Name This Baseball Tune… The rhythm of baseball is perhaps most prevalent on the pitcher’s mound. Williams, Gluck, and Thompson (2011) suggest the duel that takes place between a pitcher and a batter is a rhythmic tango. The rhythm of a pitcher’s fastball, slider, curve, change up, sinker, and cutter all have a distinct tempo …
Week 33 -Pythagorean Insight, Bernie Williams, Economic Sustainability, Victor Wooten, and Ozzy Osbourne!
Pythagorean Insight… “The Pythagorean discovery that ‘all things known have number – for without this, nothing could be thought of or known’-was made in music” (Ferguson, 2008, p. 62). Further, the first natural law ever formulated mathematically was the relationship between musical pitch and the length of a vibrating harp string. When Pythagoras and his …
Week 32 – Music, a New York Yankee, and Home Economics…
The Music of Baseball… I became a baseball fan when I was 14 years old. Prior to that point in time I thought watching baseball was like watching paint dry! Oddly enough, I used to have the same opinion of jazz before it eventually became my favorite musical genre. In both cases my opinion was …
Week 31 – “…celebrate symphony, harmony, rhythm…”
Some advice as accredited to come from Pythagoras… Build a temple to the Muses to celebrate symphony, harmony, rhythm, and all things conducive to concord, he proposed. Symphony, harmony, and concord were going to be central to Pythagorean doctrine, and also to the neo-Pythagoreanism of Iamblichus’ era. Consider yourselves the equals of those you govern, …
Week 30 – Stickman & The Blues
The Blues A few weeks ago one of the teachers I have been working with this year wanted to work through a series of lessons with the students on The Blues. Of course given that blues and jazz are my favorite styles of music to both listen to and play, I was more than willing …
Week 28 – Post Resonate
Post Resonate… Like a great adventure, sadly, Resonate 2015 has come and gone! People keep asking me how it went and my answer is that I wish I could just live in those few days that Resonate took place over all the time. Despite the multitude of scrapes and bruises my clumsy self acquired …
Week 26 – It’s Resonate week!
I can hardly believe it, we are a day away from Resonate! A small idea that has taken nearly four years to materialize will finally be realized in less than 48 hours. Today will be filled with last minute preparations and finishing touches. Tomorrow morning we begin picking up equipment and moving into Cedar Lodge. …
Week-25 Less than a week away!
Happy Friday everyone! The Resonate planning team has been very busy this week getting the final details in place for Resonate 2015! Drum Roll Please…. Here you will find the Resonate schedule. This document is an excel doc, so Tab 1 is for March 19th and Tab 2 is for March 20th: Schedule The Resonate …
Week 24 – Delayed Post!
My apologies for the delayed blog this week! Things are pretty wild right now as we get really close to Resonate 2015! There are many final details to take care, but despite that we are all getting really excited for this musical experience! With much appreciation we thank the following sponsors supporting Resonate 2015: Prairie …
Week 23 – Resonate 2015 is full!
Welcome back everyone! I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable break. The main news for this week is that Resonate 2015 is full and registration is now closed! The planning team is thrilled with the positive response to this event with more interest from students than was originally expected. We are happy to have …