CREATING MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENTS

USING MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

Lisa ReillyDallastown Area Middle

School

http://www.berklee.edu/

http://albie.wcupa.edu/schmus.mue/515/

Dr. C. Floyd Richmond

NEEDED EQUIPMENT

Computer WorkstationMIDI InstrumentUSB PortMIDI CablesBand-In-A-BoxSequencing ProgramNotation ProgramInternet Access

Creating Musical Accompaniments

BAND-IN-A-BOX

An Automatic Musical Accompaniment Program

Generates a full backing arrangement to any melody

CAKEWALKHOME STUDIO 9

It can record or arrange music using the computer and MIDI instrument.

Capable of editing and mixing music.

Uses tracks to record several instruments.

Alter MIDI files by changing instruments or adding other tracks.

THE INTERNET

Use a search engine to look for a specific MIDI file song.

Find sites that have MIDI files.

Download MIDI files and save into a folder.

NOTATION SOFTWARE

Open a MIDI File into the program to see how it is notated as a score.

Extract parts for musicians.

Making Music With Midi Files Can Make Life Easy And Fun

ENJOY CREATING

MUSIC!Lisa Reilly

Dallastown Area Middle School 700 New School Lane Dallastown, PA 17313

E-mail- reilllis@dallastown.k12.pa.us