SongTrellis
Here I am blogging on learning technology when really I should stick with music and learning technology. I’m reticent to dip my toe into the community as I recall posting in the Times Ed music staffroom about my music elearning site, only to be pilloried by a couple of regulars for (1) suggesting that there was such a thing as a pentatonic minor scale. and (2) imagining that minor tonality existed without the raised leading note.
I guess the blogging community I’d like to find is in my curriculum area (popular music) and my level (Further Education). I can find plenty relevant to school teaching and more in Higher Education but still looking for the Further Ed thing.
Here’s a music education blog I will follow with interest though. This particular post is discussing how traditional notation fits in with contemporary music education. I’m still up for trad notation, though extended to suit popular music. I’m currently exploring songtrellis.com as a useful tool in learning about chord qualities and chord sequences. The site author has already been immensely supportive in discussions about using the tool for learners. I’ve been looking for something like this for a while - a web app that allows you to create music online, with the results displayed both as notation and sound (midi).
