Beatmaking and Type Beats for Students (2 Hours)

Lifetime

All levels

6 lessons

2 quizzes

70 students

Overview
Curriculum
Instructor

This course is a special collaboration with Fifth Element Education, a collective of hip-hop artists and educators dedicated to providing workshops and clinics for school districts and universities. Their mission is to inspire, create, and elevate hip-hop culture.

Course Description

Hip-Hop – Beatmaking and Type Beats is a 2-hour course designed for teachers to learn how to engage with beatmaking using SoundTrap, a free, cloud-based digital audio workstation (DAW) that is compatible across a wide range of devices and operating systems. Teachers will learn the basics of beatmaking, walk through project ideas to get started with their students, learn strategies for mixing and balancing beats, and learn 7 type beats with a PDF handout created by TrainingToTeach for students and teachers. The PDF is available as a download at the end of the course and can be used in the classroom.

Course Objectives

During the course, you will:

Learn how to create 7 different “type beats” in SoundTrap.
Learn how to improve beats through mixing and effects.
Learn 3 beginning projects to get students started with beatmaking.

Student Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Teach their students how to create a variety of beats.
Use a digital audio workstation to create, mix, and arrange music.
Understand foundational music technology terminology.

Requirements for Modules

In order to receive a Certificate of Completion and 2 hours for this course, you will need to:

Complete 4 Learning Modules.
Take 2 multiple choice or matching quizzes (Modules 1 and 3).
Submit a short written response at the end of Module 4.

Patrick Cooper

Dr. Patrick K. Cooper is an assistant professor of music education at Florida International University. He teaches courses in research, curriculum development, philosophy, and creativity. He holds degrees in music education from Arizona State University (B.M., M.M.) and University of South Florida (Ph.D.). Winner of the 2015 Outstanding Emerging Researcher Award from the Center for Music Education Research, his research interests capture the intersection of creativity, inclusion, and performance. His publications can be found in academic journals such as Psychology of Music and International Journal of Music Education as well as practitioner texts such as The Music Technology Cookbook and The Learner-Centered Music Classroom. His book Broadcast to Podcast: Lessons from Radio for an Online Music Education is available through F-Flat Books. Dr. Cooper has presented internationally, nationally, and locally at conferences such as NeuroMusic, Society for Music Perception and Cognition, International Society for Music Education, Society for Music Teacher Education, and the National Association for Music Education Biennial Music Research and Teacher Education Conference. He has given workshops and lectures as an invited speaker at several universities including University of Southern California, Arizona State University, Illinois State University, and Westminster Choir College. As a musician, he has performed extensively as a double bassist, synthesizer player, and hip-hop artist. Prior to his appointment at Florida International University, he held adjunct positions with Eastern Illinois University and The Crane School of Music at SUNY-Potsdam, was a Presidential Doctoral Fellow at University of South Florida, and taught in public schools and community centers in St. Petersburg, FL and the metro Phoenix area.