The following came to me courtesy of Ben Norman, a music educator for the Clay County school district in Florida, who I've known since my undergraduate days at Jacksonville University. It's a great read that covers a lot of topics related to rhythm, but below is the part on language: Rhythm is tied to language.…
On April 26th, linguist John McWhorter took issue with the 12-tone approach to music and the damage it wrought on modern art music in The New York Times: https://twitter.com/JohnHMcWhorter/status/1519885682759639041?s=20&t=jUJdk9_3-2HVCKakvRZR6Q He alluded to the political undercurrent of atonal classical music, pointing out the comments of Pierre Boulez and the historical fascist response to 12-tone and atonal…
I've posted before on the link between linguistic syntax, music, and the research opportunities music could afford a conversation of syntactic acquisition. This article from Music Education Works discusses research out of Japan on the link between music and language. Researchers in Japan have found a specific link between musical processing and areas of the…
Now here's something worth celebrating. Boy, would Agustin Barrios be surprised that folks all over the world love and obsess over his music 124 years after his birth in Paraguay on May 5, 1885. But we do, and make no apologies for it, because what an incredible body of work! To celebrate, here are videos…
This post will stray from my usual fair, but my friend Jim Stubblefield, who works in the music industry, shared this article with me. As someone who studied music in higher education the topic compels me, so I've given it some thought. ... songwriters and musicians regularly assert that music has been “devalued.” they’ve pointed…
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