Timbre 2
Explore music that samples a range of audio sounds including Infected Mushroom Heavy Weight, David August Epikur and Burial Lone.
Outcome
Introduction
- Watch the advertisement, Lufthansa New York to identify two segments of audio - Jackhammer and Pachelbel Canon in D
- Read an excerpt of Experimental Music by John Cage.
Body
- What is the difference between the two audio sections of the advertisement? One audio section is ‘musical’, the other is not.
- Refer to part of Experimental Music by John Cage. Discuss the concept of a range of audio sounds from a bird song to humming, from a washing machine to the ocean as being musical. Re-evaluate if a jackhammer is musical?
Conclusion
- Explore music that samples a range of audio sounds including Infected Mushroom Heavy Weight (from beginning of the track), David August Epikur (from beginning), Burial Loner (cue to 7 minutes)
- Have students find their own examples of audio sounds incorporated into music.
Ashfield Public School as part of MyPL RG02217 Introduction to Music within the K-6 Creative Arts Syllabus.
Syllabus
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Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Creative Arts K–6 Syllabus (2006) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2025.