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All music fans harbor in their memories vivid fragments of their
favorite works. The starting guitar solo of "Satisfaction" by the
Rolling Stones, the da-da-da-DUM gesture that opens Beethoven's
Fifth Symphony, the lush swelling chords of a beloved movie
soundtrack: hearing the briefest snippet of any of these is enough
to transport listeners into the piece's sonic and emotional world.
But what makes musical motives so powerful? In Musical Motives,
author Brent Auerbach looks at the ways that motives - the
small-scale pitch and rhythm shapes that are ever-present in music
- unify musical compositions and shape our experiences of them.
Motives serve both to communicate basic musical meaning and to tie
together sound space like the motifs in visual art. They present in
all genres from classical and popular to jazz and world music,
making them ideally suited for analysis. Musical Motives opens with
a general introduction to these fundamental building blocks, then
lays out a comprehensive theory and method to account for music's
structure and drama in motivic terms. Aimed at both amateur and
expert audiences, the book offers a tiered approach that progresses
from Basic to Complex Motivic Analysis. The methods are illustrated
by small- and large-scale analyses of pieces by Mozart, Beethoven,
Handel, Chaminade, Verdi, Radiohead, and many more.
Teachers the world over are discovering the importance and benefits
of incorporating popular culture into the music classroom. The
cultural prevalence and the students' familiarity with recorded
music, videos, games, and other increasingly accessible multimedia
materials help enliven course content and foster interactive
learning and participation. Pop-Culture Pedagogy in the Music
Classroom: Teaching Tools from American Idol to YouTube provides
ideas and techniques for teaching music classes using elements of
popular culture that resonate with students' everyday lives. From
popular songs and genres to covers, mixes, and mashups; from video
games such as Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero to television
shows like American Idol, this exciting collection offers
pedagogical models for incorporating pop culture and its associated
technologies into a wide variety of music courses. Biamonte has
collected well-rounded essays that consider a variety of
applications. After an introduction, the essays are organized in 3
sections. The first addresses general tools and technology that can
be incorporated into almost any music class: sound-mixing
techniques and the benefits of using iPods and YouTube. The middle
section uses popular songs, video games, or other aspects of pop
culture to demonstrate music-theory topics or to develop
ear-training and rhythmic skills. The final section examines the
musical, lyrical, or visual content in popular songs, genres, or
videos as a point of departure for addressing broader issues and
contexts. Each chapter contains notes and a bibliography, and two
comprehensive appendixes list popular song examples for teaching
harmony, melody, and rhythm. Two indexes cross-reference the
material by title and by general subject. While written with
college and secondary-school teachers in mind, the methods and
materials presented here can be adapted to any educational level.
Teachers the world over are discovering the importance and benefits
of incorporating popular culture into the music classroom. The
cultural prevalence and the students' familiarity with recorded
music, videos, games, and other increasingly accessible multimedia
materials help enliven course content and foster interactive
learning and participation. Pop-Culture Pedagogy in the Music
Classroom: Teaching Tools from American Idol to YouTube provides
ideas and techniques for teaching music classes using elements of
popular culture that resonate with students' everyday lives. From
popular songs and genres to covers, mixes, and mashups; from video
games such as Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero to television
shows like American Idol, this exciting collection offers
pedagogical models for incorporating pop culture and its associated
technologies into a wide variety of music courses. Biamonte has
collected well-rounded essays that consider a variety of
applications. After an introduction, the essays are organized in 3
sections. The first addresses general tools and technology that can
be incorporated into almost any music class: sound-mixing
techniques and the benefits of using iPods and YouTube. The middle
section uses popular songs, video games, or other aspects of pop
culture to demonstrate music-theory topics or to develop
ear-training and rhythmic skills. The final section examines the
musical, lyrical, or visual content in popular songs, genres, or
videos as a point of departure for addressing broader issues and
contexts. Each chapter contains notes and a bibliography, and two
comprehensive appendixes list popular song examples for teaching
harmony, melody, and rhythm. Two indexes cross-reference the
material by title and by general subject. While written with
college and secondary-school teachers in mind, the methods and
materials presented here can be adapted to any educational level.
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