The visualization Studio by doozzoo is a powerful and effective tool to enrich the musical teaching carried out in person, directly in the classroom. doozzoo in fact, initially born as a platform for online lessons and for remote interaction between teacher and student with the possibility of effectively reducing local latency and obtaining the ideal sound for musicians, it is also enriched by this new multimedia environment useful for face-to-face lessons and for home study .
Here's how to access the environment "Studio"
– Go to the site doozzoo.com and log in to your account
– Click on the left icon “Studio"(Fig 1)
- You will find yourself directly inside the working environment. The Studio view contains all the essential apps and functions to make your classroom teaching technologically sound and rich enough. (Fig 2)
How to best use the Studio environment.
Music technology can provide new tools for teaching and learning and can also be an important aid in the event of learning difficulties.
Here are just a few examples of how to leverage doozzoo applications for music education in the classroom:
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Ear training |
Apps “Pianoforte” (in illuminated and non-illuminated key mode) + Apps “Staff" |
Through the combination of these two applications it will be possible to build dictations melodic, rhythmic and train students in the recognition of intervals |
| Complementary harmony (Fig.3) |
Apps “Pianoforte"+ Apps “Staff"+ Apps “Daily analysis" | Through the combination of these three applications you will be able to talk about triads, turned, intervals, cadences, you will be able to view the result on the stave and understand its meaning through the marking of the chords (doozzoo can recognize both the chords and each suffix) |
| Vocal intonation |
Apps “Tuner” (turning on the microphone function) |
You will be able to verify the perfect intonation of each note, of each vocal passage. |
|
Ensemble music |
"Media library" |
Through the Media library you will be able to upload sheet music, songs sound (backing track o song) and make music together without resorting to separate applications. The media library audio player will also allow you to slow down the song during the study, put in loop a particularly complex passage and, if necessary (for example for the various vocal extensions) change the tone of the song itself in real time |
| Music analysis |
"Media library" |
You will be able to upload your scores with the possibility of viewing them and writing notes on them to facilitate learning of the piece and its structure; or it will be just as easy to open some staves Empty (which you can prepare in pdf format with a different instrumental staff) and, using the pen of your digital board, write structures, temi, exercises etc… |
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Language of music |
"Media library"+ Apps “Pianoforte"+ Apps “Staff"+ Apps “Daily analysis" |
This discipline could encompass all applications. From metronome, to have a rhythmic subdivision with more or less marked accents; L'tuner for correcting the intonation of sung exercises; to the staff for reading correct of the notes, the visualization of the agreements of a pop or jazz song etc…. |
| Posture, sound emission |
Audio/video recorder |
You will be able to register a small clip audio or audio-video and immediately review them to analyze the details of their performance and thus improve the execution in all its aspects. The teacher will also be able to record the playalongs very quickly for their students and provide them via the media library, in so they can practice at any time. |
In summary ...
You will therefore find 3 icons at the bottom of the screen:
- media library (Fig.4)
- App
- Pianoforte
- Icon media library: By clicking on this icon you will be able to upload and view on your digital board or on your IWB any document that may be useful for your lesson (pdf, audio, photos, etc…). You will be able to take notes to help your students learn.
- Icon App: in this section you will find all the apps that, if you have read the previous articles, you should already know. They are all indispensable Apps for "making music": the Metronome, the tuner, the recorder, the Staff, the visualization of the abbreviations of the chords and intervals, etc...
- Icon Pianoforte: Connect a masterkeyboard or any MIDI instrument (for example an aerophone, a midi guitar etc…): you will not only see the doozzoo piano activate, but also the staff and the analysis display! It will be quite fun! You will be able to play, view notes and talk with your students about harmony, music theory and much more.
Apply now for free to doozzoo: https://doozzoo.com
In the next chapter we will talk about workshop rooms
Good music!
Beppe Bornaghi
