I am out of town for the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI) and College Music Society (CMS) national conferences from Wednesday, November 14 through the weekend. Here’s what’s coming up for you!
Wed, 11/14- meet with Schuberg’s section in 205; Species I draft due
Thurs, 11/15 - no class; be working on stuff for upcoming [...]
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Check this out! You can download free ear-training software that will help you with your the following:
melodic and harmonic intervals
chord identity
scale identity
melodic dictation
harmonic dictation
rhythmic dictation
The software is available from http://www.solfege.org. Might be a good thing to check out before your next assessment, eh? If you don’t have a personal computer, I recommend going to the [...]
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Diigo is a neat tool. Much like you can hi-light and take notes in books, this allows you to do the same on the web! I’ll be posting some links to web annotations of that species counterpoint site I’ve talked about in class.
Here’s a video about Diigo:
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Hello everyone!
Perhaps on the syllabus I indicated that we wouldn’t be meeting during the Orchestra Festival, November 5 & 6. But we definitely need to meet! These are classroom business/assignment/catch-up days, and you should only miss class if you are somehow going to be on the stage performing from 10.10-11am either of those days.
On these [...]
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I imagine it’s a bit confusing to know whose expectations you are to meet at this point in the semester. While you are temporary members of Professor Williams’ class, you are to complete assignments that he makes in class. Usually you are asked to complete counterpoint examples begun in class. You are also to have [...]
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Much of what we do in Aural Perception is in the vast category of sight-reading. Quick and accurate sight-reading will facilitate the acquisition of correct notes and rhythms and make your musical life much easier. Although it would be interesting if everyone could bring in their primary instrument to class each time, that is not [...]
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I’ve received several flustered questions about how to journal your AP practice sessions. First, calm down. Second, take a breath. Third, if you find the whole on-line experience overwhelming, well . . . the paper version is ok too. It’s just that it takes time out of class for me to check them, and those [...]
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Welcome to the University of Montana and, more specifically, the Department of Music. We are excited that you are all here - performance standards have become such that we are fairly selective with our music majors. Congratulations on being accepted to the University. If you have yet to establish a relationship with an applied teacher [...]
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