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COOL STUFF. About music!. Synethsesia. What does music look like? Does music taste? What does color sound like? Can I smell music?. The Golden Mean. Does music follow the proportions of the created world? Should the peak of a music piece always occur at the golden mean?.
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COOL STUFF About music!
Synethsesia • What does music look like? • Does music taste? • What does color sound like? • Can I smell music?
The Golden Mean • Does music follow the proportions of the created world? • Should the peak of a music piece always occur at the golden mean?
Hearing Health • Am I in danger of losing my hearing? • What is NIHL? • How loud is too loud? • Are there “healthy headphones”?
Complex Forms(choose one) • What is Sonata form? • What is expected in a Symphony? • What is a fugue and how does it work?
Physics & Music(choose one) • What is a theremin? How does it work? (Research & demonstrate) • Synchronizing metronomes – why does this work? Or not? • Are there patterns to sound vibrations? How can we see?
Chord Progressions in Pop Music • What are the harmonic characteristics of pop music? • What are common progressions in pop music?
The Evolution of Music Notation • Why did people start to write down music? • How has notation changed? • Are there many systems today?
Unusual Instruments • Huh? How can we categorize these? • Why do people create them?
Electronic Instruments • What are common and uncommon electronic instruments used today? • What unique features do they have?
Early Instruments • How did today’s instruments start? • Does anyone still play or listen to early instruments? Why/why not?
Hated Music • Are there major works of music which were disliked when first performed, but which are standard classics today? Which ones? Why would that happen?
Voice Change • What exactly happens to the vocal mechanism when a male’s voice changes? • Do girls’ voices change too? • How do different cultures deal with this challenge?
Throat Singing • What is Tuvian Throat Singing? • What is Overtone Singing? • How are they different from regular singing? • Is it possible to sing more than one note at a time?
Microtones • What are microtones? • Why does anyone care about microtones? • Should I care about microtones? • How can they be produced?
Brain Research • What has MUSIC revealed to scientists about the way the human brain works? • What studies and experiments are happening now, linking music and the brain? • What is a mirror neuron?
“Other” • I’ve always wanted to know about… (must have teacher approval…)