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Mastering Music Online for Education

Music Lessons

aligned to the curriculum for Years K-12
self-paced lessons for personalized learning
over 400 lessons categorized by year level & activity type
covers theory, ear-training and creative activities

Teacher Operation and Access

assign lessons using Google Classroom or other LMS
online Professional Development Courses for Teachers
admin interface to view, monitor and mark student work
complete freedom with custom lesson plans

Recording Studio

compose, arrange, mix and print music
powerful editing tools across 6 editors
import and export MIDI files and Music XML
in-built virtual keyboard and synthesizer
record from external keyboard in real-time

Easy Operation and Access

single login from Google or Microsoft Education Account
nothing to install
works on all devices any where, any time
all work stored in the cloud for privacy and security
narrated text, instructional and video help on all lessons

Music Education Research and Scientific Evidence

The Music Trust is a program of the Australian Arts Trust, a non-profit charitable trust founded in 2013. The Music Trust has been set up to offer a flexible, creative, energetic response to the situation of music in Australia, with commitment to the best ideas for fostering excellence, innovation, and access. Datasonics is not affiliated with The Music Trust in any way. The Music Trust conducted research into Music Education in Australia. musictrust.com.au/music-education/research/some-interesting-music-education-research-outcomes

Here is a summary of the outcomes from this research.

Nearly two out of three Australian primary schools offer no classroom music.
Australian primary school classroom teachers receive on average only 17 hours of music education in their undergraduate degree, and only 10 hours if qualifying through a postgraduate degree.
The top foreign countries in the PISA rankings of countries' education systems in 2009 gave their primary school teachers far better music education than did Australia who ranked 9th in 2009 and 19th in 2012. Has music education played a part in that?
A large percentage of the population favours provision of music education in schools. 87% of Australians aged 12 or more agree (51% totally agree, 36% mostly agree) that music education should be mandated by the states to ensure that every child has an opportunity to study music in school.
Effects of music education on brain development. Music education activates many locations in the brain that are identified also with other types of activity. Music activity has an integrative effect on the brain. It causes brain development that benefits the whole person. A two-year Swiss study involved 1,200 children in 50 schools. They were taken from regular classes for three one-hour music classes per week. At the end of the experiment, these students were better at languages, learned to read more easily, had better social relations, demonstrated more enjoyment in school, and had a lower stress level than those who remained in regular classes.

There is lots of scientific evidence that indicates music tuition has a positive effect on brain development. Music tuition activates many locations in the brain that are identified also with other types of activity. Music activity has an integrative effect on the brain. It causes brain development that benefits the whole person.

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Online Music Lessons

The music lessons have been categorized by year level and activity type for easy reference and selection.

Performing

Beginner to advanced songs in all styles and instruments

Composing

Composing, Arranging, Mixing, Film Scoring and much more!

Publishing

Reading and Writing Notation for parts and conductor scores

Musicianship

Ear training, music theory plus rhythmic & melodic dictation

Each lesson topic is color-coded to indicate its primary activity type and shows the musical elements covered.

Lesson Topic	Lessons	Musical Elements
Lesson Topic	Lessons	Rhythm	Pitch	Dyn/Exp	Form	Timbre	Texture
Musical Stories	1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Instrument Families	1		✔	✔		✔	✔
Instruments Aural	18		✔			✔	✔
Staff, Clef and Notes	10		✔
Note Durations	9	✔
Rest Durations	6	✔
Beginner Songs	4	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Changing Instruments	6					✔
Correcting Instruments	4					✔
Easy Songs	4	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Tempo Marks	2	✔
Tempo	2	✔		✔
Identifying Instruments	3					✔
Play-along Songs	6	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Musical Forms	9				✔
Folk Songs	4	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Adding Lyrics	3				✔
Drum Grooves	4	✔			✔
Intervals Aural	17		✔
Intervals Written	16		✔
Note Recognition	5	✔	✔
Bar and Time Signature	5	✔
Time Signatures	2	✔			✔
Writing Manuscript	5	✔	✔	✔
Writing Counts	6	✔
Rock Songs	3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Clefs	4		✔
Dynamics	2			✔
Using Dynamics	3			✔
Writing Dynamics	2			✔
Accidentals	8		✔

Lesson Topic	Lessons	Musical Elements
Lesson Topic	Lessons	Rhythm	Pitch	Dyn/Exp	Form	Timbre	Texture
Editing Notes	1		✔
Selecting Instruments	2					✔
Orchestral Songs	4	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Accent Marks	2			✔
Staccato Marks	2			✔
Arranging	4	✔	✔			✔	✔
Compose in Keyboard	2	✔	✔
Christmas Solos	4	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Semitones and Tones	2		✔
Ties and Slurs	3	✔
Ensemble Arranging	4	✔	✔			✔	✔
Enharmonic Notes	2		✔
Major Scales	5		✔
Minor Scales	2		✔
Major Key Signatures	4		✔
Quantizing	2	✔
Folk Advanced	3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Ensemble Balance	3		✔	✔		✔	✔
Solfa and Transposition	4		✔
Syncopation	2	✔
Performance	1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Chords Aural	13		✔				✔
Chords Written	13		✔				✔
Adding Chords	3		✔
Chord Symbols	3		✔
Creating Chords	1		✔				✔
Chord Inversions	4		✔				✔
Choir Songs	3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Major Key Harmony	6		✔				✔
Minor Key Harmony	2		✔				✔
Film Scoring	3	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔

Lesson Topic	Lessons	Musical Elements
Lesson Topic	Lessons	Rhythm	Pitch	Dyn/Exp	Form	Timbre	Texture
Rhythmic Exercises	6	✔
Rhythmic Dictation	6	✔
Melodic Exercises	6	✔	✔		✔
Melodic Dictation	6	✔	✔		✔
Jazz Songs	6	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Scales Aural	17		✔
Pentatonic Scales	2		✔
Blues Scales	2		✔
Whole Tone Scales	2		✔
Instrument Ranges	8		✔			✔
Mixing	4			✔	✔	✔	✔
Anacrusis	8	✔			✔
Repeats	3				✔
1st and 2nd Endings	3				✔
Advanced Performance	1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Changing Tonality	2		✔			✔
Christmas Ensembles	3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
DC al Fine	3				✔
DS al Fine	3				✔
DC al Coda	2				✔
DS al Coda	2				✔
Radio Remix	2			✔	✔	✔	✔
Composing Parts	3	✔	✔			✔	✔
Note Comparison	10	✔	✔
Publishing Layout	3				✔		✔
Improvisation	3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Cadences Aural	7		✔				✔
Cadences Written	19		✔				✔
Modes	2		✔
4Part Writing	4		✔		✔		✔
Sight Singing	12	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Free Teacher Professional Development

Course Outcomes

Enhances your skill to teach music in the classroom
Free with a school registration of Mastering Music Online
Receive Certificate of Completion for teacher PD Accreditation in each Australian state
Provide lesson resources to teach music to the K-12 curriculum

Course Benefits

The courses are online, so can be undertaken at any time, anywhere and at any pace.
400+ curriculum-based lessons providing a great resource for each year level (K-12).
Huge diversity of lesson material covering all aspects of music.
Mastering Music Online runs in your web browser on all devices with nothing to install.

Mastering Music Online Testimonials

"Mastering Music has been developed by experienced musicians and music educators to place the power and the pleasure of digital music-making in the hands of students, taking them from musical rudiments to advanced skills in performance, composition and listening. It embeds the foundational skills of aural discernment, notation and arrangement within interactive learning experiences that allow students to develop their ability to compose, perform and record their own music using the power of a DAW, but all running from your web browser with nothing to install. Mastering Music is a comprehensive learning package that can enhance any school music program and is supported by an informative professional development course and a highly experienced production team."
Dr Philip Cooney, Wycliffe Christian School

Excerpts from Mastering Music Workshop in USA

"The pedagogy is brilliant!"
Dr John Kuzmich, Music Educator & Freelance Author

"You don't need a separate gifted and talented class anymore. You can have remedial and gifted and talented students in the same class and they go at their own speed."
Roslyn Kuzmich, Elementary Music Educator

"I have always believed Mastering Music is the premier software in this area. I have never seen one that surpasses it or even comes close to matching it!!!!"
Nancy Williams, District Choral Music Supervisor

"My students and I have been fortunate to use the quality tools and fundamental lessons provided by Datasonics & masteringmusic.online for over a decade. At generously reasonable costs, my choir members and Music Technology students have benefited from these resources in significant ways. And, I could provide pages of testimony on the quick service, patience, and empathy from their staff from a product we use on the opposite side of the planet!"
Greg Oden, B.M.E., M. Ed., Choral Director and Music Instructor

Pricing

Classroom

best for K-4 Teachers

$ 250 00USD

per school annually

Lessons K-4

Classroom Primary PD Course

Upper Primary

best for Years 5-6

$ 5 00USD

per student annually

Lessons K-6

Classroom Primary PD Course

Recording Studio

Drum Loops

Sync to Video

Junior Secondary

best for Years 7-8

$ 10 00USD

per student annually

Lessons K-8

Secondary Music PD Course

Recording Studio

Drum Loops

Sync to Video

Senior Secondary

best for Years 9-12

$ 20 00USD

per student annually

Lessons K-12

Secondary Music PD Course

Recording Studio

Drum Loops

Sync to Video

NSW Public Schools

Mastering Music Online has been approved in the Online Learning Tools Panel by NSW Department of Education. This provides NSW Public Schools with a discounted price and should register below.

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Includes online recording studio
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