Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Section 2How we Experience Music

Listening to music

• One of the most popular ways that we listen to music is on headphones or earbuds.

• It’s private.• It’s intensely moving or stirring.

Listening

• People who listen to music at high volume levels can damage their hearing.

Listening

• Why do people like loud music?

• What are the pros and cons of using headphones?

• Listen to “How to Love” Lil Wayne

Experiencing Music Alone

• When we experience music by ourselves, we often choose music to match our mood.

• What types of music do you like to listen to when you are happy?

• What do you prefer listening to when you are in a more contemplative mood?

Recordings

• Let’s listen to 6 pieces• 1- El Casabel• 2-Johnny B. Goode• 3-Queen of the Night• 4-Prelude and Fugue in C• 5-Izel je Delyo Hagdutin• 6-Dark Was The Night

Recordings

• Would you categorize this music as classical, traditional, or popular?

• Where would you listen to this music?• What is the source of the sound? Is it sung?

Instrumental? If so, what instruments?

Experiencing Music Together

• There are certain kinds of music that we listen to together, but there are also pieces that we perform together.

• Musicians work hard to communicate the expressive qualities and technical demands of the music they are performing.

• At games, you don’t analyze the music.• At a dance, music makes you want to move.• At a religious service, you may sing or clap with the

choir.

Recording

• Let’s listen to the music that performed together.

• 1- Fight the Team• 2-Carmina Burana• 3-Hip Song• 4-Praise the Lord• 5-Vamanos P’al Monte

Recording

• How would the audience react to this music?

• What is the intended performances of these songs?

Pictures

Pictures