Music

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Music

• What Is It?

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All Music Has Three Elements

1. Sound
2. Time
3. Emotion

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Sound Waves Are All Around Us

• Like a pebble in the water, sound travels outward
  in all directions from its source.
• Vibrations in a solid, liquid, or gas capable of
  being detected by the organs of hearing.
• Sound is measured in
• Volume
• Pitch
• Sound by itself is not music.

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Who's Got The Time?

• A system by which intervals are measured.
• In music this is known as rhythm.
• Time by itself is not music.

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Emotion

• Any feeling such as joy, sorrow, hate, or love
  arising subjectively rather than through a
  conscious mental effort.
• Emotion by itself is not music.

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Sound, Time, Emotion
Working Together in Perfect Harmony.
All Three Together Are Music
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So Music is made ofSound, Time, Emotion.
Big Deal
What is Music?
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Music Means Different Things to Different People

• Life experiences directly effect what music means
  to you.
• Every experience involving music effects the way
  you perceive the music around you.

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Common Musical Experiences

• Prenatal music heard from the womb
• Singing for fun
• Hymns or gospels at church
• Music classes at school
• Television, radio, recordings
• Background music
• Malls, elevators, offices, phones, etc
• Attending or performing at concerts

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Aspects That Effect Your Perception of Music

• Family
• Peers
• Religion
• School
• Past experiences
• Availability

• How have these aspects effected you and your
  perception of music?

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Family
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• Your family heritage (culture) is a strong
  influence on your musical perception.
• Children spend their early years hearing music
  their parents and relatives enjoy.
• These experiences make this music familiar.
• Music outside the family norm is considered
  unusual or foreign
• Examples may include Polka Bands or Indian Chants
• During a childs rebellious years, they often
  perceive their parents music negatively and
  search for their own. (Kids and their Rock and
  Roll)

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Peers
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• During a childs adolescence and through out the
  rest of their lives, peers have a major influence
  on what music is good.
• People are always willing to influence your
  judgment of music by giving you their opinion
  about what is currently good or acceptable. Top
  10 lists
• This is a subjective topic and everyone must make
  up their own mind.

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• An individuals religious beliefs strongly effect
  their musical experiences.
• Many religions depend on music to communicate
  their beliefs and traditions.
• Some religions ban music completely.
• Some religions allow only specific instruments or
  songs to be performed in their church.

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School
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• Many schools make music an integral part of a
  childs education.
• Music classes teach the fundamental elements of
  music as well as expose students to different
  styles of music from around the world.
• Music classes teach cultural differences and
  similarities, expanding a childs perception and
  understanding of a global society.

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Past Experiences
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• Music stimulates memories and emotions
• Positive or negative experiences become
  associated with certain music.
• These experiences strongly effect a persons
  emotional reaction.
• Examples
• If a parent sings lullabies and bedtime to a
  child, the child may feel a sense of calm from
  hearing the music.
• A couples favorite song stimulates emotions
  depending on where the couple are in their
  relationship.
• A song played at a loved ones funeral will
  stimulate memories of that individual and the
  experience.

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Availability
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• Before recorded music, all musical experiences
  came from live performances. If there was no
  musician, there was no music.
• Many family traditions of making music were
  passed down through the generations.
• During the middle ages, European minstrels
  strolled between the villages making up songs to
  tell the villagers of their experiences. Music
  made the stories easier to remember, more
  entertaining, and provided information from one
  village to another. This was very important to
  the masses who could not read or write.
• Today, we hear many varieties of music due to the
  abundance of recordings and vast availability.
• We are now able to listen to music performed
  around the world right in or own homes.

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What I Think About Music Is Determined By My
Experiences.
So What!
What
Music?
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When Students Are Taught Music, They Learn Many
Subjects.
Science
History
Math
Language
Reading
Social Studies
Art
Physical Education
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Music Teaches
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• Science
• Acoustics
• Sound Waves
• Pitch Frequencies
• Cycles Per Second
• Dynamics
• Decibals
• Timbre of Sounds
• Series of Overtones

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Music Teaches
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• Mathematics
• Division of Time
• Fractions
• Spatial Reasoning
• Sound wave cycles

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Music Teaches
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• Language
• Music notation is an international language.
• Musical expressions are derived from several
  foreign languages
• Many foreign languages are used in vocal music.

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Music Teaches
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• Social studies history
• Every culture can be identified through its art
  and music.
• Each time period of a culture provides stylistic
  changes in their music, providing us with an ear
  to the past.

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Music Teaches
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• Physical Education
• Performance requires coordination between mind
  and body.

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Music Teaches
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• Reading
• Brain functions for reading music are the same as
  reading text.
• More time spent reading music has proven to help
  overall reading scores.

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Music Teaches
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• Art
• Stimulating creativity
• Allowing freedom of expression
• Enhancing self-esteem

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People Learn Many Subjects While Learning Music.
Music!
Deal
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Alright! Alright!You Dont Have to Yell!

• Weve Covered
• What music is made of
• How people are influenced by music
• The many subjects taught through music

What's Left?
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Experience ! !
To Really Understand Music It Must be Performed
or Heard.
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What Are You Waiting For? Lets Make Some Music!
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Experience the "Joy's of Music"

• Click Here to Clap or Sing Along

• One of the Classics for Band

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So, youve learned everything there is to know
about music.
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But your on the right path. Enjoy the Journey.
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