Music, Creativity and Technology: An Example from Actual Practice

Step 1: Find music notation scribbled on a bathroom wall.

Step 2: Take a picture of it with your cell phone camera and post it online to ImageShack:

http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture1ix9.jpg

Step 3: Post a link to that photo on Reddit for others to see and discuss:

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7bqjc/music_found_in_the_toilet/

Step 4: Transcribe melody into Noteflight and create a custom arrangement of “Toilet Melody”:


click on Noteflight logo to launch score at Noteflight.com

Step 5: Repost Noteflight arrangement back on Reddit for others to discuss:

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7bqjc/music_found_in_the_toilet/

Credits:
Photo = TrippingChilly
Music Arrangement = Skynare


If this is how young people are using technology in their lives, how can we draw on this in the classes we teach?

Bonus points for identifying the origin of the tune in “Toilet Melody.” :)

1 Comment

  • Kaylen Lesko says:

    This is such a neat idea! I think it is absolutely vital that we try and incorporate more technology into music classrooms as there truly is so much available, and I personally believe that with the melding of music and technology students will be a lot more willing and motivated to learn the matieral and implement it in their daily lives.

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