March 10
I know, I know -- you don't want to think about another quiz... but... the next one is scheduled for March 31 (our last class before Spring Break). Here are the Study Guide, Definitions and Review Material for the quiz.
March 5
For Section 1 (11:00 a.m)
Use the above Flash player to hear the first movement of Beethoven's String Quartet, op. 18, no.4 -- one of the pieces we heard The Shanghai String Quartet play last Monday. (The recording is not the Shanghai Quartet.)
For Section 2 (12:30 p.m.)
Here are links to web sites where you can find out more about the software we saw in the lab last Monday: Cakewalk, publishers of Sonar (look for the Professionals link); Propellerhead Software, who publish Reason, and Fruity Loops, who publish Fruity Loops and FL Studio.
March 1
Music Player with music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque. These pieces are featured in the Listening Guides in Parts 2, 3 and 4 of the textbook. Read the Listening Guide for each piece as you listen.
February 18
As promised, the Test 1 Study Guide and Test 1 Definition Sheet handed out in class last week (just in case you didn't get yours.) Both are Acrobat Reader PDF files
Here are the two examples of Form in popular music we saw in class today: Pink and Nora Jones. Both require Flash which you can get here if you don't already have it installed.
We'll take a closer look at Form and explain more about the terms found in the above examples (i.e. 32-bar Song Form, Verse-Chorus, etc.) after next week's quiz.
February 10
Review material for the quiz is now here. (Oh, no... a test.)
When prepping for the test, make sure you check the listening examples for the various definitions in the Music Materials section of the Online Tutor. Usually, hearing an example helps you to understand the definition better.
Here's the music and score for the Mozart Piano Sonata we looked at in class Monday. (Requires Flash)
Last class, didn't the name Quincy Jones come up in discussion? Here's something about him.
And, speaking of the Grammys.