VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Darth Vader, John Blacking, Gregorian Mode
Document Summary
The importance of creative listening is too often ignored in discussion of musical ability, and yet it is as fundamental to music as it is to language. The idea here being our society is claiming that only few people are musical while on the other hand we have this huge mass consumption of music. We have a music industry is extensive which a lot of people partake. If you are performing or composing you assume there is going to be someone on the receiving end. Creative listening is important in order for the performer and composer to having meaning in our society. 1st music piece: music is from star wars marching scene. Darth vader is on screen in this scene. The music was written in the mindset that this is going to represent the character that has a certain negative quality to him.
