The Sound of Music

As Music Educators, there are any number of methods we can use to teach music to children. As we examine the different methodologies, we must also examine our goals for our students in the music classroom. As the goals of the music classroom are defined, we can then begin to sort through methodologies and see what would best suit our needs in the classroom. As the music student develops, they should always be building on prior knowledge. For success in the classroom, there needs to be a…

paper, I listened the RadioLab episode on music language. I chose this one because, being a musician myself, I’ve always been interested in the psychology behind music, specifically why certain sounds can so drastically alter our emotion. After all, they’re all just vibrations. So what is it about some vibrations that make them so much more significant to us than others? This is one of the primary questions addressed in this podcast. In discussing how music affects us emotionally, the hosts…

Vento Sur is a Calarts –All-Alumni group composed of Joao Junqueira, Julissa Bozman, Alex Bozman, and Jay Gravatt. They perform music in Spanish and Portuguese languages both. I saw many interesting instruments, and after other songs end the guitarist Joao Junqueira explained about the traditional instruments to audiences. First they performed Adentro Cojutepeque dance music from Mexico and violinist Julissa Bozman featured the song. Vento Sur arranged the song to play violin melody line, and I…

Music has played a very inspirational part in American culture; there are many different types of genres that correlate with the times. African American’s musical culture was brought to the United States through the bonds of slavery. Music and dance have always been a spiritual and traditional part of the African-American culture. Jazz is a type of genre that was created through the roots of previous styles of music and has grabbed the ears of many for generations. Through relevance and…

years, I have experienced that my growth in music has benefitted all areas of my life, and vice versa. I always have believed that real music is conceived by everything else in the universe, except for music itself. Every piece of music is a completely different species of emotion, color, suspense, and without having life experience of say, being in a state of resigned despair, I would have been able to explore the Bach 6th Partita. The study of music has taught me about life skills. A strong…

Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate factory, and even Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton has made films that have became huge hits across the country. When watching these movies, the audience may notice many different types of lighting, music and sounds, and camera angles, from cheery to gloomy then dismay. Tim Burton wants the audience to feel these feelings to have a connection with the character he’s made. To begin, Burton manipulates camera angles and framing to catch and connect the…

people try to be, or to do. Music is one of the things, which people have been using it to be delivered from problems, to get joy and to feel freedom either by listening or composing/ being an artist. As I grew and living in the society, who has love, respect, and great appreciation for a music from ancient times either in church or anywhere for any kinds of music, which people classify in any categories. Contrary, there may be problems to be solved in order to have better music to the society…

Machlis’ book, The Enjoyment of Music, we discuss a ton of different things. In the beginning of unit one, the authors write about melody, rhythm and meter, harmony, and the organization of musical sounds. Near the end of the unit the authors begin to write about musical texture, music styles, and music functions. The last topic discussed in unit one is sacred music in the middle ages. This unit provides us with insight on the basics of music and gives us a brief history on music during the…

every way a guitar is played, different things can affect the tone and ability of it to play that certain style of music. Through history the talent of the guitar player is the ultimate way to create a style of music to a high level but the way it is built, the types of pickups used on it, and the amps and pedal used with it all have an effect on how it sounds and what genre of music it is best suited to play. Forms of the guitar were played as long ago as 1350, but it wasn’t until the 16th…

marriages and royal family births. 2. What is the Natya Shastra? Why is it important? Natty Shastra is a written discourse on the performing arts, including dance, music, stage performances, etc... The importance of Ancient Indian music was seen through Natya Shastra. The reason was because it gives detailed…