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Category Archives: Music theory

Circles of scales collection

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 15, 2016 by oscarNovember 10, 2021

***page currently under development*** Structures of scales In the program of the minor World music composition in practice there is a module where scales are studied, especially from North India. As this minor has the aim to incite and inspire students to create their own compositions, their own music, …
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Posted in Composition, Drawings, Music theory | Tagged composition, drawing, modal music, music philosophy, music theory, scales, visual art, world music composition

Students categorizing music 2016

Oscar van Dillen Posted on September 18, 2016 by oscarSeptember 25, 2016

Introduction When provoking thinking about music in teaching I am used to asking my students how they personally conceptualize and position music in itself, asking them to describe and position music as a middle level category in between 2 contained subsets and 2 containing supersets. This assignment I call: …
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Posted in Music theory, Posts | Tagged music philosophy, music theory, philosophy, students

Whiteboards November 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on December 3, 2015 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in November 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards October 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on October 27, 2015 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in October 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards September 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on September 13, 2015 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in September 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards April 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on April 8, 2015 by oscarMay 21, 2016

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in April 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Posted in Music theory, World music | Tagged music theory, perception of music, students

Whiteboards March 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on March 4, 2015 by oscarMay 21, 2016

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in March 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Posted in Music theory, Whiteboards, World music | Tagged music theory, rhythm, students, world music, world music composition

Whiteboards February 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on February 4, 2015 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in February 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Posted in Music theory, Whiteboards, World music | Tagged whiteboard

Whiteboards January 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on February 3, 2015 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in January 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional …
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Posted in Music theory, Whiteboards, World music composition in practice | Tagged whiteboard

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