For example, the teacher can teach students a simple melody by rote. The students can record the melody into a sequencer. Many software sequencers can display note information in standard musical notation. In this way students can view a notated representation of their performance and, with teacher guidance, begin to understand notational elements such as staves, clefs, time signatures, key signatures and note durations. Sequencers with notation capabilities make it possible for beginning music students to produce professional looking notation in a fraction of the time needed for them to learn how to notate music themselves.
Sequencers can be an aid in teaching students how to listen to, analyze and describe music.
When we listen to music, we all do not hear the same thing. Others perceive music as separate, identifiable strands of sound woven together to achieve a specific sonic blend. In analyzing and describing music, the gestalt listener might be at a disadvantage because of the way he or she perceives music. However, if the music were sequenced with individual parts recorded on separate tracks, then any part could be isolated or amplified for analytical or descriptive purposes. For example, a musical motif that recurs subtly in various voices might pass unnoticed without the aid of a sequencer playback to highlight various parts.