Category: Composition Teaching Tools
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Properties of Sound – Envelope
(not this envelopeš !) Read the article and find out games about Duration hereThe Envelope of a sound, or a note in our instance. People interested in sound, when they talk about the Envelope of a sound they refer to the shape or contour of the sound as it evolves over time. A simple envelope consists…
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Properties of Sound – Duration
Here I will focus on how the duration of one and each specific sound created in a music piece affects the music. Read the other article of the series here Talking about sound, any sound: the clicking of the flute keys, the car when it’s idling, the sound of tapping on a crystal glass… each sound…
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Properties of Sound – LOUDNESS
I hope you had a thought of the properties of Sound and had a little experiment with Pitch. Today let’s have a look at Loudness. How forte or piano you play, loud or soft and all the dynamics in between, above and below. In music these terms are relative as we know. Relative to the…
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The Properties of Sound
I conducted a workshop called Same – Same – Differnet, workhop for flutists in May 2020 and during that process I was posting some thoughts on the event’s page on Facebook that would come handy during the workshop. As this is something any musician can use in their practice, regardless if they are performers, composers,…
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Teach Composition in the Classroom – the right way
Part 3 Composition tasks could be focused around the Elements of Music, especially if you have already discussed about it while working on a song. For example, if the children are learning Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, you can talk about the form of the piece that is in ABA form. Or if you are teaching…
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Teaching Composition in the Classroom
Part 2 If youāre still asking why invest time and effort in musical creativity, the short answer may be, and Iāll elaborate in another article more on the subject: It brings forward needs for learning, like how to read and write notes, how do we indicate loudness and so onā¦ Because now the student has…
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Teach Composition the Right Way
Part 1 Okay, now letās not think in absolute terms. There are many right ways to approach composition in the classroom of a primary school. As long as you are following the needs of your classroom and your musical beliefs then you are probably doing a good job. My music teaching style follows loosely the…
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Music Composition in the Classroom
Easy activities to get primary school students composing Sound and Music, which is a national charity for new music in the UK, have conducted a survey and discovered that music composition and creativity are generally overlooked in schools in the UK. You can find information about Sound and Music and their initiative here where you…
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Musical Respect
Fear – respect – being polite. Fear of the authority is a physical and mental state no parent wishes his / her children every experience yet it is astonishing how this tool is being used. What is more horrific is how well people respond to intimidation even when it is used as the final resort. Did that…
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Patience through Practice
To value and devote time to recap. Go through what you have learnt so far and practice them on a beginners level. Practice slow. Playing or reading about what you already know as long as the intention is to move forward. You might realise something new, build muscle memory and brain memory, and my favourite, to make new…
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