O-Generator
Learning to Compose
Beats, styles & songwriting
O-Generator Learning to Compose is the simplest way to teach the fundamentals of music and composition.
Aimed at 10- to 16-year-olds, O-Generator’s structured lessons provide objectives, activities, outcomes and assessment, and fulfill National Curriculum requirements.
The ‘Virtual Music Teacher’ guides students through each lesson using simple language in understandable steps with a recorded voice-over, making it ideal for nonspecialists.
Take the tour » (requires Flash Player)
Try a lesson for yourself! »
(Please note: The lesson requires Flash Player & Shockwave Player Full version. Intel Mac users will need to run their browser in Rosetta Emulation Mode.)
New! O-Generator Songwriting Tutorials »
Learn about various recording ideas and techniques, and how to use
O-Generator with other sequencers.
"An ingenious interface that represents a single bar of music as a circle"
Education Guardian, Sep 2007
For you...
- Structured lessons provided
- No music knowledge needed
- Minimal ICT skills required
- Minimal lesson preparation time
- Teach the whole class at the same time
For your students...
- Learn about rhythm by exploring different styles
- Explore melody, harmony and arrangement
- Use different instruments to understand chords and create melodies
- Learn and develop songwriting techniques
- Compose in modern and traditional styles
“...it has helped me immensely in terms of knowing what I am doing”
Pauline Adams, Coston Primary
“..the kids loved it, I have never seen them so engrossed”
Marcus Luckett, Queen’s Dyke School
“O-Generator works step by step to allow you to create your own tune– it’s so simple and easy to understand”
Year 8 Student, Northholt School
O-Generator engages children from the outset thanks to its clear
design, which uses a circular representation of a bar of music, onto
which students place their own beats, rhythms and melodies.
The use of contemporary musical instruments and styles excites students, and lets them compose the kind of music they most enjoy listening to.
And because the software is not limited to preset musical loops, the possibilities for students are endless!
Further information
- Request more information about O-Generator
- Order O-Generator from your local distributor
O-Generator series
Revolutionary educational music software
Learning to Compose
(Beats, styles & songwriting)
Highlights
Key features of O-Generator:
- Teach the whole class in the ICT suite
- Contemporary Music – Rock, Pop to Hip Hop
- Designed specifically for ages 10-16
- Windows or Macintosh
- Accompanied with Teacher Guide Book
"O-Generator provides brilliantly clear and structured music lessons"
Computer Active Magazine,
October 2006 Review
“Most music software provides the sentence. O-Generator shows how the sentence is put together!”
David Mason
Content Manager,
London Grid for Learning
O-Generator was shortlisted for an award in the 'Digital Content, Secondary' category of the 2007 BETT Awards.
Video tour
Take a virtual tour of O-Generator by independent education researchers Schoolzone.
Classroom set up
These diagrams outline the ideal set up for running an O-Generator Lesson.
These are only a guide, as many teachers have developed their own preferred way of working.
Students
Students can work on their own PC or in pairs using a headphone splitter.
ICT Suite / Classroom with a projector
ICT Suite / Classroom without a projector
Computer requirements
CD-ROM drive or network required for installation
Windows: 98/2000/XP, Intel or AMD 350MHz or faster, 64Mb+ RAM (100Mb hard disk space), 16-bit soundcard, QuickTime 6.5
Mac: OSX 10.2.8 or later, 300MHz processor, 64Mb+ RAM (100Mb hard disk space), QuickTime 6.5
Educational levels
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