Performing Music with Technology

After days, weeks, or sometimes even months of rehearsal, performance is usually the ultimate goal of musicians. There are different techniques used to achieve this and it is not always as easy as the presentation makes it seem. . These different techniques and strategies are used for working on trouble spots and building skills. This takes quite a bit of motivation and there are two types. There is intrinsic motivation where an individual engages in an activity for its own sake while on the other hand, in extrinsic motivation the reward is found outside of the task itself (Bauer 2014). This is just the start of preparing for performance.

Technology can assist with this motivation because it allows the individual who is practicing to have a feeling of being with one other person or even up to an entire ensemble. This can become important during personal rehearsal for the sake of keeping the individual focused.

Bauer, W. I. (2014). Music learning today: Digital pedagogy for creating, performing, and responding to music. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 

www.oup.com/us/musiclearningtoday

 

Smartmusic/Youtube

 This week in my Technology Assisted Music Learning class we introduce to two sources that can assist students during their personal practice time. Smartmusic was one and Youtube another. These are two sources worth exploring because of the easy monitoring that can be done in smartmusic and the accessibility of Youtube.

Here is a great way to start with smartmusic: http://www.smartmusic.com/training/videos/

              

                        

Audacity              

 Finally for the week we explored with Audacity a piece of audio editing software. I find it has great potential for music programs to create their own advertisements and with working experience even be used for performance purposes.