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Music and Trance

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 25, 2012 by oscarNovember 27, 2012

Music and Trance – What are the relations between music and Trance in the Palo Monte and Santeria cults? by Jean-Luc Jossa, Codarts Rotterdam Latin Percussion, 2007   Thesis-counselors: Eli ´t Hart and Oscar van Dillen Introduction Since I have started playing Latin Percussion, I have always been interested …
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Posted in Thesis | Tagged bata, cuba, dance, music, neurology, orishas, santeria, thesis, trance

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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