Week1

There are numerous musical genres, and each of them has its own particular "style": the sound, the looks of the performers, the behaviour of the audiences, and so on.

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Music Moves will give you a broad introduction to the field of music and movement, and the chance to learn from experts in the field.

The third "track" of Music Moves is that of methodology. In this track we will explore different methods that researchers use to study music-related movement.

The educators, Alexander, Hans and Kristian are all associate professors at the Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo, Norway. For this run of Music Moves they are also joined by the recent PhD fellow Mari. They all share the passion for music and movement, even though they come to the topic from different perspectives.

What types of methods do researchers use for studying music-related body motion?

In this video Alexander Refsum Jensenius goes through some of the key terminology in Music Moves.

A robust assessment requires at least 4 multiple choice options for each question.

In this discussion step you are going to find out for yourselves whether or not your experience of music alters according to if and how you move. As you have learnt in the historical overview step 1.6, Mozart described in a letter to his father the reactions in the audience to his Symphony no. 31.

Contemporary classical music listening is mostly sedentary and silent, with no spontaneous outburst or cheering from the audience. Has it always been like this? In this video Hans T. Zeiner-Henriksen presents a historical overview of the development of the classical music concert tradition.

In this video, Hans T. Zeiner-Henriksen continues the historical overview of music and movement, starting at the jazz age and moving through the swing, rock, and disco periods before getting to today¡¯s music scene.

Music scenes developed quickly in the 20th century, and many large changes came about. The most radical change was probably that music now could be experienced without any performers present. The 20th century was the first century of recorded music.

In this article we will explore some of the topics from the previous video in more detail.

Congratulations! You have now reached the end of week 1. We hope that you have enjoyed the course so far, and we are really looking forward to continue this moving musical journey together with you in the next five weeks.

The structure of Music Moves is based on three "tracks". We have just been through the first part of the theory track, and will here start the terminology track.