MTMS Blog
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January Composition Station
Are you familiar with Modern/Techno music? This month’s composition station challenges you to try to write an 8 measure Modern/Techno piece. Techno music is a subset of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) and often uses common time between 120 and 150 beats per minute. As an added challenge, you can try to use three different chords…
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SMART Goals
How is that New Year so far? It’s all right if it’s a lot like last year- not quite what we were hoping for but still a lot left to figure out. Many of our resolutions “fail” within the first six weeks of the year, but often our resolutions are set up to be vague…
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New Year for Music
I’m excited to say Happy New Year every chance I get. A new year may not always be a fresh start, but as we measure time it is a great chance to try new things and let go of the things that are not good to hold on to anymore. One great thing to start…
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Do You See What We See?
At MTMS, one of the lab stations allows music students to compose their own selections. Sometimes this results in some hilarious song titles, and definitely original scores. Listed are several that reached above and beyond the “random” or “untitled” to stand out from the rest. We appreciate every composition, and thank you for making us…
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Music History for November and December
The focus for music history over the next six weeks will be music from the 70s. Music videos from the time period are available to watch as well as questions to answer with a lab attendant or parents (or even just to ponder on their own). Come learn about this time period in music where…