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= DAY 5: Classroom Applications and Beyond =

A background in music theory - note names and values, pitches and relation, instrument range, dynamics, etc. A general knowledge of computers - copying, pasting, mouse functions, etc. A basic knowledge of the Internet - performing searches. A working knowledge of Voki and Screencast. Completion of the activities from days one through four.
 * Prerequisite Knowledge: **

This lesson applies the skills learned during the first four days in this workshop to a classroom setting. Creation of worksheets to develop tone, rhythm, and reading will be addressed. Some of the advantages to registering the Finale software are addressed with examples shown.
 * Content: **

Discuss three advantages to registering the Finale software. Demonstrate a use for Finale notepad in beginning instrumental instruction. Demonstrate use of Finale in Intermediate/advanced instrumental instruction.
 * Objectives: ** Upon completion of this day's activities, participants will:

9:00 – 9:50 Finale in the Beginning Classroom 10:00 – 11:00 Finale in the Intermediate Classroom 11:00 - 12:00 Lunch 12:00 – 12:50 Student Use of Finale 1:00 – 1:40 Registered version 1:40 - 2:00 Complete critique of the full workshop's activities
 * Schedule: **


 * ACTIVITY ONE: **Beginning musicians have three main areas to work on: tone production, reading notation, and reading rhythm. Finale can be very useful in creating worksheets and exercises to develop these skills. Choose one of these three areas and create a one page worksheet, applicable to any instrument, that can be used in a beginning class. Examples include: music that students must write note names underneath, or write the beat under, or rhythm pages they must clap to. Use one of these examples or another technique, post the worksheet as (lastname_worksheet) on the Completed Assignments page.


 * ACTIVITY TWO: **Intermediate and advanced students have the same basic needs as beginners, but their skills are more advanced. Harmony and blending exercises, such as chorales and long tones, are useful in developing the "ear" of these students. Using the skills learned in the first four days of this workshop, create a short chorale (8 measures) using a simple progression (I-IV-V-I, or a prog of choice). Post the worksheet as (lastname_Chorale) on the Completed Assignments page.


 * ACTIVITY THREE ** : More advanced instruction can be attained by students use of Finale, either at school in a lab or at home. Because Finale is a free program, students can download it on their home computers and schools can install it in computer labs without having budget issues to contend with. Enterprising directors can employ students in transposing their parts to a different key, creating amalgam parts of two or more existing parts, or extracting their part manually from a score. Discuss the merits of these exercises and the development of other exercises in a Voki and post it on the Completed Assignments page as (lastname_Students).


 * ACTIVITY FOUR: **View the screencast lesson 7. Many of the most useful functions of the Finale program are only accessible in the registered version: transposition, note mover tool, numbering measures, extracting parts, and more. Read the description of the functions of the full version at the Finale website linked [|here]. Post your thoughts on the registered version on the blog page [|"Worth Its Weight."]

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