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Music Technology Retrograde

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Students use software to compose and play a short retrograde composition. They experiment with the sounds of different instruments and become familiar with shortcuts in musical notation used by the software.

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music notes, sheet music

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musical notation, visual and performing arts
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Grade
1st - 5th
Subjects
Visual & Performing Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Technology
Audio
Year
2006

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