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Landscape Soundscape

11/17/2015

 
I was looking through "Music Paints My Picture" and was reminded of the rich resource images offer the composer, young and old.  Shape, color, form, content, line, subject, etc. offer much scope for music compositions, whether literally or through the mood and colors.  This is not a new idea of course. Think of program music such as Finlandia (Sibelius), The Moldau (Smetana), Appalachian Spring (Copland) to name but a few.  

I came across a fascinating site artsalive.ca focusing on these very ideas of visually inspired composition with several lessons on color, shape, image, landscape. This site includes listening examples, art, lessons and background to various compositions. See http://www.artsalive.ca/collections/nacmusicbox/chronologique-timeline/index.php/en/connexionsmusicales-musicconnections/paysagevisuelsonore-landscapesoundscape/gl-eg-03

On a simpler note, have younger kids draw directly on the staff, e.g. mountains, or ocean waves, and where the mountain or ocean lines cross the staff, dot these intersections.  These dots are shaped into notes.  Tweak for rhythm, meter, etc.  

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