What is music?

Series: Music Series

Duration: 16

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1969

Creator: Churchill Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: How children can discover the difference between planned and unplanned sound. Shows experiments making sound from a wooden fence and an ensemble of kitchen hardware. Includes examples of mood expressed in music ranging from ancient Chinese folk songs to contemporary blues., What is music?', Defines music as 'sound and silence organized in time.' It is intended to communicate principles of comprehensive musicianship and the common elements approach. It can assist you in presenting musical concepts and terminology that provide a base for relating music of different styles, cultures and traditions.

Complete Record: How children can discover the difference between planned and unplanned sound. Shows experiments making sound from a wooden fence and an ensemble of kitchen hardware. Includes examples of mood expressed in music ranging from ancient Chinese folk songs to contemporary blues., Examines the difficult question, "What is music?" by exploring the science of sound. Suggests that music is a complicated interplay of many different elements, including the imagination of the composer, the skill of the instrument maker, and the talent of the musician. Shows the combination of the sound waves that reach our ears, the working of our sense of hearing, and the interpretation our brains make of what we hear. Demonstrates that musical instruments producing the same tone sound different because each instrument's tone is composed of different frequencies. Shows how graphic profiles of the various frequencies that make up a specific tone can be generated using computer technologies. Suggests that in order to fully understand why musical instruments sound different, investigators must also understand how the physical structure and materials of instruments influence tone quality., Introduces children to the scope of musical sound. Includes neighborhood rhythm band, ancient Chinese folksong, Renaissance brass, Indian star music, and electronic music. Encourages children to make own music., What is music?', Defines music as 'sound and silence organized in time.' It is intended to communicate principles of comprehensive musicianship and the common elements approach. It can assist you in presenting musical concepts and terminology that provide a base for relating music of different styles, cultures and traditions.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.