Have fun creating Music

Posted Monday, May 14, 2007 2:23 PM by kent-teachers

Have fun creating music with:

Doo wop horses’ -  There are times when you just need this sort of thing as it is difficult not to smile! Click on the horses head to start your composition.

 Groove Blender 2 a free online music creator. It allows pupils to create tracks from 'blocks' of music, all time-matched in 4-beat. It's much like LEGO, with various blocks, standing for different basslines, guitar riffs, beats and effects, built into a long layered 'wall'.

It is very easy to use

- Drag sound blocks onto the canvas.
- Connect blocks to form chains. Chains play from left to right.
- Each individual chain will play independently of other chains.
- Click and drag to select a chain to perform edit functions such as muting or deleting.
- Hint: Pushing the Blendomatic button will help you compose a full-length song.
- Another hint - use the hint button!

Please note:

  • You may need to download Flashplayer for this to work.
  • There is an advert displayed before Groove Blender is displayed.

More Music websites:

Another great music creator is the BBC’s Onion Street World Music Mixers  which enables compositons in a number of cultural themes including Cuban, Celtic and African.

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# re: Have fun creating Music

Saturday, May 19, 2007 7:50 PM by Larry Ferlazzo

Hi, I'm a teacher in the United States who primarily works with English Language Learners.  I've appreciated the resources you've shared on your blog.

I thought you might be interested in some other sites where students can create their own online music:

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/04/23/creating-online-music/

# re: Have fun creating Music

Saturday, May 19, 2007 9:46 PM by kent-teachers

Thank you Larry. You have introduced us to some unknown ones.