Submitted by Fiona Beal
Microsoft’s SongSmith is such a fun free tool to use in the classroom. If you join Microsoft’s Microsoft Educator Network as an educator you can download and install this programme for free. It is really worth it! I have found that it mainly works best from a laptop – I haven’t tried it on a tablet as yet.
SongSmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice. Basically, you choose a musical style and beat from their options, sing into your PC’s microphone, and SongSmith cleverly creates backing music for you. That song can be saved and shared with students, friends and family, posted online, or even used to create your own music videos. I used to use it as a reward session for those students who had completed their required tasks, and it was always a big hit!
Introducing SongSmith
This is one of my favourite videos about Microsoft SongSmith. I find the story a bit cumbersome at times but the video definitely highlights the essence of the programme.
How do you use SongSmith?
Here is a tutorial on how to use SongSmith from the UK Partners in Learning YouTube channel.
This is my version of how to install and use SongSmith.
Microsoft’s SongSmith and how to use it
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Classroom uses of SongSmith
I have been collecting ideas on how to use SongSmith in the classroom. Here are a few of them.Maybe you have some other ideas to contribute?
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I am sure you’ll find this Microsoft free tool very engaging and very useful especially if you are a teacher. Why not give it a try?
