The purpose of a music conductor is to rehearse larger groups of vocalists and/or instrumentalists and to keep them together musically during performance.
The CyberSquad must construct a clock of sorts in order to keep track of the amount of time they have to rescue Dr. Marbles in this video segment from Cyberchase.
The CyberSquad figures out how to represent the patterns of music played by four instruments in this Cyberchase video segment.
" This class explores the political and aesthetic foundations of hip hop. Students trace the musical, corporeal, visual, spoken word, and literary manifestations of hip hop over its 30 year presence in the American cultural imagery. Students also investigate specific black cultural practices that have given rise to its various idioms. Students create material culture related to each thematic section of the course. Scheduled work in performance studio helps students understand how hip hop is created and assessed."
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Music of the Spheres plays a song using the correct beats and patterns, which helps to restore balance and harmony at Mount Olympus.
In this video segment from Cyberchase, performers from STOMP! illustrate patterns using inventive and exciting rhythmic melodies.
This module demonstrates by discussion and examples how to conduct music that begins on a fraction of a beat, for example, the last half of a beat in a measure. The longer example by Haydn provides a good conducting exercise in a three pattern, legato style.
This module discusses and demonstrates how to conduct a piece of music that begins on a beat other than the first or last.
The superposition of waves gives rise to the phenomenum of beats.
In this video segment from Cyberchase, learn about the workings of a variety of timekeepers.
