Introduction to Music MUH 1110

Dr. SlawskyFall 2013

Intro to Music MUH 1110Fall 2013

Welcome!

•Intro to Music- MUH1110

•Tuesdays, Thursdays

9:30-10:45

•PW 705- Portable(occasionally in the Digitorium)

Welcome!•Intro to Music- MUH 1110•Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30-10:45•PW 705 (occasionally Digitorium)

About your Instructor:Dr. Melissa Slawsky•Pianist•Violinist•Piano Teacher (15+ yrs.)•Church Accompanist•Teaching, Performing, Research

Keeping in Contact:1. Email:Please CC personal emailmmaccarelli@hotmail.com2. ANGEL: coming soon

3. Phone: No campus voicemailHome: (727) 754-6164Cell: (727) 643-9224

Intro to Music:•Survey (history)•Musical Styles and Trends•Music Fundamentals•Multi-, Inter-, and Cross- Disciplinary Connections

Text:•CDs

•Listening Guides

Tips:•Look for overarching trends and patterns

•Make “connections” between what you’re learning and your daily lives

•Remember the “forest” (not just the individual ‘trees.’)

Let’s get started….

Name that ritual….

Name that commercial….

Name that TV show….

Name that movie….

Name that horror movie/show….

Video Games?

The “Popular” Classics•Beethoven- Für Elise

•J.S. Bach- Toccata & Fugue in d minor

•Beethoven- “Symphony No. 5”

•Pachelbel- “Canon in d minor”

•Mozart- Eine Kleine Nacht Musik

•Rossini- “William Tell” Overture

•Khatchaturian- “Sabre Danse”

•Tchaikovsky- “Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy” from “The Nutcracker Suite”

“Remixes”/“Sampled” Music-•Jem- “They” (Bach’s 12th Prelude from book II,

written in 1730ish)

•Bus Driver- “Imaginary Places” (from Bach’s Flute Concerto in a minor, BWV1044)

•Enigma- “Sadeness Pt. I” uses 9th and 10th Century Gregorian Chant)

What is music?•One of the most abstract and mathematical of the

arts•Most universal, yet inexpressible

•One of the most prominent elements in our lives, yet indescribable

What is music? (cntd.)Music requires one to:

•Be specific with exact control•Instantaneously subdivide time

•Learn a shorthand notation•Reflect the times of its creation•Coordinate muscle movements

•While using emotive force to express what the music must convey

Music & LanguageConnections between music and language:

AcquisitionDevelopment

Processing

Mystical & Occult Force

Branches of Psychology and Sociology

“The Mozart Effect”

“Classical music” improved kids’ test scores?

“The Mozart Effect?”

Sports/Exercise Physiology•Grip strength

•Endurance

•Motivation

•Respiration

•Heart Rate

•Blood Pressure

•Muscle Strength

Health/Medical Benefits•Epileptic seizures

•Reduce stress (cortisol)

•Boost immune system

•Lower heart rate and blood pressure

•Focus

•Perceived pain

•Memory

Music & Memory

Oliver Sacks- “Musicophilia”•Parkinson’s

•Tourette’s

•Aphasia (from stroke or otherwise)

•Alzheimer’s disease

“Music is much more than a beautiful luxury: It is a fundamental way of expressing our humanity—and it is often our best medicine”.

Military and War Applications?

“Songs of War”- Documentary describing various songs and music used as “no-touch torture.”

•Detainee interrogations

•“Mind control”

Coming Up Next Week

HomeworkBy next Tuesday, I want a list of 4 of your favorite songs/pieces. (any style)

Go to www.musicnotes.com and print off the first sample page for free (piano instrumentation)

We will discuss the commonalities and differences between all of the chosen works within the next few weeks.