Visual Listening Maps

It is often worthwhile to work on a visual listening map at the same time you are working on a kinesthetic listening map. Both maps will help you organize and describe your understanding of the music you have selected. They will also help you establish flow with the selection. There are as many ways to make maps of music as there are individuals, so find a way that makes sense to you. You most likely, however, will find it useful to examine the following examples.

• Sabre Dance Audio
• Moonlight Serenade (MOVIE)
• Moonlight Serenade Lyrics (MOVIE)
• It Is Only Beginning (MOVIE)
• Hoedown (MOVIE)
• Postal Workers from Ghana (timbres) Audio
• Postal Workers from Ghana (rhythmic organization) Audio
• Postal Workers (Melodic Contour) Audio
• Yankee Doodle (MOVIE)
• Variations on a Shaker Theme from Appalachian Spring Audio
• Appalachian Spring Audio
• The "Chinese Dance" from The Nutcracker Audio
• Oh! The Thinks you can Think! (MOVIE)
• Oh! The Thinks you can Think! Audio
• Oh! The Thinks you can Think! Audio
• "Infernal Gallop" from Orpheus and the Underworld ("The Can Can")(MOVIE)
• "Infernal Gallop" from Orpheus and the Underworld ("The Can Can")Audio
• A Little Night Music Audio
• A Little Night Music (tap chart) Audio
• The March from the Nutcracker Ballet Audio
• "Pick -a-little, talk-a-little/Goodnight Ladies" from The Music Man Audio
• "The Russian Dance" from the Nutcracker Ballet Audio
• "The Russian Dance" from the Nutcracker Ballet (tap chart) Audio
• Polka from The Age of Gold (MOVIE)
  
  
  WARNING! An original copy of these recordings is housed in the WSU Stewart Library or in the personal collection of Thomas Priest. Although you may listen to these recordings while on line and you may follow the listening maps, it is unlawful for you to download these selections and add them to your personal collection.