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Creating Listening Guides with PowerPoint
Rick Dammers
University of Illinois/
Ladue School District
April 10, 2002
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Why Listening Guides Objective:
“the goal of music development is to have access to multiple dimensions of musical structure, to be able co-ordinate these dimensions, and most important, to be able to choose selectively among them, to change focus at will.”
Jeanne Bamberger, The Mind Behind the Musical Ear (1991)
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Why Listening Guides Problem:
Technical concerns “Button Pushing” can limit musical perception
‘Students’ eyes are on the road”
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Why Listening Guides Listening Guides:
Remove performance concerns Approach the piece as whole
Inform their performance experience (From button pushing to musicianship)
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Why Listening Guides Minimal loss of rehearsal time
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Two Approaches Teacher Created
In-class presentation Choir-Hallelujah Chorus (Handel)
Prepared by Jennifer McNeal
Band- Four Scottish Dances (Arnold/Paynter) Leading Rehearsal
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Two Approaches Student Created
More Powerful Learning Molly on the Shore (Grainger)
Andrew Hutson, Senior, Ladue High School
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Why PowerPoint? Accessible
(at school and home) Cross platform (Mac and PC) Easy to Use Compact file
Audio stays on the CD
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Program Information Bundled with Microsoft Office Available Separately
$22 per copy
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Demonstration Overview Content (Slides) Form Map (Background) Audio (Synchronize Slides to CD)
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Summary PowerPoint Listening Guides
Easy to create Powerful way to guide our students’ listening
in rehearsal
On-line tutorial http://www-camil.music.uiuc.edu/Classes/358/projects/
graphics_proj/listening_guide/pp_listen_basics.html
