1、Chapter 1 Music Listening and You,Begins on page 2,Why Learn about Music?,Music makes life fuller and more interesting Its 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 d
2、ance 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 Extraord
3、inary,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 Its difficult to like something you hardly know Learning about music you do not know will open up a much larger
4、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 t
5、o 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 mu
6、sic 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 abo
7、ut 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
8、 “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 whats being sounded at that moment Read the text material that appears at appropriate moments,Listening with the Listening Guide,The Listening Guide is o
9、n page 8 The times on the left are cumulative The times next to the text are from the track points,Copyright 2010 by Schirmer Cengage Learning,Listening without Any Aids,Listen to “Hoe Down” again outside of class without any visual aids Thats the way you usually listen to music,Listening and Inform
10、ation,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 yo
11、u,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,
