This week, while browsing through the various blogs and sites that are in my RSS, I was sad to see a lack of posts and links that I wanted to write about. I then turned to one of my favorite resources, the String and Orchestra Teachers group on Facebook but, once again, found nothing. Either it was a slow week in music technology and education or I was looking for something so amazing that I was not pleased with what I was seeing. Luckily, Facebook it self has become a personal learning network for me simply because I am friends with so many other music teachers and general educators and by scrolling through my news feed I am privy to links and sites that my friends simply find interesting, funny, or educational.
This week and friend of mine stumbled upon a website called Hooktheory. What a wonderful music theory resource for students. Hooktheory makes song analyses and writing easier than ever by breaking down the chord progressions of popular songs, analyzing chord progression trends, and making it easier than ever for students to actually see where the chord changes are in their favorite pop tunes. My favorite aspect of the site is that they group together pieces and songs with similar chord progressions and can also show predictions for what chord will follow based on trends in music. Students can also go into the editor mode and create their own songs by using chords and their inversions, changing keys and modes, and adjusting tempos into something they find pleasing and saving their work. Not only is this site available on any web browser but there is also an app for the iPad. While only in the early BETA version, this site is fun to play around with and shows students the connections between their favorite songs and how to take what they love and write their own music.
Hooktheory
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