Ujam



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Is a fantastic web 2.0 site that allows anyone to create music! Ujam allows people of all musical skill level an outlet for creativity! People can create music in a variety of ways including recording a melody using your voice or an instrument or re-arranging a musical selection that the site provides. For my first experiment, ([|http://www.ujam.com/song/my) I] chose to re-arrange a song that Ujam provided on the site. I was able to change the melody, change the chord structure and add instruments to my accompaniment. I wanted to share this site with the class because anyone can create music using Ujam! People tell me all the time that they do not have a musical bone in their body. Now, people with little musical knowledge can create music using personal taste while experimenting with the tools. Even if you don’t know how to structure a melody or find the correct chord progression, you can manipulate the song based on personal taste! For the musically enhanced performer, you can sing or play an original melody into the recording dial and create an entire song! Even if you don’t know how to structure the melody or chords, Ujam takes you step by step and gives you suggestions to improve your song!



This tool would be a great asset in my classroom! Beginning students can learn how to experiment with their changing or emerging musical tastes. Advanced students can rely on their prior knowledge learned in class to become a composer! My Music Appreciation class is required to do a composition project at the end of first semester that allows them to compose an original song with lyrics. Ujam would be a great addition to this project. Before I found Ujam, my students used a program called Finale. Finale allows the composer to create a melody using a single instrument. Ujam allows the composer to dive much deeper into the process of composition. Ujam will allow my students to add multiple instruments, change the chords, change the style or genre of their song and share their song with others on Facebook!



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