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Social Studies, Art, Music, and Movement
Vicki Tanck · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
In the contents: 01: Social Studies Art Music and Movement Throughout the Day · 1.05: Incorporating Music into Daily Routines · 2.08: Music Play in Early Childhood
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A Practical Approach to Understanding Music Theory
Charles Brooks · University of North Alabama
In the contents: 1.01: Reading Music · 2.01: Flavor of Music Using Scales
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Understanding Music - Past and Present
Clark, Heflin, Kluball, & Kramer · University System of Georgia
In the contents: 01: Music Fundamentals · 1.01: What is Music · 1.02: Performing Forces for Music
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Music Appreciation: A Topical Approach to Music Genre and Style
Richard Anatone · Prince George's Community College
In the contents: 1.01: What is Music · 02: Elements of Music · 03: Unit 1- Instrumental Music and Absolute Music
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Equipping the Musical Ear
Sierra College · Lauren C. Sharkey
Equipping the Musical Ear is designed to be used in conjunction with beginning music theory courses. This text explores the different areas of focus for standard ear training or aural skills courses (sight singing, rhythmic dictation and performance, melodic dictation, intervals, and harmonic dictation), but in an open educational text and workbook format.
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Open Music Theory-Fundamentals
Prince George's Community College
In the contents: 1.01: Introduction to Western Musical Notation
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Internship: Music
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
This resource is designed to provide support for the supervised on-the-job internship (paid or non-paid) experience in heritage music venues including regional tourist and performance venues such as The Crooked Road venues, museums featuring heritage music exhibits, recording studios, music instruction in summer and JAM camps.
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Music and the Child
Natalie Sarrazin · College at Brockport, SUNY
This book explores a holistic, artistic, and integrated approach to understanding the developmental connections between music and children. This book guides professionals to work through music, harnessing the processes that underlie music learning, and outlining developmentally appropriate methods to understand the role of music in children’s lives through play, games, creativity, and movement.
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The Bible and Music Author
James F. McGrath · Butler University
In the contents: 1.01: Ancient Music behind and in the Bible · 1.06: Contemporary Christian Music · 2.15: Biblical Music without Words
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Open Music Theory-Fundamentals
Prince George's Community College
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Acoustics
Wikipedia · LibreTexts
Acoustics is the science that studies sound, in particular its production, transmission, and effects. The science of acoustics has many applications which are dependent upon the nature of the sound that is to be produced, transmitted or controlled. In the case of a desirable sound, such as music, the main application of acoustics is to make the music sound as good as possible.
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Acoustics
Wikipedia · LibreTexts
In the contents: 05: Musical Acoustics Applications
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Acoustics
Wikipedia · LibreTexts
Acoustics is the science that studies sound, in particular its production, transmission, and effects. The science of acoustics has many applications which are dependent upon the nature of the sound that is to be produced, transmitted or controlled. In the case of a desirable sound, such as music, the main application of acoustics is to make the music sound as good as possible.
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Actors and the Art of Performance
Susanne Valerie Granzer · University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Translated from the German by Laura Radosh with Alice Lagaay.
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Introduction to Humanities 2e
Lori-Beth Larsen · Central Lakes College
In the contents: 1.15: Music
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Acoustics
Wikipedia · LibreTexts
Acoustics is the science that studies sound, in particular its production, transmission, and effects. The science of acoustics has many applications which are dependent upon the nature of the sound that is to be produced, transmitted or controlled. In the case of a desirable sound, such as music, the main application of acoustics is to make the music sound as good as possible.
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Introduction to Humanities
Lori-Beth Larsen · Central Lakes College
In the contents: 1.9.01: Music
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Brass Techniques and Pedagogy
Brian N. Weidner · Butler University
This text is intended to serve as a guide for the band music educator. The text is written with the non-brass playing music education student in mind and focuses on developing beginning levels of brass technique alongside a more expansive understanding of brass fundamentals and pedagogy. While a basic level of technical proficiency will be developed throughout this text, the ability to teach beginning to intermediate brass players effectively with sound pedagogy is its primary purpose.
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Arban Expansion Pack Trumpet
Matt Stock · University of Oklahoma
First published circa 1859 Jean-Baptiste Arban’s Grande méthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn is an integral part of the practice routines of trumpeters around the globe. The First Studies, which stress an even tone and attack in the middle register are among the most frequently assigned exercises in our studies. This book expands on Arban’s work by presenting these exercises in tonal patterns that we frequently encounter in music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Sound Reasoning
Anthony Brandt & Robert McClure · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.02: How Music Makes Sense · 1.03: Listening Gallery- How Music Makes Sense · 1.04: Musical Emphasis