chapter 1 music listening and you begins on page 2
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Chapter 1
Music Listening and You
Begins on page 2
Why Learn about Music?
Music makes life fuller and more interesting
It’s like adding color to a picture
Why Learn about Music?
Yes, you can live without music –
But your life will more complete with it!
Music Is Created for Many Different Purposes
To dance or march to
To provide a sonic background
To encourage a sense of unity in a group
To express religious feelings
For psychological satisfaction
Concert Music
Created primarily for listening
Its sounds must be interesting and satisfying or else they will be ignored or forgotten
Ordinary ≠ Extraordinary
Ordinary: “Here today, gone tomorrow”
Extraordinary: “Here today, here tomorrow”
“I know what I like”“I like what I know”
People almost always like the music they are familiar with
It’s difficult to like something you hardly know
Learning about music you do not know will open up a much larger musical world
Listening to Music
You will listen to music much better if you
Realize that hearing and listening are not the same
Listen to concert music very carefully and contemplate its sounds
Listening to Music
Each piece has features to be heard and noticed
Listen especially for them
Listening to Music
Develop different modes of listening –sensuous, expressive, and purely musical – because► Music offers the pleasure of its sounds► Music often reaches into our deepest feelings► Music fascinates us with how its sounds are
organized
Listening to Music
Develop different expectations about concert music► It does not try to grab your attention► It is not as loud as most popular music► It usually is performed without lots of actions ► It is usually longer and more complex
Listening to Music
Remember what you hear, because ► You hear only a moment of sound ► The rest is what you remember and your
guess about what will be sounded next
Listening to Music
Become more sensitive to musical sounds
Try to notice your feelings and reactions to music
Listening to Music
Use the CDs and Active Listening Guides to help you► Yes, help is ready and waiting► Take advantage of it!
Follow the Active Listening Guide for “Hoe Down” from Rodeo
Observe the overall plan of the music
Notice that the colors show the pattern of the music
Follow the arrow to know exactly what’s being sounded at that moment
Read the text material that appears at appropriate moments
Listening with the Listening Guide
The Listening Guide is on page 8► The times on the left are cumulative► The times next to the text are from the track points
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Listening without Any Aids
Listen to “Hoe Down” again outside of class without any visual aids
That’s the way you usually listen to music
Listening and Information
You had to use two legs to walk to class today
You need two “legs” to understand music better, especially art music► Knowledge about music► Ability to perceive its sounds
Each contributes to the other
Conclusion
Together they will make music and this course more interesting and worthwhile for you
Summary Why Learn about Music? Music Is Created for Many Different Purposes Concert Music Ordinary ≠ Extraordinary “I know what I like” “I like what I know” Listening to Music Follow the Active Listening Guide for “Hoe Down” Listening with the Listening Guide Listening without Any Aids Listening and Information Conclusion