The Magic of Music is a podcast about why music is so important to us.
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This Miscellany No. 19 is titled the Deep Well of Harmony Part II. I want to detail and comment on Jacob Collier’s video about harmony. In this, he talks about harmony on five different levels spanning from a young child’s idea of what harmony is all the way to a discussion with Herbie Hancock.由Matt Spieker
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This Miscellany No. 18 titled the Deep Well of Harmony Part I. I want to detail and comment on Jacob Collier’s video about harmony. In this, he talks about harmony on five different levels spanning from a young child’s idea of what harmony is all the way to a discussion with Herbie Hancock.由Matt Spieker
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This is miscellany No. 17 and it details the fact that music can rewire our brain.由Matt Spieker
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This is Miscellany number 16, The Voyager Project. A team of scientists were unable to define and describe humanity without the inclusion of music. If that is true, then why do some in society think our content area is an extra, or fluff? What you teach is vital to the very definition of humanity.由Matt Spieker
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This is Miscellany No. 15, Zimmer and the Music of Dune, Part II. I will discuss several comments made during this video clip. Highlighted will be the creative aspects of not sounding like a European orchestra and that the wanted to write a film score as if he was 13 years old. Most importantly, I want to talk about the two aspects of music educati…
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This is Miscellany No. 14, Zimmer and the Music of Dune, Part I. I will discuss the first thought of Hans Zimmer on this video. Will society really progress beyond the need of a “regular beat” to enjoy music?由Matt Spieker
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This is Miscellany No. 13, Brain Plasticity Through Music. Although music is valuable simply because it is, there is also value in how it changes our brain. Like magic, music will cause us to be better at a multitude of tasks and even social settings.由Matt Spieker
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This is Miscellany No. 12, From Appreciation to Admiration. When we learn about how music is put together, and its specifics, we can magically move from an appreciation of the music to admiration of the art.由Matt Spieker
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This Miscellany No. 11 and it details how music creates unique communities in a school.由Matt Spieker
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This miscellany No. 10 describes the Reuben’s Tube. A device that visually shows standing waves.由Matt Spieker
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This Miscellany No. 8 details that magical moment we have when music causes us to get chills. The technical term for this is frisson, but we call them goosebumps. The episode is titled Gäsehaut because I have another German story about this and this is their term for frisson.由Matt Spieker
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Some argue that the value of music is in the doing of music. This has been called musicing and it is rooted in a philosophy called Praxialism. Imaging that, doing music is fun.由Matt Spieker
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Music engages us in three domains, which are cognition, psychomotor, and affective. It is the only subject that easily allows us to be in all three at the same time.由Matt Spieker
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Show Notes Dr. Meredith Arksey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yUa8-MEHwc Good explanation about strings using sympathetic vibrations to improve intonation Mechanical Metronomes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suQbK7AA5XI Watch these mechanical metronomes synch with one another Practical Engineering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXTSnZgrfxM Expl…
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Harmony can change your disposition and that is magical. Contact me at themagicofmusicms@gmail.com Post your favorite memes about music on the Facebook page, which is also, The Magic of Music Part of Pentatonix’s YouTube video of Amazing Grace, My Chains are Gone is used in this miscellany. Listen to the entire video, it is mind blowing. https://ww…
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Rhythm will change a simple succession of notes into a melody. This is magical. Contact me at themagicofmusicms@gmail.com Post your favorite memes about music on the Facebook page, which is also, The Magic of Music Queen, We Will Rock You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJYN-eG1zk由Matt Spieker
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Melody is memorable and this is partly why it is magical. Contact me at themagicofmusicms@gmail.com Post your favorite memes about music on the Facebook page, which is also, The Magic of Music Bobby McFerrin, Don’t Worry, Be Happy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU This little gem has Robin Williams in it as well. Fifty Nifty https://www.y…
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This podcast details how the beat is magical in that it makes you move. Contact me at themagicofmusicms@gmail.com Post your favorite memes about music on the Facebook page, which is also, The Magic of Music Henri Mancini’s Baby Elephant Walk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPQKV6ijBY Duke Ellington’s band playing, It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t…
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This is the inaugural podcast of the Magic of Music. I introduce who I am, how I came up with the podcast name, and why I am doing this project. Contact me at themagicofmusicms@gmail.com Post your favorite memes about music on the Facebook page, which is also, The Magic of Music由Matt Spieker
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