Discovery Orchestra Chat 33 – A Pop Quiz
Test your knowledge of previous Chats! Maestro Maull provides a fun music listening test.
Harmony
Discovery Orchestra Chat 31 – Suspension and Resolution
Would you like relief from tension? Find out how composers do it in this Discovery Orchestra Chat!
Discovery Orchestra Chat 29 – The Hypnotic Effect of Bluegrass
Guest artist John Carlini joins Maestro Maull as they explore the hypnotic effect of Bluegrass.
Discovery Orchestra Chat 27 – What Makes It Jazz?
Guest artist John Carlini joins Maestro Maull as they explore certain kinds of “jazzy” chords.
Discovery Orchestra Chat 26 – Did You Say Flamenco?
Maestro Maull and guitarist John Carlini investigate one of the musical aspects that makes “Spanish guitar” sound the way it does.
Discovery Orchestra Chat 24 – Deceptive Cadences
Do you like being deceived? Well, composers use deceptive cadences to surprise the music listener!
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.