There are a number of useful music related software programs accessible to teachers and students out there, but one in particular I stumbled across in my first year of studying music at uni which I found highly useful was Musescore. This is a notation software program which allows you to edit, create and analyze musical scores. This aspect on it’s own can be of great use for teachers who want to create scores for musical activities before they enter the classroom, it could also be used to create analysis tasks for students to take home and work on, and of course as it is completely free to download it is a great tool for students to use in composition related activities in which they may need to create a score for themselves. The playback option also allows students to assess their knowledge of the written score elements in their composing. Although the parameters of the program are fairly basic as opposed to more advanced notation software programs out there, it is a great start to get students exposed to composing music for multiple instruments. And as I have already mentioned…it’s absolutely free!
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