Transcript Workshop: What to listen for in music So Ming Chuen A.

Workshop: What to listen
for in music
So Ming Chuen A.
31 January 2007
Content:
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Introduction;
The general concept of listening;
Different levels of listening;
The facet model;
Application of the facet model, with
examples;
• Group work & participants’ presentation.
Introduction:
• We seldom listen as well as we might
• We seldom listen attentively to the
sounds surround us
• Aaron Copland:
“Are you hearing everything that is
going on?”
“Are you really sensitive to it?”
The general concept of
listening:
• Do you understand what you are
listening?
• The most important thing is to KNOW
HOW to listen.
Different levels of listening
expressive
sensuous
correlate
musical
Listening
Composing
Performing
The facet model
Understanding the arts:
1. Who created it?
2. When and where was it created?
3. Why and for whom was it created?
4. What does it sound or look like?
Understanding the Work:
5. What kind of structure or form does
it have?
6. What is its subject?
7. What is being expressed?
8. What techniques did its creator use
to help us understand what is being
expressed?
Application of the facet
model
Examples of various listening
exercises will be discussed.
Group Work
&
Participants’
presentation