Using ICT to capture, change and combine sounds.
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How can Notate 2 support this? |
Developing ideas and making things happen
2) Pupils should be taught:
a) how to develop and refine ideas by bringing together, organising and reorganising text, tables, images and sound as appropriate [for example, desktop publishing, multimedia presentations]
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Notate 2 enables pupils to develop ideas organising and reorganising sounds. Musical ideas can be exported as MIDI files to be combined with text, pictures and video in a multimedia package such as Microsoft PowerPoint. |
c) to use simulations and explore models in order to answer 'What if ... ?' questions, to investigate and evaluate the effect of changing values and to identify patterns and relationships [for example, simulation software, spreadsheet models]
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Using Notate 2 pupils can investigate and evaluate the effect of changing instruments in a given piece (for instance what if the instrument playing the melody is changed from flute to clarinet, or what if the tambourine part is changed to a woodblock?), or changing the pitch of a given tune (for instance what does the tune sound like played at a lower pitch?). |
Exchanging and sharing information
3) Pupils should be taught:
a) how to share and exchange information in a variety of forms, including email [for example, displays, posters, animations, musical compositions]
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Pupils could use the Notate 2 ‘export as MIDI file’ facility to share compositions by email with pupils in another school or another country. |
b) to be sensitive to the needs of the audience and think carefully about the content and quality when communicating information [for example, work for presentation to other pupils, writing for parents, publishing on the internet]
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Pupils should consider the intended purpose of the musical composition as they create and arrange music using Notate (for instance, what length is appropriate, what speed, style, mood, etc). |
Reviewing, modifying and evaluating work as it progresses
4) Pupils should be taught to:
a) review what they and others have done to help them develop their ideas
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The ability to play all or a part of a composition again and again as required allows users of Notate to easily review their ideas. The save facility in Notate 2 allows pupils to store compositions and return to them at a later date to review and develop them further. |
b) describe and talk about the effectiveness of their work with ICT, comparing it with other methods and considering the effect it has on others [for example, the impact made by a desktop published newsletter or poster]
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Pupils can make useful comparisons between using Notate 2 to create a composition and composing using traditional instruments (for instance, using Notate 2 it is possible to compose and perform a multi part piece when working alone, but using traditional instruments allows for a more sensitive performance). They can consider the impact of their work (for instance, the effectiveness of a musical accompaniment to a PowerPoint presentation when combined with the images). |
c) talk about how they could improve future work. |
When using Notate 2, discussion during composing (for instance when working in pairs) and discussions after the performance (when performing to the group or class) about how work could be improved are an important part of the process. |
Breadth of study
5) During the key stage, pupils should be taught the knowledge, skills and understanding through:
b) working with others to explore a variety of information sources and ICT tools [for example, searching the internet for information about a different part of the world, designing textile patterns using graphics software, using ICT tools to capture and change sounds] |
Notate 2 allows users to use ICT tools to capture sounds (through the screen or MIDI keyboard) and change sounds (for instance by changing the pitch of sounds, inverting melodies, reversing phrases, altering the volume etc). |
c) investigating and comparing the uses of ICT inside and outside school. |
Pupils could investigate how they can compose and perform using Notate 2, comparing it with traditional methods of composing and performing, but also with other music software that offers a greater or lesser range of facilities. |
