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Haven't used it, but just saw an advertisement for it today. Your right, I don't think it would teach skills, but it certainly could be used to reinforce the concept of beat and rhythm with kids. I see using it one on one with kids that are struggli…
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I recently was given a copy of Rhythm Heaven to do a review on and I was curious to know if anyone else had had a chance to take a look at it or not? It's basically a listen/repeat tapping game for the Nintendo DS that was apparently wildly popular…
August 18
I started a project a few years ago when I did some high school level music history stuff in class. It is a java based music history research database and timeline that you are more than welcome to take a look at and use in your classes. I tried to…
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The nice thing about MuseScore is that they are an open source project so it is constantly being developed and improved upon. That pro is also its biggest con however. Unlike OpenOffice (a free open source clone of Microsoft Office) MuseScore is dev…
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Elementary band director, music technology writer for MENC Teaching Music Magazine, and marching band columnist for InTune Monthly Magazine.
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http://www.musicedmagic.com
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Video Games In Music Class? Rhythm Heaven

I recently was given a copy of Rhythm Heaven to do a review on and I was curious to know if anyone else had had a chance to take a look at it or not? It's basically a listen/repeat tapping game for the Nintendo DS that was apparently wildly popular in Japan and has now been reworked for western audiences. It's a lot of fun to play, but I am wondering if anyone else would ever even consider using such a game as a behavior reward for music or band classes? I don't see it being used to teach any co… Continue

Posted on August 18, 2009 at 11:56am — 1 Comment

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