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Super Quiet Un-interrupted Listening Time
Super Quiet Un-interrupted Listening Time
Listen to the music with your eyes closed and concentrate.
"For music is surely among the most baffling of the arts in its power to move people profoundly...It moves people involuntarily, even subliminally, and yet all this is done by means of the most apparently precise and rational techniques. If a few combinations of pitches, durations, timbres, and dynamic values can unlock the most hidden contents of a [human's] spiritual and emotional being, then the study of music should be the key to an understanding of [human] nature."
Nicholas Cook, A Guide to Music Analysis, Oxford University Press, 2009. p1.
Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Bach, J.S. Brandenburg Concerto # 5
Bach, J.S. Badinerie from Orchestral Suite #2
Handel Two Allemandes Handel
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon)
Handel Royal Fireworks Music
Handel Selections from Messiah
Vivaldi “Autumn” from The Four Seasons
Vivaldi “Spring” from The Four Seasons
4 Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
4 Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
Dynamics
Dynamics
How loud is the music?
Very Soft Pianissimo
Soft Piano
Medium Soft Mezzo Piano
Medium Loud Mezzo Forte
Loud Forte
Getting Louder Crescendo
Getting Softer Decrescendo
Subito (suddenly)
Classical Era (1750-1820)
Classical Era (1750-1820)
Beethoven Symphony #5, mvmt. 1
Beethoven Für Elise
Beethoven “Emperor” Piano Concerto
Beethoven Ode to Joy (w/bonus Chalk Pastel lesson)
Haydn Surprise Symphony
Haydn Symphony #88
Mozart A Musical Joke
Mozart 12 Variations on a French Nursery Theme
Mozart Turkish March
Rhythm
Rhythm
What does note values and combinations are used in this music?
See if you can draw the rhythms.
Semi-breve (whole notes)
Minims (half notes)
Quavers (quarter notes)
Semi-Quavers (sixteenth notes)
Dotted quaver - semiquaver
Romantic Era (1820-1900)
Brahms Hungarian Dance #5
Carreño, Teresa The Little Waltz
Chopin Black Key Etude
Chopin Military Polonnaise
Chopin Two Waltzes for Piano
Debussy Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Children’s Corner)
Debussy The Snow is Dancing (Children’s Corner)
Debussy Golliwog’s Cakewalk (Children’s Corner)
Debussy Arabesque #1
Grieg Anitra’s Dance from Peer Gynt
Mendelssohn, Fanny Notturno in G minor
Ravel Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty (Mother Goose Suite)
Ravel Empress of the Pagodas (Mother Goose Suite)
Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee
Saint-Saens The Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)
Saint-Saens The Elephant (Carnival of the Animals)
Saint-Saens Kangaroos (Carnival of the Animals)
Strauss Pizzicato Polka
Tchaikovksy Selections from The Nutcracker
Tchaikovsky Theme from Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky Dance of the Little Swans From Swan Lake
Tempo
Tempo
What is the Tempo (Speed and character) of this music doing?
Changing?
Accelerando – speeding up (abbreviation: accel.)
Slow Beat
Grave – very slow (25–45 bpm)
Largo – broadly (40–60 bpm)
Lento – slowly (45–60 bpm)
Adagio – slowly with great expression (66–76 bpm)
Medium Beat
Andante – at a walking pace (76–108 bpm)
Marcia moderato – moderately, in the manner of a march (83–85 bpm)
Moderato – at a moderate speed (98–112 bpm)
Fast Beat
Allegro moderato – close to, but not quite allegro (116–120 bpm)
Allegro – fast, quickly, and bright (120–156 bpm) (molto allegro is slightly faster than allegro, but always in its range)
Vivace – lively and fast (156–176 bpm)
Presto – very, very fast (168–200 bpm)
Prestissimo – even faster than presto (200 bpm and over)
Twentieth Century (1900-present)
Adams, John Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Anderson, Leroy The Waltzing Cat
Bernstein Mambo from West Side Story
Bernstein Overture to Candide
Boulanger, Nadia Prelude in F minor
Copland, Aaron Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring
Copland, Aaron Fanfare for the Common Man
Ellington, Duke
Fitzgerald, Ella
Foster, Stephen O, Susanna!
Gillespie, Dizzy Salt Peanuts
Grainger, Percy Harvest Hymn
Ives, Charles Variations on “America”
Joplin, Scott Maple Leaf Rag
Jessel, Leon Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
Prokofiev Dance of the Knights from Romeo & Juliet
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #3
Rutter Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Sands, Christain If You’re Happy and You Know It
Sousa Washington Post March
Stravinsky Tango
Trombone Shorty
Williams, John Movie Score Composer Study
Zimmer, Hans Movie Score Composer Study
Listening Log Level 1
Listening Log Level 1
Copy of Listening Log.pdfListening Log Level 2
Listening Log Level 2
Listening Log.docxListening Log Level 3
Listening Log Level 3
Advanced Musicology analysis Comparative Musical Elements Chart.docGoogle Sites
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