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Do you know how music is written down? How do musicians use scores in their work? Catherine Tackley and Naomi Barker, of the Open University, explain about different types of music, how it is written down, and what that notation means to performers.
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What is a score? from 2015-07-13T16:15:26
Open University lecturers Catherine Tackley and Naomi Barker outline how music is written down, what a musical score is and what it does. You will also learn how musicians use and interpret musical...
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Transcript -- What is a score? from 2015-07-13T16:15:25
Open University lecturers Catherine Tackley and Naomi Barker outline how music is written down, what a musical score is and what it does. You will also learn how musicians use and interpret musical...
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How do scores work? from 2015-07-13T16:14:53
Overcoming the challenge of writing down how sounds relate to the time they occupy was a major breakthrough in the history of Western music notation. Professor Susan Rankin talks to Open University...
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Transcript -- How do scores work? from 2015-07-13T16:14:52
Overcoming the challenge of writing down how sounds relate to the time they occupy was a major breakthrough in the history of Western music notation. Professor Susan Rankin talks to Open University...
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Pianist Alexander Panfilov performs Mozart's KV265 from 2015-07-13T16:10:45
In this video, pianist Alexander Panfilov performs the first six variations of Mozart’s Twelve Variations on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman’. Alexander is a postgraduate student at the Royal Northern Co...
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Transcript -- Pianist Alexander Panfilov performs Mozart's KV265 from 2015-07-13T16:10:44
In this video, pianist Alexander Panfilov performs the first six variations of Mozart’s Twelve Variations on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman’. Alexander is a postgraduate student at the Royal Northern Co...
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How does a pianist view a score? from 2015-07-13T16:09:11
Pianist Alexander Panfilov explains how he works with the score to discover more about textures and structures of the piece as he prepares for his performance.
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Transcript -- How does a pianist view a score? from 2015-07-13T16:09:10
Pianist Alexander Panfilov explains how he works with the score to discover more about textures and structures of the piece as he prepares for his performance.
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Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 from 2015-07-13T15:17:46
The final movement of Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, known as the Trout quintet. The performance was filmed at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and features Siobhan D...
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Transcript -- Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 from 2015-07-13T15:17:45
The final movement of Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, known as the Trout quintet. The performance was filmed at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and features Siobhan D...
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How do players work collaboratively with a score? from 2015-07-13T15:11:28
Siobhan Doyle (violin), Christopher Mansfield (cello), and Jeremy Young (piano) discuss how they use a score to work together as they rehearse and create a performance. Each player will have a slig...
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Transcript -- How do players work collaboratively with a score? from 2015-07-13T15:11:27
Siobhan Doyle (violin), Christopher Mansfield (cello), and Jeremy Young (piano) discuss how they use a score to work together as they rehearse and create a performance. Each player will have a slig...
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How do you use a score to add tone and colour? from 2015-07-13T15:10:40
Siobhan Doyle (violin), Christopher Mansfield (cello) and Filipe Dandalo (double bass) talk about different elements of instrumental colour that they work into their performance of this variation o...
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Transcript -- How do you use a score to add tone and colour? from 2015-07-13T15:10:39
Siobhan Doyle (violin), Christopher Mansfield (cello) and Filipe Dandalo (double bass) talk about different elements of instrumental colour that they work into their performance of this variation o...
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How do you use a score to add layers and balance sounds? from 2015-07-13T14:54:49
Siobhan Doyle (violin), Kimi Makino (viola), Christopher Mansfield (cello), Filipe Dandalo (double bass) and Jeremy Young (piano) talk about how their parts fit together in layers in variation Numb...
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Transcript -- How do you use a score to add layers and balance sounds? from 2015-07-13T14:54:48
Siobhan Doyle (violin), Kimi Makino (viola), Christopher Mansfield (cello), Filipe Dandalo (double bass) and Jeremy Young (piano) talk about how their parts fit together in layers in variation Numb...
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How do conductors use scores? from 2015-07-13T14:53:20
Conductor Mark Heron talks to Catherine Tackley, of the Open University, about what happens in rehearsals. He talks about ‘rehearsal marks’, letters placed in the score to help a conductor to ident...
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Transcript -- How do conductors use scores? from 2015-07-13T14:53:19
Conductor Mark Heron talks to Catherine Tackley, of the Open University, about what happens in rehearsals. He talks about ‘rehearsal marks’, letters placed in the score to help a conductor to ident...
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How does a score help in rehearsals? from 2015-07-13T14:47:59
Conductor Mark Heron talks to Catherine Tackley, of the Open University, about ‘rehearsal marks’, letters placed in the score to help a conductor to identify a particular place to the players when ...
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Transcript -- How does a score help in rehearsals? from 2015-07-13T14:47:58
Conductor Mark Heron talks to Catherine Tackley, of the Open University, about ‘rehearsal marks’, letters placed in the score to help a conductor to identify a particular place to the players when ...
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How does a score help develop the performance? from 2015-07-13T14:43:41
Conductor Mark Heron talks to Catherine Tackley, of the Open University, about the different types of information which can be found in a score and how conductors go about interpreting this to deve...
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Transcript -- How does a score help develop the performance? from 2015-07-13T14:43:40
Conductor Mark Heron talks to Catherine Tackley, of the Open University, about the different types of information which can be found in a score and how conductors go about interpreting this to deve...
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How does a score help develop the interpretation? from 2015-07-13T14:42:59
Conductor Mark Heron talks to Catherine Tackley, of the Open University, about some of the different ways in which conductors have approached performing established classical works such as Beethove...
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Transcript -- How does a score help develop the interpretation? from 2015-07-13T14:42:58
Conductor Mark Heron talks to Catherine Tackley, of the Open University, about some of the different ways in which conductors have approached performing established classical works such as Beethove...
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