Listen Up!

Do, A Deer, A Female Deer...On this episode of Listen Up! we listen to lots of music that you probably already know - but you may find yourself hearing brand new things that you didn't realize were going on behind the scenes! We'll pull apart harmony and how composers and song writers like Adele, Nine Inch Nails, Blues Traveler, and Mozart manipulate our emotions with different chords and progressions.

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What do Elvis, Snoop Dogg, and the Golden Girls have in common? Hear about this and more in this episode of Listen Up! where we take a look at Rhythm and Meter. We talk about back beats, down beats, accents, and subdivisions...all to show you to get more out of the music you love.

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Listen Up! A Podcast Series that shows you how to get more out of the music you love.On this episode we’re looking at one of the most important building blocks of music, melody. The melody is the main tune…the thing we most recognize….it’s the MELODY.But what’s in a melody? What makes it recognizable? How can we differentiate one from the other? We'll take a listen to these things and more. Listen Up! season one was produced by the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in partnership with WNHU and the University of New Haven. For more, visit newhavensymphony.org/listenup.

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Introducing Listen Up!A Podcast Series that shows you how to get more out of the music you love.Music is all around us – I know you hear it, but are you really listening?I’ll show you how to listen better and introduce you to our series in our very first episode, now available for streaming at www.NewHavenSymphony.org/listenup. From Lady Gaga to Bach to Axl Rose to Wu-Tang Clan you might be surprised at what is lying under the surface of your favorite songs. Listen Up! season one was produced by the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in partnership with WNHU and the University of New Haven. For more, visit newhavensymphony.org/listenup.

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