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Instruments of the Orchestra Video
N/A · N/A
Classroom Listening Focus
Isolated viola example.
Starts at 0:31
Launch ClipMy Generation
The Who · Classic Rock
Classroom Listening Focus
The lead vocals and backing vocals are in a call and response texture - lead vocal "calls" and the backing vocals "respond".
Starts at 0:06
Launch ClipThe American President (Main Theme)
Marc Shaiman · Film Music
Classroom Listening Focus
The music here lands on the dominant chord and has a feeling that it is going to head back to chord I (the tonic). However, it does not. This interrupts the natural expectation of chord V to I, dominant to tonic, that we expect to hear.
Starts at 0:36
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