Click the Loop button to turn it grey • Set the numbers of the measures to you wish to repeat (loop). • Change the tempo for students to formulate patterns or to practice scales. http: //lfa. atu. edu/music/barber/jaz z/iaje. html

• Click Green arrow to play. • Click Blue square to stop. • Click Red circle to record. http: //lfa. atu. edu/music/barber/jaz z/iaje. html

• Click on the speaker icon to mute as in #2. http: //lfa. atu. edu/music/barber/jaz z/iaje. html

Changing Keys • Modifying the key only changes the way notes are displayed (adding and removing accidentals as needed). • To transpose notes, select them, then press the command key and hit the up/down arrow keys. Each step transposes the notes by a semitone. To transpose an entire track, select all notes using command-A. • You can transpose and Save As… Students can then open the file for the chord or scale they wish to practice. http: //lfa. atu. edu/music/barber/jaz z/iaje. html

• You can Save As… Loop. Blues. Dm all Loop files in the same folder. Save • You can delete the measures following your loop to confine practice to the part you desire. • You can save as a MIDI file and drag to a new Garage. Band project window and you have a quality sound file to practice or to put on a CD or the web. http: //lfa. atu. edu/music/barber/jaz z/iaje. html

Lesson plan at http: //lesson. taskstream. com/lessonbuilder/v. asp? LID=kkfvhqh 1 cizizscu http: //lfa. atu. edu/music/barber/jaz z/iaje. html