Music Software:
I have used music software such as Sibelius’s Groovy Music Series and Harmonic Vision’s
Music Ace with the SMART Board. We would perform a lesson, game, or create music together as a
class. Each student would go to the SMART Board one at a time and complete a step in the lesson or
create a certain portion of the song. An added bonus with the Groovy Music Series is that it has a but-
ton that allows the screen to get smaller so your youngest of students can reach the board without
standing on a chair.
Music Notation:
Finale and Sibelius (or other music notation software programs) become easier and more
memorable to use when the students create a piece together on the SMART Board. They are able to
click and drag the notes from the note palette to the staff. Using a good set of speakers connected to
your computer, you can play back their compositions beautifully as they watch the music proceed
across the SMART Board screen.
Interactive Music Websites:
The students can take turns utilizing websites on the SMART Board. Here are some websites
and ways that I have used them with the SMART Board:
1. New York Philharmonic Kidzone: I have had my Kindergartners play the Music Match Instru-
ments Concentration game as a group. They come up to the SMART Board one at a time and click on
the card. The card flips over and plays an excellent audio example of the instrument. When they find
two cards that match, they earn points. They cannot lose this game because it continues until all of the
cards are turned over. There are three difficulty levels, so it is a great game to reinforce instrument
sounds with the students.
2. Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kids (DSOKids): There are two sections of this website, one for
students and one for teachers. I have utilized Beethoven’s Baseball with my 3rd graders and higher. It
is a game where you pick composers to be the members of the baseball team. When Beethoven -the
pitcher on the opposite team- throws a pitch, the students must come up to the SMART Board and
choose the answer. This particular game works well with older elementary. It is a great assessment tool
to a composer unit.
3. Ricci Adams Musictheory.net: Excellent website for middle and high school music theory. There
are interactive lessons and training sessions (like note, key, interval, and ear training) that you can per-
form with your students at a SMART Board station in the classroom.
4. philtulga.com: Check this interactive and integrated website out! You will find numerous musical
activities to perform with elementary students using the SMART Board. One example that I adore is
on his counting music rhythm page. If you count rhythms with numbers, Kodály syllables, Gordon
syllables, or French syllables, you can click on one of the side buttons to change the syllables between
methodologies. In addition, the rhythms will be spoken with the syllables when you press the play but-
ton. Finally, the Sequencing with Simon is a fun music game to play that incorporates listening skills.
5. San Francisco Symphony Kids (sfskids.org): One of my and my students’ favorite websites. There
are a variety of interactive musical activities from playing an instrument, to composing, to exploring
the instruments, that can be done well with a SMART Board.
6. Virtual Instruments: Here are two examples of virtual instruments that you can use with your stu-
dents via a SMART Board. Virtual keyboard. Virtual Gamelon.
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