MIDI Lesson with easy beat Sequencing a MIDI file to use with improvisation activities in the middle school music class.

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MIDI Lesson with easy beat Sequencing a MIDI file to use with improvisation activities in the middle school music class

/iaje.html Where to find MIDI files Blues MIDI files - from docdoc/docblues.html docdoc/docblues.html Or search - terms: blues MIDI twelve-bar blues MIDI

/iaje.html To Loop a few measures in order to practice improvisation, chords, or scales… Songs in twelve-bar blues form are very good for this type of exercise. Go to website and ctrl + click on the file you want Download to desktop Drag & drop on easy beat typer to convert Click on file to open in easy beat

/iaje.html Click the Loop button to turn it grey Set the numbers of the measures to you wish to repeat (loop). Change the tempo for students to formulate patterns or to practice scales.

/iaje.html Click Green arrow to play. Click Blue square to stop. Click Red circle to record.

/iaje.html Click on the speaker icon to mute as in #2.

/iaje.html Changing Keys Modifying the key only changes the way notes are displayed (adding and removing accidentals as needed). To transpose notes, select them, then press the command key and hit the up/down arrow keys. Each step transposes the notes by a semitone. To transpose an entire track, select all notes using command-A. You can transpose and Save As… Students can then open the file for the chord or scale they wish to practice.

/iaje.html You can Save As… LoopBluesDm Save all Loop files in the same folder. You can delete the measures following your loop to confine practice to the part you desire. You can save as a MIDI file and drag to a new GarageBand project window and you have a quality sound file to practice or to put on a CD or the web.

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