Kimberly+Mullen

Audacity Lesson Plan

Day One (Audacity, music exploration in the computer lab) Goals: To become familiar with basic music splicing skills through Audacity and create a piece of music to choreograph to.
 * Go to [] and help students through the downloading process.
 * Save Audacity to computer
 * Open Audacity
 * Import song of choice into audacity
 * Demonstrate basic editing:
 * cut
 * silence,
 * effects: fade in, fade out, reverse, change speed, tempo, and pitch
 * Allow them to experiment with other things they can alter as well.
 * Convert into mp3 file, students should either bring a CD or flashdrive to save work.

Day Two Assignment:
 * Group students in groups of 3-4.
 * Allow students to choose their song and work on it within their groups
 * The rest of the class period is given to students to complete their projects.
 * 1-2 minutes music selection
 * Assist with any questions or technical difficulties
 * Makes changes to song as desired
 * must incorporate a minimum of 5 changes throughout the song
 * Create a music map. Write down all the changes made and indicate where in the song these changes take place. Ex) At 32 sec- Echo added
 * Convert into mp3 and save to file, or burn to CD and bring finished product to following class
 * Turn in CD and map for grading
 * Students should come prepared to begin choreographing next class using the music they have spliced
 * Music should be the appropriate length for the dance (1-2 min)

Original Audio [|Edited Audio] Music Map: Second 1-17- cut second 56- added echo seconds 1:17-1:37- cut new 1:36-2:00- cut 1:35-1:38- fade in 2:30-end- cut 2:26-end- fade out.