
Would you like to take a copy of this with you? Click on the download button below and we’ll send a copy straight to your email inbox. Download the pattern as a WAV file and then import it into other software.Build beats, adjust the playback sound, the tempo and set up A/B patterns.An online virtual old-school drum machine.Useful for cross-curricular maths-music lessons because it allows you to view rhythmic patterns as shapes and angles.
Create a drum pattern by using the drum grid underneath the ‘pizza’.
Uses a circular ‘pizza’ interface to represent rhythmic patterns. Experiment with instrument sounds in the Orchestration Station. Beat Polly Rhythmic in the percussion showdown. Excellent collection of educational music games for primary and middle school students. Draw lines across the screen to make the balls bounce and create different pitches. Notation allows you to follow each part. Activate parts in one at a time by dragging the part name across to the white area. Also good for discussing arranging techniques. Don’t Worry Be Happy game (Bobby McFerrin) Create your own arrangement using vocal percussion, backing parts and lead vocalsġ0. Play with waveform and different effects. Many don’t allow you to record or export your songs, so don’t go composing your masterpiece using these apps unless you’re notating it as you go! The better ones allow you to play notes using your computer keyboard in addition to clicking on keys or buttons with your mouse. The next few online “instruments” are a bit of fun and would work really well with an interactive whiteboard. Add drum patterns, other sounds and change the tempo. Select your scale type, mode, and root, and have hours of fun!. Play along with your choice of Youtube videos. Turn your computer keyboard into a musical keyboard.
Press the spacebar to clear the whole grid and start again. Add (or remove) sounds by clicking on a box on the grid. Get Creative with Pentatonic Improvisation They can be effective when used with students on laptops and desktops, but they also work really well in a one-computer classroom with a large screen or better still, an interactive whiteboard. There’s a growing list of fantastic online musical “instruments” and games that are a great resource for teachers in the music classroom.