let's call it a lesson in music: October 2012

Wednesday 17 October 2012

The harp

Pachelbel by harp, youtube.

The history of the harp.

The harp is sometimes used in folk music. Can you find such a piece for us to listen to on youtube?

Saturday 6 October 2012

Let's know our ars

Know two different types of Ars: Ars Antiqua and Ars Nova.

Listen to a little Hildegard.

Project Music! Turn annoying/adorable kids into young ladies able to hold an intelligent conversation with people across the globe.

Music is enjoyment, and it's politics, citizenship, communication, society.

Or maybe this music project will encourage my very special feral offspring to listen around, enjoy, and celebrate people everywhere who make different music to share.

That would be an achievement in itself.

So here are the weekly round-the-globe-music lessons for Shark, Squirrel and Tiger.

P.S. If you drop in to hear what we're up to, expect no logic to the weeks; it's just what came up in conversation. We never know where we're going next.

Isn't life filled with wonder!