Technology for Music Education "Groovy Music"

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Groovy Music series have three different programs depending on age group. Groovy Shapes for ages five and older, Groovy Jungle for ages seven and older, and Groovy City for ages 9 and older. Each Groovy program has two different modes: Create and Explore. The explore mode includes 12 explore areas that students can learn about 12 different musical concepts of tone colors, loud and soft, music words, music symbols, long and short, beat, fast and slow, sounds and the beat, up and down, high and low, steps and leaps, and making music. After exploring musical elements, students will be able to manipulate the Create mode. Each mode has a little bit different environments and items. In the Create mode, students can create their own music by dragging items onto the screen, and then playing the piece back, and editing it. Students also can see the actual notation of the items. The screen of the Create mode includes bar lines that represent duration, rhythm, melody, arpeggios, chords, tempo, and tone color. Students can drag and drop these elements onto the work screen, and these are snapped to scale to assist the child in organizing the music composition.