Leila Viss

Your iPad Music Studio

!!Why use an iPad with my already successful teaching?

• Reconsider your 21st century options and build a relationship with the mobile "Generation C" known for their need for

Connection, Community, Creation and Curation

• Revolutionize your studio with the help of the iPad and apps--byte-sized software--to enhance instruction and promote student

progress and retention

When would I find time to use the iPad in my studio?

• Before or after the lesson in your waiting room

• During the lesson to enhance instruction

• During lab time added to existing lessons

What are specific ways I can integrate my iToolbox into my teaching?

• Master reading 5-finger patterns with Sight Read Plus

• Nail a performance with the Camera

• Refine students' listening and discernment skills with YouTube

• Play a game of Piano Charades with Decide Now

• Build sight reading skills at the lesson and home practice with Piano Maestro

• Drill pitch recognition with Flash Note Derby

• Use the Multi-Touch White Board to review the appearance of note values

• Develop musical imaginations with Garage Band

• Design lead sheets and backing tracks with iReal Pro

• Prepare for playing with a band with Note Star

• Connect the iPad to a MIDI keyboard to learn and play a mega-library of pieces with Home Concert Xtreme

• Offer the top app for drilling most theory concepts with Tenuto

• Allow students a reference tool when completing theory and technique assignments with Octavian

• Build rhythmic reading skills with Rhythm Lab

• Locate suitable worksheets with just a finger tip to reinforce just about every theory concept with Sproutbeat

• Duplicate practice theory tests or worksheets for student completion without ink or paper with Notability

Teaching the mobile generation with the latest apps LeilaViss.com

• Introduce music style periods and famous composers with the interactive My First Classical Music App

• Assign older students to discover the history of music with Interactive Listening

• Store, view and annotate print music in forScore

• Slow down a favorite tune with AnyTune

Apps in Alphabetical Order

~Anytune - Slow down any tune in your iTunes Library

http://www.anytune.us

~Decide Now - Versatile decision maker

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/decide-now!/id383718755?mt=8

~FlashNote Derby - Note recognition horse race

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashnote-derby...note/id453126527?mt=8

~ForScore - Store, view and annotate digital sheet music

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/forscore/id363738376?mt=8

~Garage Band - Recording studio and so much more

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/garageband/id408709785?mt=8

~ Interactive Listening - A new approach to the history of music

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/interactive-listening/id597212213?mt=13

~iReal Pro - Lead sheet generator -- the new Band'n a Box

http://irealpro.com

~Multitouch Whiteboard - White board

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/multitouch-whiteboard/id390812668?mt=8

~ My First Classical Music - Intro to composers and music styles

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-first-classical-music-app/id470865535?mt=8

~NoteStar - Access to pop pieces with the ability to slow down

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/notestar/id474599224?mt=8

~Home Concert Xtreme - Connect your iPad to a MIDI keyboard to utilize your library of MIDI files

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/home-concert-xtreme/id443017184?mt=8

~Notability - Duplicate state theory practice tests with no ink or paper

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/notability/id360593530?mt=8

~Octavian Basics - A terrific student reference tool for theory and technique

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/octavian-basics/id556764791?mt=8

~Piano Maestro - Sight reading with backing tracks, feed back and FUN!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/piano-mania-by-joytunes/id604699751?

~Rhythm Lab - Tons of rhythm reading drills with an option to print worksheets

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rhythm-lab/id589129345?mt=8

~SightReadPlus - 4800 Five-finger-pattern sight reading exercises

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sightreadplus/id635326147?mt=8

~Sproutbeat - A growing collection of music theory worksheets

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http://www.sproutbeat.com/

~Tenuto - Basic to advanced theory drills and ear training

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tenuto/id459313476?mt=8

~YouTube - Create your own studio channel

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Own-YouTube-Channel

Links of Interest

~Flashy Fingers - Five-Finger Pattern Card Game

http://www.tcwresources.com/games.php?product=129

~Mobile Generation - Digital Natives

http://www.slideshare.net/timbuckteeth/u-learning-educating-a-mobile-generation-presentation-637794Links to

~Generation C - Spanning the 5 generations sharing the globe

http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/articles/meet-gen-c-youtube-generation-in-own-words.html

~University of Iowa Piano Pedagogy Project - Standard repertoire library for student listening and discernment.

www.youtube.com/user/UIPianoPed

~Get Inspired - Episodes designed to teach and inspire budding musicians

http://88pianokeys.me/get-inspired/

~88 Creative Keys - A camp for students and teachers to develop creativity beyond the page with Bradley Sowash

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