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Smart Music : 

Smart Music Make Practicing Fun & Effective!

Instant Backup Band: 

Instant Backup Band Play Jingle Bells with an orchestra Play La Bamba with a disco band Sing with a piano or band/orchestra! Smart Music has fun backups to go with familiar songs and historically accurate accompaniments

Make Your Own CD: 

Make Your Own CD Smart Music lets you record yourself playing with the backup band! You can hear how you sound, make copies and give them as gifts to family and friends

Get Better, Faster: 

Get Better, Faster It’s not always easy to learn to play an instrument or to sing – especially if you have never heard the song before! With Smart Music, you can hear how your part should sound and if you turn on assessments, the computer will show you where to make improvements Fingering charts are a click of a mouse away!

Move At Your Own Pace: 

Move At Your Own Pace With Smart Music, work at your own pace Start slowly until you get the hang of it and then increase the tempo You can work ahead and challenge yourself! You will feel very prepared for classes and the success of you and the group will increase at an incredible rate

What Can We Use It for?: 

What Can We Use It for? Practicing band, choir or solo music Playing in tune Skill & technique assessment Performing a solo State honors auditions Improvisation/ear training/Jazz Just for FUN!

Smart Music & the Standards: 

Smart Music & the Standards National Standards for Music *Singing, alone and with others *Perform on instruments alone and with others *Improvisation Composition *Reading & notating music *Listening to, analyzing & describing music *Evaluate music and music performances *Understand music in relation to history/culture Understand music in relation to other arts

Features of Smart Music: 

Features of Smart Music Practice scales, exercises, assignments & solos Built-in tuner/metronome Changing tempo for effective practice Practice loops to master difficulties Intelligent accompaniment Hearing just the solo line/Transposition Onboard assessment features Making, saving and emailing recordings Over 30,000 titles, including method books

The Control Panel: 

The Control Panel

A New Assessment Tool: 

A New Assessment Tool Smart Music includes assessment tools that help measure progress of every individual student Assignments are recorded, assessed and archived Students will be required to be assessed using Smart Music

Festival Preparation: 

Festival Preparation Limited pianists and depleted funds allow little time for a student to rehearse with their accompaniment Smart Music is an approved accompaniment for WSMA solo entries Using Smart Music allows the student to practice as they will perform all the time.

SmartMusic and SPMS: 

SmartMusic and SPMS SmartMusic will be piloted in the 07-08 school year with various students in grades 6-12. In 08-09, it is planned that Smart Music will be fully implemented as a means of effective practice and assessment in Mr. Powers’ classes. Recordings will be made so parents will be able to hear students at conferences.

SmartMusic and SPMS: 

SmartMusic and SPMS Students may also prepare solos and make a recording each year to have an archive when the go to the HS. It will be great to reflect on how the students have improved over the years at the middle school. SmartMusic plans on releasing choral titles in the near future to make Smart Music an even more powerful tool in the choral classroom.

Demonstration: 

Demonstration Student A – Instrument/Tuner/Metron. Student B – Instrument/Voice Practice Loops Student C – Voice/Intelligent Accomp. Audience – Clap simple rhythms FPA

Get Smart Music at Home: 

Get Smart Music at Home When purchased through the school, this tool is very affordable at $30/year. Go online to http://www.smartmusic.com/order/ You will also need to purchase a $15 microphone from Smart Music

The End: 

The End The implementation of Smart Music is part of Mr. Powers’ Professional Development Plan for Teacher License Renewal required by the State of Wisconsin under PI-34.