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Discovery Orchestra Chat 7 – Cadence

What exactly is cadence in music? Find out in this Chat!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 6 – Texture Part 2

Learn more about musical texture in this Chat! Watch and listen to Chat 5, Part 1. Watch and listen to Chat 8, Part 3. Sign up here to receive our…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 5 – Texture Part 1

All music has texture – find out what the different kinds are in this Discovery Orchestra Chat! Watch and listen to Chat 6, Part 2. Watch and listen to Chat…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 4 – Did You Say Modal?

What exactly does modal refer to? Find out in this Discovery Orchestra Chat!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 3 – Musical Paragraphs

Composers write the equivalent of sentences in music which we call “phrases”. Groups of phrases are put together to form “paragraphs” in music. Learning how to notice these paragraphs gives…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 1 – Ornaments Part 1

New and improved! We have re-edited our first Chats – same great content, but all spic and span now. Have a look at Chat #1 ! What is a musical…

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I was delighted to hear George Marriner Maull’s “Inside Music” when he discussed how to listen to and enjoy Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the 4th movement. To have the words of the choral Ode to Joy translated and explained (word for word) was enlightening and inspiring as well. And to learn all the intricacies of the music itself was fascinating.

— Inside Music radio listener