Thursday, October 1, 2020
STAY HAPPY IN ZOOM | by: Jelia Megawati Heru | Staccato, October 2020
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
STRESS IN ZOOM | by: Jelia Megawati Heru | Staccato, September 2020
"AKU LELAH!"
Layar kaca Anda membeku. Ada gema yang aneh. Banyak kepala yang menatap Anda. Dan oh no, koneksinya putus-putus. Cilaka! Menjelaskan, meredefinisi, menjelaskan lagi dan lagi dengan kata-kata yang berbeda non-stop. Didorong oleh kondisi pandemi, guru bergulat dengan teknologi untuk mengajar jarak jauh secara online.
Mereka dibanjiri dengan email, teks, video, gambar, panggilan dari orang tua dan siswa. Duduk di depan komputer berjam-jam sampai mata, bahu tegang dan pantat sakit. Hal ini terjadi berulang-ulang dan seperti tidak bisa dimatikan. Disorientasi hari dan jam. STRESS.
Pergeseran tiba-tiba ke Teach from Home (TfH), yang dibarengi dengan ketakutan tentang virus corona, berbaur menjadi semacam trauma yang dapat mengubah otak dari keterampilan berpikir tingkat tinggi ke mode bertahan hidup. Kombinasi stress, kelelahan, dan ketakutan ini dapat menyebabkan seseorang menutup diri, sulit berkonsentrasi, insomnia, dan menjadi parno (hypervigilance). Setelah beberapa kelas online, hal yang diinginkan hanyalah TIDUR…
Saturday, August 1, 2020
Berkomunikasi dengan Orang Tua Murid di Masa COVID-19 | by: Jelia Megawati Heru | Staccato, August 2020
BERKOMUNIKASI DENGAN ORANG TUA MURID DI MASA COVID-19
by: Jelia Megawati Heru
Staccato, August 2020
Di masa pandemi Covid-19, sekolah dan tempat-tempat umum harus ditutup hingga batas waktu yang tidak bisa ditentukan. Dunia pendidikan tidak mempunyai pilihan lain selain menempuh jalur online, demi kesehatan dan kesejahteraan bersama. Salah satu hal penting dalam pelajaran online adalah sosialisasi ke orang tua murid. Mempertahankan jalur komunikasi terbuka sangatlah krusial bagi kelangsungan pelajaran musik online.
Di tengah ketidakpastian dan perubahan yang terjadi, sekolah musik harus bisa meyakinkan orang tua murid mengapa mereka tetap harus melanjutkan pelajaran musik online, apa gunanya, dan manfaat apa yang bisa didapatkan pelajaran musik online dibandingkan dengan tatap muka (in-person), opsi apa saja yang ditawarkan, apa yang perlu disiapkan orang tua murid, teknologi apa yang digunakan, bagaimana dengan PR? Dan masih banyak segudang pertanyaan lainnya.
Friday, June 26, 2020
TOOLS MENGAJAR MUSIK ONLINE | Surviving Covid-19, Part 2 | by: Jelia Megawati Heru | Staccato, July 2020
DI MASA COVID-19
(SURVIVING COVID-19 | Part 2)
by: Jelia Megawati Heru
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Hikmah dikala Pandemi | Liputan RSL Online Piano Workshop 2020 | by: Jelia Megawati Heru
"HIKMAH DIKALA PANDEMI"

Monday, September 5, 2016
ETIKA & TIPS MEDIA SOSIAL BAGI MUSISI - by: Jelia Megawati Heru (Staccato, September 2016)
MEDIA SOSIAL BAGI MUSISI

Social media atau media sosial (medsos) sudah menjadi sebuah gaya hidup, kebutuhan, dan sekaligus ‘penyakit’. Terkadang orang lupa, bahwa medsos itu melekat bagai tatto dan lupa bahwa medsos adalah tempat publik dalam dunia maya. Dalam ruang publik, ada beberapa aturan main yang sebaiknya dipahami. Pada artikel kali ini akan dibahas peran medsos bagi musisi dan etika dasar dalam menggunakan medsos (Do’s & Don’ts).
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Inovasi Noteput - the interactive music table with tangible notes




Dasar teoritis untuk proyek ini adalah bahwa hasil pembelajaran yang terbaik merupakan pembelajaran dengan menggunakan kombinasi indera manusia (multi-canal learning). Motivasi seseorang memainkan peranan yanng amat penting dalam proses belajar dan mengingat. Dengan pendekatan belajar mendasar dari bentuk notasi balok sesungguhnya ini, pencipta noteput tidak hanya ingin menjangkau anak-anak untuk tertarik mempelajari musik, tetapi juga publik dan masyarakat awam yang bahkan belum pernah mempelajari musik sekalipun.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
10 Music Apps for iPad & iPhone

Practice by sight: note names, key signatures, chords, intervals. Practice by ear: tempos, intervals, chords, scales. Settings allow you to set your own difficulty level.
Nota – “…..a set of indispensable tools for musicians at any level. It has a piano chord and scale browser, a piano and staff note locator, a note quiz and a reference library with over 100 symbols” (from Nota website)
3. Piano Street – online free scores site now has a mobile application, offering thousands of copyright-free classical piano scores to download and view or print on your mobile.
*Direct your mobile device to www.m.pianostreet.com and then add to your home screen. You need a Piano Street account to access this site.
4. Musician’s Practice Journal – manage your daily practice routine and track your progress. Easily log practice time and speed.
5. Metronome – there are various metronome apps available. I use a free one which looks like a traditional metronome. It is very basic. Metronome Tempo 2 has favorable reviews and is more sophisticated.
6. forScore2 – this powerful app allows you to download PDFs of scores direct from the web to view on your iPad.
Annotation tool, enabling you to mark up your own scores, including highlighting tricky sections, notes to self, and other annotations.
Other features:
visual metronome, metadata (allowing for easy organisation of scores), half-page turns, bookmark function. Mac utility allows you to edit some PDF file metadata for use with mobile app. Other extras include bluetooth and wired page turners.
7. iTalk – voice memo app for recording yourself playing. It is imperfect, in many ways, as the sound quality is not great. However, sound files can be synced to my Mac, edited using a music editing suite, and then stored in iTunes.
8. Ocarina – turn your iPhone into an ocarina and make your own music. See the Stanford University ‘mobile phone orchestra’ in action here
9. Cat Piano – a mini piano keyboard and a variety of “kitty voices”, including ‘angelic meow’, ‘furball’, ‘asthmatic kitty’ and ‘forlorn’
10. Bloom – “Developed by ambient pioneer Brian Eno and musician / software designer Peter Chilvers, Bloom explores uncharted territory in the realm of applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Part instrument, part composition and part artwork, Bloom’s innovative controls allow anyone to create elaborate patterns and unique melodies by simply tapping the screen”.

Learn to read and write music (+flats, sharps, keys) with MusicTutor SightRead
Learn to sight-read music with MusicTutor SightRead (MTSR). MTSR is a quiz game designed for music students, for learning to read (and write) music in an easy and pleasant way.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=es.virtualcode.musictutor.sightread
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rabugentom.chord
The application is a reference of the piano chords and scales. For the requested chord or scale application gives its formula, notes according to a selected root and shows positions of notes on the piano keyboard; it also allows to listen to the selected chord/scale.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alexpp.mpa
List of features:
- Fine tempo tuning from 10 to 230 BPM
- Tap tempo
- Load and save presets
- Adjustable tempo signature for simple, compound and complex meters.
- From 2 to 20 beats per measure
- Beat subdivision as quarter, eighth, triplet, sixteenth, quintuplet and sextuplet notes
- Beat emphasis
- 4 soundpacks
- Adjustable volume
- Visual beat counter
- Italian tempo markings
- Automatically turns off when there´s an incoming call
- Runs in background
- Settings are saved automatically on exit
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gabriel.metronome
An easy and convenient application for viewing guitar Tablatures on your phone.
Ultimate Guitar Tabs is an easy and convenient application for viewing guitar Tablatures, bass Tablatures, drum Tablatures and chords. This is the only mobile application giving you UNLIMITED access to the world's largest database of Tabs from Ultimate-Guitar.com! Use this intuitive viewer to browse the collection of over 400,000 Tabs and then learn or practice your favorite songs wherever you are.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ultimateguitar.tabs
A simple piano application:
+4 octaves piano keyboard
+12 instruments
+Adjustable piano keyboard width
+Multi Touch(Android2.1~)
+Record and Play
+2 sample songs to play
xPiano+, which has 5 octaves, 128 instruments, more functions and more songs, is available, and actively updated.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cyandroid.piano
DrumKit - the best drumming experience on Android
DrumKit is a multitouch drumming application which provides the best experience of finger drumming.
It comes from a top-down view and gives you an instant drum kit at your finger tips and includes sampled sounds of a variety of snares, cymbals, a tom and a nice kick drum for that extra thump.
DrumKit's coolest features are:
:: movable drums and percussions (bass, snare, toms, multiple crash, ride, hi-hat, bongos, cowbell... everything what you will ever need!)
:: cool animations (animations work great on higher end devices like Desire, Nexus, etc)
:: multitouch experience
:: DrumEditor - enables you to select which drums should be active at drum stage
:: Composer (BETA) - enables you to create basic rhythm so you can play only finesse beats while rhythm automatically playing
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phellax.drum
Guitar emulator + Chord guide + Tuner + Metronome
Robotic Guitarist is a virtual guitar for your device. This application will be useful both for those that already play the guitar and learners, and even if you can't play but want to get some fun or experiment with its sounds.
Main features:
★ Multitouch guitar emulator:
Choose a chord without having to learn finger positions and just hit the strings to get sounds recorded from real instruments. You can strum, plays arpeggio or any other desired technique thanks to two picking modes. Multitouch supported in capable devices.
★ Chord guide:
An easy-to-use interface allows you to change your chord selection on the go. You'll see at all times a diagram showing finger positions. Very useful for learners or for those who play already and need to recall a chord.
★ Tuner:
If you play a non-virtual guitar, Robotic Guitarist is your loyal electronic pocket-tuner.
★ Metronome:
It's a handy digital metronome. It has settings for speed (beats per minute) and different signatures (constant, 2/2, 4/4, etc.).
★ Guitar lab:
You can choose the sound between acoustic or electric guitar, piano (two octaves available), chorus or flute and map them to the whole guitar, or even pick a different one for each string! This will bring to you a lot of sessions of experimenting and having fun.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pedrocorp.android.guitar
Songwriting tool / electronic accompanist for the mobile musician.
Chordbot lets you create and play advanced chord progressions easily on your phone. Useful for songwriting experiments, as accompaniment for your guitar / saxophone / theremin solos or as a backing band for your shower singing sessions.
Features:
* 60 chord types in all keys/inversions
* 50+ comping styles (full version)
* Slash chords
* Transposition
* Automatic inversion selection
* Automatic song generator
* MIDI/WAV file export (full version)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chordbot.demo.gui&hl=en
Be Musical on the go with a piano, drum kit, metronome, pitch pipe and more!
A musical toolkit including instruments (grand piano, piano keyboard, drums, autoharp), tools (metronome, pitch pipe), a game (piano practice), and more (piano recording, wireless piano MIDI, piano/drum multi-touch)
Detailed Features
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Piano Practice Mode
- Play-along piano learning game
- Over 20 included songs (+ any MIDI)
- Piano & Keyboard
- Scrolling grand piano
- 2-octave stacked piano
- 128 General MIDI instruments
- Recording (Piano & Keyboard)
- Export as MIDI or ringtone
- Wireless MIDI input device
- Supports Windows/Mac/Linux
- Metronome
- 40-200BPM metronome
- Time signatures/subdivisions
- C to C
- Drums
- Basic 8-piece drum kit
- Auto harp (BETA)
- o Strum chords on the harp strings
- Multi-touch (piano/drums)
- Honeycomb tablet optimized
- Musical Piano FREE (Christopher Souvey)
- Musical - HQ Piano Samples