Today's class was taught by Dr. Ryan. He explained to us all about Smart Music. This is a program that I was vaguely familiar with before today's class, but I learned much more about it's useful features. The only encounter I had with Smart Music in the past was in elementary school. We used Smart Music with examples from our methods books so we could see what we were doing wrong. I was unaware that Smart Music had an accompaniment feature, since I had not used it. I find this to be extremely helpful, especially since you can get the accompaniment to follow the player.
Another useful feature of Smart Music that I found is the ability to loop certain parts of the music so that one section can be practiced over and over again. This would be especially helpful for pieces of music where a group was having trouble with one passage. If each student had access to Smart Music, they could review their part many times on their own with the program, and then be able to play it more successfully with the group.
The third feature that I liked about Smart Music is the ability to import Finale files into Smart Music. This is useful for pieces that aren't in the Smart Music library or audiation exercises. Smart Music is a great tool, and I'm glad that it is so affordable and easy to obtain. Since I only had limited knowledge of this program, today's class was extremely useful. I may have otherwise dismissed Smart Music because I wasn't aware of all of it's features. I will now consider it as a tool in my future classroom(s).
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