What is a score?
Open University lecturers Catherine Tackley and Naomi Barker outline how music is written down, what a musical score is and what it does. You will als...
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Do you know how music is written down? How do musicians use scores in their work? Catherine Tackley and Naomi Barker, of the Open University, explain about different types of music, how it is written down, and what that notation means to performers.
How do scores work?
Overcoming the challenge of writing down how sounds relate to the time they occupy was a major breakthrough in the history of Western music notation. ...
Pianist Alexander Panfilov performs Mozart's KV265
In this video, pianist Alexander Panfilov performs the first six variations of Mozart’s Twelve Variations on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman’. Alexander is ...
How does a pianist view a score?
Pianist Alexander Panfilov explains how he works with the score to discover more about textures and structures of the piece as he prepares for his per...
Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667
The final movement of Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, known as the Trout quintet. The performance was filmed at the Royal Northern Colleg...
How do players work collaboratively with a score?
Siobhan Doyle (violin), Christopher Mansfield (cello), and Jeremy Young (piano) discuss how they use a score to work together as they rehearse and cre...
How do you use a score to add tone and colour?
Siobhan Doyle (violin), Christopher Mansfield (cello) and Filipe Dandalo (double bass) talk about different elements of instrumental colour that they ...
How do you use a score to add layers and balance sounds?
Siobhan Doyle (violin), Kimi Makino (viola), Christopher Mansfield (cello), Filipe Dandalo (double bass) and Jeremy Young (piano) talk about how their...
How do conductors use scores?
Conductor Mark Heron talks to Catherine Tackley, of the Open University, about what happens in rehearsals. He talks about ‘rehearsal marks’, letters p...
How does a score help in rehearsals?
Conductor Mark Heron talks to Catherine Tackley, of the Open University, about ‘rehearsal marks’, letters placed in the score to help a conductor to i...