March Music Madness: Chrome Music Lab Edition!

February 20, 2023 Amy M. Burns

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This video by Amy M. Burns provides an overview of her idea of March Music Madness, a tradition of bringing March Madness into the music classroom.
March Madness is a term used to refer to the NCAA men's and women's college basketball tournaments held between mid-March and the beginning of April.
Burns created an interactive whiteboard using Canva to make this activity span across grade levels.
She adapted some of the melodies so students can either fix them or create something completely new.
At the end of each class, students will vote on their favorite song.

Burns uses Chrome Music Lab's Song Maker to create her March Music Madness tournament.
She provides instructions to her students, such as adding a drum line or countermelody to the melody, or changing the melody around.
The students don't have to save and send their links but have the option to do so.
The goal is to be creative and express themselves through music.

Burns created an interactive whiteboard using Canva to display her March Music Madness tournament.
She suggests assigning themes to different grade levels and splitting classes into two groups to work on different songs simultaneously.
The students can then vote for the song they prefer at the end of the class period.
Once the tournament is complete, the winning song will be announced.

The video demonstrates how to use Chrome Music Lab to create and share an interactive whiteboard project.
Chrome Music Lab allows users to create different types of music, such as spirituals and pop songs, with a few clicks of the mouse.
The video explains how to share the project with others, as well as how to use the "Zoom" feature to make it easier to view the project.

Users can add a drumline to their project by clicking on the "Drumline" button.
The drumline will be added to the project but may sound a little off due to the way it was created.
Users can add a counter melody to make the drumline sound better.

Once the project is complete, users can click the "Save" button to save their work.
They can then copy the link for the project and share it with others.

Chrome Music Lab makes it easy for users to create music with just a few clicks of the mouse.
It also allows users to zoom in and out of the project using their trackpad or a touch screen.
The video also explains how to find the link for the project, as well as how to find the summary of the video on the YouTube Summarized Chrome extension.