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Students categorizing music 2019

Oscar van Dillen Posted on September 22, 2019 by oscarAugust 5, 2020

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 2/3 contained subsets and 2/3 containing supersets. This assignment I call: …
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Posted in Posts | Tagged music philosophy, music theory, philosophy, students

Circles of scales collection

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 15, 2016 by oscarNovember 18, 2016

***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 May 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on May 15, 2015 by oscarMay 21, 2016

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in May 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 Whiteboards | Tagged music analysis, music theory, students

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

Paradox of Zeno

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 1, 2012 by oscarDecember 11, 2016

The Paradox of Zeno is a famous philosophical riddle by the Greek philosopher Zeno. It is an example of how too strict logical thinking can completely fail to do justice to a trivial truth of reality. The paradox Picture this scene: Imagine a running contest between Achilles (the Greek …
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Posted in Tools for students | Tagged dot, duration, music theory, notation, paradox, perception, philosophy, time, zeno

Students categorizing music 2012

Oscar van Dillen Posted on October 30, 2012 by oscarSeptember 18, 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 Tools for students | Tagged art, culture, music, music philosophy, music theory, outline of basic music theory, perception, philosophy, physics of sound, students

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