Great for Profound and Multiple Learning Disabled groups, when used in conjunction with a projector.ĭo you have a ‘go-to’ app? Are there apps you would tell people to avoid?
GarageBand GarageBand is an exhaustive music editing app by Apple with an impressive collection of touch instruments and a full-featured recording studio. Great for students who learn visually and enjoy patterns.Ĭreate abstract sound and colour scapes with these Brian Eno inspired apps. Music Editor: Beat Song Maker WavePad Music and Audio Editor Audio Editor Tool Lexis Audio Editor Ferrite Recording Studio 1. Uses the iPad camera to generate pitches based on the distance between you and the iPad.Īn audio-visual theremin… try using it with your head!Ĭreate drum, bass and synth patterns using a brilliant, cyclical interface. Re-create a variety of dance genres – dub-step, DnB, hip-hop, House – using sets of samples from these apps, both of which employ unique, colourful and accessible interfaces. The whole iPad screen is used a playing surface, making playing easy for all. Recreate a myriad of instruments from Hang to Tabla to Theremin to Banjo using high-quality samples.Allows the user to achieve great results with limited fine motor skills or theoretical understanding.Īlso allows us to sample vocalisations and map them across a scale – great for students who want to sing, but do not have speech.Ī friendly robot character fronts a polyphonic synthesiser with a set of presets that are guaranteed to engage students. Here are the five apps I use most regularly in SEN/D settings: These iPad apps allow us to do this both physically and cognitively, and a little experimentation can reap big rewards. Please do share your experiences in the comments box below!Īccessible Music Technology is all about fitting the instrument to the musician, rather than the musician to the instrument. We hope this will be useful to teachers as a jumping-off point for their exploration of music-making using iPads. Research we carried out as part of our Think2020 programme showed that teachers working in SEN/D settings would value support with using technology to overcome disabling barriers to music-making and also that many schools have access to iPads.ĭrake Music Associate Musician Ben Sellers put together the following list as a starting point for experimentation with iPad apps, sharing his wealth of experience of using this technology in schools.