MUS200x Explorations in Music
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Inuviak Drummers Johnny Cash’s performance of Riders in the Sky Japanese Koto Music West African Highlife Band Grace VanderWaal’s performance on America’s Got Talent Pachabel’s Canon 180 BPM Drum Thrash Rachid Taha – Ya Rayah
This unit is focused on appropriate vocabulary to describe elements of music. Overview: Consider this unit a building block, or foundation unit. This unit contains video lectures presenting elements of music. Assessments on Blackboard test student’s ability to correctly identify Continue reading Music Elements Objectives
Read a sample blog post for this assignment. View an example of a video blog post (based on the Musical Trip blog assignment).
Simple English Dynamics A More Detailed Explanation of Dynamics and Articulations
Beat and Tempo Meter – Pt 1 Meter – Pt 2 Rhythms Pitch Range Intervals Scales Melody Chords Harmonic Texture Timbre Form Dynamics Articulation, Ornaments, etc.
Watch both of these short videos about real-time audio effects which are standard for both performances and studio work . Very instructive, with good examples. https://youtu.be/TyGdFybLy5o
This is a URL: https://azzivarnish.wordpress.com/ You are going to need to create a URL for your blog. The first part will be of your choosing. Time to think about that. For this class, you will need Continue reading Create a Unique URL
If you don’t want to repeat some of the previous assignments, and you don’t have an idea of what topic to try, here’s a few that haven’t been covered – Music Producer What does a music producer do? What does Continue reading Continued Exploration
Not really sure if these belong in this category, but these musical traditions still exist today, and are getting more and more tied to a story. Circus Circus Music History and Preservation History of the Circus in General Link to Continue reading Spectaculars with a Story (kinda)
Full-length ballets with multiple acts revolve around stories. You probably recognize Russian ballets by Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake and the Nutcracker. These story ballets tell the story through movement, costumes, sets, music and a little bit of acting. Ballet Continue reading Ballet
What is Opera? History of Opera What is a Librettist? A List of 50 Great Operas What is an Aria? What is a Recitative? Aside: My Master’s degree was focused on the music of Carl Orff, specifically his music Continue reading Opera
Music, Stories, Emotions and Your Brain View the content in the above link to warm you up for some concepts composers deal with when putting music to stories. While the video presentations are specific to film, many of the principles Continue reading Music and the Fictive Dream
Beat and Tempo Meter Rhythm Pitch Interval Range Scales Melody Harmonic Texture Timbre Form Dynamics Articulation, Vibrato, Ornaments, Smoke and Mirrors
Cartoons and music have a long history. Check out this 1933 Betty Boop cartoon. Most of us grew up with full-length cartoons with music. I was 8 years old and stood in line for over two hours on 2nd Avenue Continue reading Cartoons and Video Games
This is a great teaching video! You want to watch it. Good vocabulary, psychology and industry background. In this next video, there is a lot more discussion of how music for Marvel films are made poorly. Great learning, and VERY Continue reading Music, Stories, Emotions and Your Brain
History A Brief History of Musicals History of Musicals in Film American Musical Theater History B’Way Broadway – American Musical – a PBS video series. If the link below is broken, consider getting the series from a library. Companion Site Continue reading Musicals
There are quite a few musicians that are both performers and composers. However there are musicians that only compose, and there are musicians who stick to performing. There is even a special class of musicians who focus on words – Continue reading The Role of the Performer