Music and Musicians throughout time have reflected fashion, culture, social and cultural events. Young people play music in rock bands, choirs, orchestras, play “guitar-hero” and “sing-star”, consume music on TV, my-space, iPods, you tube, DVD and movies all reflecting many varied styles and genres of music and musical experience. This programs takes the viewer on a “snapshot” tour of many musical genres “from Handel to Hip Hop” taking in views of classical art music, rock and pop music, opera and musical theatre, 20th and 21st Century film music and orchestral collaborations with Heavy Metal, Rap and Hip Hop.
Subjects: Music
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An Introduction to Composing
Composing can be an amazing and fun experience – whether you be a budding Mozart, techno freak, an emerging guitarist, or a complete novice with just a computer at hand. Young people today can express themselves through solo compositions for their own instrument, by collaborating with others in ensembles, choirs or bands, and even use their phones, computer or the recording studio as their “instrument.”
This program looks at a variety of starting points for composition through the eyes of some emerging composers and songwriters in a number of styles and genres. -
Inside a Recording Studio
When it comes to creating music, one of the most important and intriguing aspects of the whole process takes place inside the recording studio itself. This program is an essential resource for all students interested in pursuing music and sound recording as a future career. It covers a wide range of useful information, including: understanding the nature and acoustics of sound, the layout of a recording studio, main steps in a recording process and producing a finished product from your recording. The program also features insightful interviews with professional sound recordists, mixers and musicians and introduces viewers to the whole range of recording equipment and computer software used in the industry today.
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Sound in the Studio
This video looks at how physics of sound is applied in a real sound recording studio. It is a unique window into the world of the music industry through the eyes of physics. There are many aspects to the physics of sound that a recording engineer has to take into account when recording sound. From room characteristics to frequency response, microphone characteristics to equalization, recording engineers work with the full demands of the physics of sound.
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Sons et Phenomenes Vibratratoires
La physique de la musique nous emmene dans un voyage derriere la beaute et l’inspiration de la musique afin d’explorer ses principles scientifiques. Nous examinons une large gamme d’instruments, allant du violon classique au ‘didjeridoo’ et au synthetiseur pur illustrer les concepts et les formules des ondes sonores. L’oscilloscope a rayons cathodiques est largement utilise pour demontrer comment les notes musicales complexes sont construites a partir de formes d’ondes plus simples.
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Physics of Music
Topics include wave nature of sound, sound on a CRO; music versus noise; pitch, frequency, amplitude, wavelength; musical scale, octaves; hearing and decibel scale; timbre of voice and other instruments explained by waveforms on CRO; interference & superposition producing beats; strings, wind, reed, and percussion.
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The Shushybye Dream Band Live On Tour
Clap your hands and stomp your feet to the cool music and rockin’ beat of the Shushybye Dream Band!
Hosted by Conductor McCloud and the Shushybye King, and featuring on-stage appearances by everyone’s favorite Shushies–Snoozles, Dozie, and Zeez–The Shushybye Dream Band Live On Tour is a rockin’ concert featuring 17 catchy, toe-tappin’ original songs performed by the 7-piece Shushybye Dream Band that both children and adults will enjoy!
Special DVD Features include: Bonus video – learn how to do the Shushie Dance with Snoozles, Dozie and Zeez; Dolby Surround Sound; song selection; and downloadable song lyrics. -
The Music
The music of choir must not only impress an audience, but it must captivate the vocalists that will rehearse and perform it repeatedly. This program covers the significance of selecting choral music, preliminary and interpretive score study, and marking the score. It also examines rehearsal preparation and techniques.
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Voice and Music
Bringing the text of the music and the voice together, this program focuses on the words within a choral piece. It examines vowels, vowel formation, diphthongs, consonants, and consonant context. Musical application of diction and the conductor’s role as an “artist” are also covered.