Communicating through music
by The Open University
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Course Description
Music is a form of universal communication. Even when people don’t understand each others’ languages, music has an amazing ability to convey a range of information about ourselves, from emotions and aspirations, to cultural identity. Music is unique. It can tell stories or set a scene. It can be a joy and a comfort. The therapeutic nature of music has long been recognised.
Using a mixture of video, audio and text, this learning pathway looks at how music is understood, from a classroom in Africa to a recording studio in Britain. It explores how technology has changed the way we buy and listen to music, while providing new forms of music therapy.
It opens up inspirational ways of teaching music to young people, both in and out of the classroom, and demonstrates how music can reach the unreachable as a useful communication tool and helpful teaching aid. This pathway demonstrates the way music can speak to all.
| Name | Description | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | Communicating through music - video introduction | This video is a short introduction to the resources used in this learning pathway. | 1:38 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TESSA - The Music Teacher | Florence invites a special music teacher into the classroom | 3:27 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Using film music in the classroom | There are many approaches to using film music in the classroom, including: a focus on pupil experience; a focus on the structure of composition; a focus on the relationship between music and image. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 format, some feature such as audio, video and linked PDF are not supported by all ePub readers. | -- | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Music at the Madcap Centre | Young people explore their musical abilities with Steve, a musician with a talent for working with young people.. | 7:23 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Making Music Together | Recording a DJ set, designing a cd cover, and a guitar lesson. Behind the scenes the facilitators discuss the group's teamwork. | 6:44 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Cooler than School | Learning is fun at the Madcap Centre -and James now has lots to show for it. | 2:39 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Building Confidence | Callier's now got the self-esteem to do a live gig. | 2:03 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Fulfilling the Dream | Dan's "got the hunger" to go much further! | 1:41 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | A song for a friend | Jackie has composed a very personal song, and performs it with Steve's help. | 1:44 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | The project worker's role | Steve's love of music inspires youngsters to have belief in their own creativity. | 6:12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | A Madcap Graduate Returns | Gawaine's "sorted" - he's got a job here passing on his creative and technical knowledge. | 2:17 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Madcap Arts : academic perspective | An all-round view of the Madcap Arts project and how it's set up to benefit disadvantaged youths using musical education. | 5:17 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Sensory augmentation devices | How can new technology help you to play a new musical instrument? The E-Sense research programme, which is building novel augmentation devices to explore sensory, bodily and cognitive extension, will begin to explain this through a short, insightful video. | 7:12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective | Music is created to be performed, in most cases for an audience, whether in a concert hall, at a street fair or through a radio. But how those listeners receive a piece or style of music influences future music production. This unit explores how audience reception, changing social situations and technology impact musical performance. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 format, some feature such as audio, video and linked PDF are not supported by all ePub readers. | -- | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 14 Episodes |
