Into Music 3, for teachers of students in years
7–10, is the third book and CD set in a series designed to
support the music discipline of The
Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum. The book has four main
chapters – Listening, Singing, Playing, and Creating and Representing
– and each chapter includes three teaching units.
Here are two downloadable MIDI files that support the "Twelve-bar Blues" unit in the Playing chapter (page 51).
These files are based on backing tracks 24 and
25 on the Into Music 3 CD. If you want to use the backing tracks
as they are (that is, if you don't wish to change them at all),
don't download these files. Instead, use the tracks from the CD,
which will give you a higher quality sound.
However, if you or your students wish to experiment
by playing in different keys, muting or adjusting the volume of
particular parts, changing the instrumentation, and so on, download
these files.
To make best use of the files, you will need:
sequencing software (such as Cakewalk);
a MIDI keyboard (with an optional sound module for better quality
sounds);
a connection from the output of the MIDI keyboard or computer
to an input (such as the auxiliary or microphone input) on your
sound system or tape deck.
Reference
Ministry of Education (2003). Into Music 3: Classroom Music in Years
7–10 [book and audio CD]. Wellington: Learning Media.
Copies of the resource have been distributed
free to New Zealand schools on the basis of roll numbers. Additional
copies may be purchased from the Ministry's online school resources catalogue, Down the back of the chair, or contact:
Wickliffe Ltd
Freephone: 0800 660 662
Freefax: 0800 660 663
Email: orders@thechair.minedu.govt.nz
