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Self-Expression through Music, Friday July 24th, Period 4

Glinda had a stereo system set up, along with iced coffees and raspberry cheesecake brownies. "Welcome back, everyone," she said, cheerily. "Today, we are going to be discussing music and mood." She began walking around the students, while continuing on.

"In the movies and theater ~~not that I would know anything about that last one~~, music is vital. When a character is not speaking, music sets the tone for the scene. In horror films, it sometimes acts as a warning to the audience- beware, for the killer is about to strike!" She leaped at the nearest student, to give them a jump, and then laughed. "In other spots, it can establish the tone of a location." She paused. "For your assignment today, you are going to listen to three pieces and write down the three feelings or emotions that you experienced while listening. After everyone is done, we will discuss the pieces, and why one person may have felt one way while another felt completely different." She tapped her staff on the ground and headphones appeared in front of everyone. "Let's begin."

[OCD up ~~in a moment~~ and if you're at work and your computers aren't allowed to access Youtube, the activity will have to wait until you get home]

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Emotionally!

Joan Girardi

(and Penelope the Piglet)

Priestly

Liir Thropp

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Wonder why Glinda didn't talk more about theater. Or you know, pass notes and whisper to each other.

Joan listened to the lecture and idly wondered if the headphones would fit over Penelope's little piglet ears.

Yakko was waiting for a musical cue to do something wacky. Waiting. Waaaaaiting. Waaaaiiiiitting.....

He'd be waiting for a while.

Your three pieces are:

Priestly started out listening very carefully and seriously.

But then the angry gothic metal dude in the first one declared himself the "only great white hunter" and he ended up doubled over snickering at his desk.

Well, it was an emotion, right?

1. Hilarity
2. Nostalgia
3. Victory

Glinda looked Priestly's paper over for a moment, and then asked, "What in the first song made you feel that it was hilarious?"

"Did you hear Mr. Over-serious declare himself 'the only great white hunter'? That shit is funny."

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Liir listened to all of them. And wasn't sure if he was right about any of them.

...also, one of the voices was disturbingly familiar.

1. Pomposity
2. Rememberance
3. Victory

"Pomposity," Glinda read. "An interesting choice. What made you decide that the piece was pompous?"

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Robin rather liked all three pieces of music.

1. Energetic
2. Hopeful
3. Energetic. Again.

Glinda looked over the first two choices, and then asked Robin, "Did you feel similar energies from the first and third pieces, or were they different?"

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robinthefrog.livejournal.com - 2009-07-25 01:56 (UTC) - Expand

1. Anxiety. All those people going "ahhhhh" reminded me of being in the waiting room at the doctor's office.
2. Hungry. All that talking about time made me think about how I missed lunch.
3. Like this paper will self destruct in five... four... three... two... one...

After Yakko wrote "one", the paper went up in a quick flame, leaving nothing but ash.

Yakko turned in the pile of ash.

Glinda looked down at the smoldering pile. Then up at Yakko. And then down again.

"Would... you prefer a verbal assignment?" she ventured, after contemplating how one graded ash.