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Framing Musical Performances for Social Media
During the course of this year we are encouraging students to ‘frame’ their musical performances in various ways – in ways in which they feel fits the music they perform. This includes actually being responsible for not only the set … Continue reading
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Tagged editing video, framing, live performance, music performance, musical performance, set design, you tube
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More thoughts on Melody Analysis
This weeks musicology lecture examined ways in which it is possible to analyse popular music melody – specifically from a horizontal perspective. I think this is an area that is under represented in popular music analysis – so here is … Continue reading
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Tagged answer phrase, direct repetition, melody analysis, motif, paul carr, question phrase, rhythmic sequence, section, tonal sequence
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Update on Sting Book
I was in London last week doing some consultation for Pearson on the new A Level Music syllabus. The details of this are confidential, so I will use this post to provide an update on the other reason for my … Continue reading
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Tagged Acton, bayswater, flat, mike howlett, musicology, paul carrr, pearson, sting, strontium 90
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More Thoughts on Personae and Musical Environment
I have just given a lecture on the development of musical personae (mainly influenced by academics such as Cone, Auslander and Moore) and its resonance with musical texture. We began by suggesting the following two types of musical texture Texture … Continue reading
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Tagged active mix, elements of music, intert, musical elements, musical environment, musical texture, oppositional mix, paul carr, personae
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Music Theory Online Help: What are the best sites and working methods?
This is a very brief post about potential online websites that can assist with music theory. A few of my students asked me about this during the week – and I have found the following two sites that look interesting. … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, apps, chord construction, chord identification, help, identification, key signature, mode construction, music theory, online help, paul carr
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Typology of Mixes: How do the change through time?
In today’s musicology lecture – we discussed a few ways in which a musical mix can be analyzed. It started by suggesting the following factors as a way to consider recorded sound. We need to think of this as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cluster, diagonal, double tracking, eq, frequency, mix, musicology, paul carr, recording studio, soundbox, stereo, studio mix, virtual
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Dancing with inter-disciplinarity: strategies and practices in higher education Dance, Drama and Music
Alongside two colleagues, I have just completed a report commissioned for the Higher Education Academy, which investigates the interdisciplinary relationship between dance, drama and music. The report was carried out by myself, Richard Hand (from USW) and Rea Dennis (from Deakin University … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, Dance, Drama, HEA, higher education academy, Interdisciplinarity, learning, learning and teaching, Music, popular music, teaching
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The Impact of the Musical Elements on Form
My yearly lecture on the relationship of the elements of music and musical form took a different approach this year. The lecture began by playing a number of examples taken from the current UK top 10 – that adhere to … Continue reading
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Tagged adorno, All about the bass, elements of music, Elton John, hendrix, Jessie J, Meghan Trainor, paul carr, Sam Smith, sloop john b, stand by me, Standardisation, the civil wars
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Music Analysis and the Elements of Music
Like I have done for the last few years, I gave my annual lecture to my musicology class regarding the ways that the Elements of Music (EOM) can be a good starting point for analysis. In the UK, the EOM … Continue reading
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Tagged dynamics, elements of music, form, groove, harmony, lyrics, melody, mix, Music, national curriculum, paul carr, tempo, texture, the elements of music, timbre
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Well – its been a very long time since my last blog. Moving house got the better of me – so had no choice but to give in to the pressures 🙂 Anyway, I have just given a presentation at … Continue reading
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Tagged Frank Zappa, Geordie, Geordie Identity, Gordon Sumner, musicology, Newcastle, paul carr, sting
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