Composing with Audacity

Utilises free-to-download software.

Support your students in creating rich and multifaceted soundscapes using Audacity digital audio editing software.

Perfect for use across levels and abilities
  • Student-friendly instructions are accessible for both GCSE and A Level.
  • Utilises everyday sound recordings – ideal for students with or without the ability to play a musical instrument or read musical scores.
  • Plus! Use with pre-GCSE classes to engage students who have little or no musical background.

Build skills for assessed compositions
  • Students learn to record and manipulate both vocal and percussive sounds, as well as mix and render multiple tracks.
  • Familiarises students with key compositional terms including repetition, sequence, retrograde, inversion, augmentation and diminution.
  • Final guided composition project and progress log consolidates learning and tracks progress to build skills for compositional assessments.