Evaluating Electronic Music Technology Resources For Therapy

this manual provides music therapy students interns clinicians educators and clinical trainers with a working and field tested set of systematic and ongoing processes designed to ascertain the usefulness of electronic music applications to help meet the needs of their clients the resources are organized into four families or categories of electronic music technology products these include general or stand alone products computer software electronic keyboards and tablet computer applications apps the evaluation processes and protocols are detailed and focused around four forms each corresponding to one of the resource categories each form allows the reviewer to note and evaluate basic product information and intended users product details considerations for use by their clients and product rating on specific criteria and recommendation to use not use the product six sample product reviews of useful electronic music resources are included as well as a glossary of terms table of contents about the authors figures list chapter 1 introduction 1 how to use this manual 3 about the four electronic music technology categories in this manual 3 chapter 2 resource family evaluation processes and accompanying forms 7 category 1 stand alone products and general resources 7 using the electronic music technology evaluation profile emtep 11 category 2 computer software 18 using the music software evaluation profile msep 19 category 3 electronic keyboards 25 using the electronic keyboard evaluation profile ekep 27 category 4 tablet computer ipad mobile applications 31 using the electronic music tablet application profile emtap 32 chapter 3 sample reviews using evaluation forms 37 sample emtep review qchord barbara l bastable 39 sample msep review garageband for mac thomas a dalton 42 sample ekep review yamaha ez 220 barbara l bastable 45 sample emtap review percussions for ipad robert e krout 49 sample emtap review garageband for ipad thomas a dalton 52 sample emtap review onsong for