A user forum where three orchestration problems (transcribing a piano accompaniment, blended harmony for winds and orchestrating a crescendo) are presented to the students and the solutions are discussed and evaluated by the teacher/moderator and other students.
Type of Material:
HTML and Adobe Flash.
Recommended Uses:
As a complement for an orchestration class.
Technical Requirements:
A browser with Flash and multimedia support.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Learn some basic orchestration techniques.
Target Student Population:
University and conservatory students.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
The ability to read music, basic harmony and instrumentation.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
Each problem is presented and then some solutions are discussed. You can listen to the orchestration and the key problems are discussed.
Concerns:
Only three orchestration problems are discussed. It looks like there has been no update since november 2007.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The way the problem is presented and the way the solutions are analyzed is very effective. The fact that you can listen to the orchestration is very effective.
Concerns:
The user forum format is not very effective pedagogically to guarantee consistent oversight of students' work.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
If you know how to use a robust but complicate user forum, you should have no problems.
Concerns:
Navigation is not always clear and makes the pedagogical flow difficult to follow. The forum structure also creates an inconsistent response to student work and appears to depend on the contributions of other students.
Other Issues and Comments:
None
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