- What effect do you think music has on the brain?
This is an example of how you should answer each question. - “Der Erlkonig” by Franz Schubert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XP5RP6OEJI
- What response/reaction did you have to this music?
- How did the musical elements influence that response?
- The metal version of “Der Erlkonig”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2knik6uef8
- What was different about this version from the last?
- Which did you like better?
- “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” by W.A. Mozart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzEX0-nwN4Y
- What emotion did this piece communicate?
- How did the musical elements communicate this emotion?
- “Prelude in E minor” by Frederic Chopin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef-4Bv5Ng0w
- What emotion did this piece communicate?
- How did the musical elements communicate this emotion?
- “Stripsody” by Cathy Berberian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dNLAhL46xM
- What response/reaction did you have to this music?
- How did the musical elements influence that response?
- “Aria” by John Cage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdKwPAI5kIs
- What response/reaction did you have to this music?
- How did the musical elements influence that response?
- Symphony No. 10, mvt. 2, “Portrait of Stalin” by Dmitri Shostakovich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=u8pDi5lV2Bo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U7ljZhzNsc
- Did you prefer the performance with or without the video? Why?
- What music do you prefer to listen to? Why do you think that is?
- What do you think is the most important effect music has on the brain? Why?
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