“We live in a world of immersion and the kids are taking us there with what’s in their pockets.” – Stephen Heppell
“The concept of musical enculturation refers to the acquisition of musical skills and knowledge by immersion in the everyday music and musical practices of one’s social context. Almost everyone in any social context is musically encultured. It cannot be avoided because we cannot shut our ears, and we therefore come into contact with the music that is around us, not only by choice but by default.” (Green, 2001, p. 22)
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Today, Friday, 11/11/16, Cass and I worked on completing and collating all our resources together to make our final resources program.This includes:
Continue reading “(Tech Project Entry #5) Work, work, worksheets!”
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At this stage of our project preparation – we’re currently still experimenting with our own designated browser applications and creating our resources which include our tutorials and worksheets. At the same time, we’ve also accomplished and ticked off a number of things off our To-do list.
Continue reading “(Tech Project Entry #4) Filming and Experimenting!”
We’ve discovered instruments. We’ve mastered instruments. And on those instruments, we’ve composed songs and pieces. Now, it’s our time to create our own instruments. Time to create and make creativity.
Did you know? In June 2011, smartphones were used by less than a quarter of teens. Four years later, at June 2015, 80 per cent of all Australian teens used a smartphone. Woah!
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We’re now up to my favourite part – Recording with performers!
Continue reading “(Composition Entry #6) Record, Record, Record!”
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At this stage, I’d say I’m nearing the end of extending instrumentation and delving head first into reviewing, refining my musical ideas.
For this blog post, we will be looking at two drafts today, each with small minuscule changes that seem small, but have big effects.
Continue reading “(Composition Entry #5) This Is Becoming Bigger Than I What I Had Planned”
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