1 Terms and notes for teachers
By using this software your students will be able to learn how to compose their own music with sounds in an enjoyable manner. As teachers, we expect that you and your students will observe the copyrights to foreign music works and sound recordings.
Ideally, your students will create their own sounds themselves or record sounds with which they will compose entirely new pieces of music. Students are not permitted to copy protected sounds or music files or recordings of public [Note 1] concerts, radio broadcasts or the like. Even individual sounds should not be copied from a recording without the consent of the rights holders.
But even if your students have produced and/or recorded the sounds themselves, they should, not only for artistic but also for legal reasons, make sure that they do not plagiarise any melodies or the like, but instead compose their own material. They may, however, be inspired by others’ work. A newly composed melody (or other musical element) always demonstrates the ability to create an individual signature that can form the basis of an inspiring work. For example, when working with note-based music, the use of existent sequences of more than 4 to 5 tones should be avoided, especially when the rhythm is maintained.
(We do advise you, whenever possible, to offer your students relevant illustrative material whereby you can teach them the basics of composition. The project team is offering teachers’ packs as part of the EARS 2 initiative in order to help you with regard to this exciting