Interactive Listening Guide Templates

©2005, Scott D. Lipscomb

 

 

Disclaimer: The musical compositions used on this page are copyrighted works. Their use in the present context is solely for educational purposes and, as a result, falls under the "Fair Use" provision of US Copyright law. Should the owner of any of the copyrighted pieces utilized herein find this use objectionable, please contact me immediately and I will remove the work from this page and replace it with another for the intended purpose of demonstration.

User Interaction: Several types of interaction are possible using the templates provided below:

  1. most basic, you can use the playback controls (rewind, play, and pause) to intuitively navigate through the piece
  2. you can drag and drop the scrollbar button to any location within the piece
  3. you can click on any of the formal markers (e.g., "A," "B," "I," "vi," "Primary Theme," etc.) and playback will be initiated directly from the initial appearance of that specific section of the composition (NOTE: the 12-bar blues template does not integrate this final type of interaction)

Please let me know if you find these templates useful and/or you have suggestions for their improvement!!

Enjoy!
Dr. Scott D. Lipscomb

Instructions for Using these Templates

Download AABA Template (FLA file)
You will need to right-click (Win) or click-hold (Mac) and select "Save Target As ..." from the pop-up list that appears

The Listening Guide below (1.2 MB) was created using the AABA template ...


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You may also download two other templates created by Dr. Lipscomb: I-vi-IV-V and 12-bar blues.
The process of using these templates is nearly identical to that used with the AABA template above, distinguished only by the formal elements represented within each keyframe. Instructions in the linked document above are provided for using each of these templates as well.

The Listening Guide below (1.1 MB) was created using the I-vi-IV-V template.
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The two Listening Guides below were created using the 12-Bar Blues template.
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In "Rock and Roll" (1.7 MB), note that the musical form remains clear even though the choruses alternate between a 12- and 24-bar form.

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In "Delirious" (1.2 MB), notice the difference in form between the chorus (12-bars) and verse (16-bar) ...
in the latter, the final 4 bars of the 12-bar progress are sustained for twice as long, adding the subdominant (IV) chord.

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The Listening Guide below (151 KB) was created using the Sonata Form template

NOTE: the sound file used for the example below is just a speaking voice;
I have also prepared an actual musical example (6.4 MB) for demonstration purposes.
You can also download the version of the Sonata Form template including the speaking voice
sound file to see how a "finished" movie appears when complete.

There is currently no set of specific instructions for using this template..
However, the procedure is nearly identical to that used for the other templates above,
as delineated in the associated instructions.

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