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Creating Resources for "House of Shards and Shadows"
"House of Shards and Shadows" is a fantastic piece written by Australian composer Kate Moore. Moore composed this work for 9 bass...
David Tocknell
Jun 4, 20202 min read
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Sibelius Review
Overall Sibelius is a giant in the music notation world, being one of the industry standards for decades. A very powerful program,...
David Tocknell
Dec 1, 20196 min read
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Let's play a game: Gamification in Education
In week 6 we welcomed guest lecturer Rebecca Ly to teach us about the state of gamification in education. Rebecca is currently writing...
David Tocknell
Dec 1, 201912 min read
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Week 5 - Directing a Production
This week we had the opportunity to practice the recording skills we have learnt so far this semester by recording a performance and...
David Tocknell
Dec 1, 20195 min read
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Making a video series - Reflections
On Friday, the entire cohort of those who did Tech this semester presented their projects at a Presentation of Learning (PoL). It was...
David Tocknell
Dec 1, 20197 min read
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The Bow Hand
Here is a new video on the bow hand. To be honest there are a few things I dislike about this video that I would change if I do it again,...
David Tocknell
Nov 28, 20191 min read
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Two more videos
Here are two more videos to add to the series! I realise one of them is the introduction, but sometimes things don't always go to plan....
David Tocknell
Nov 26, 20191 min read
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Health, Technology and People (Especially Children)
In our penultimate week, the class discussed - not for the first time - the educational, social and health implications of technology. A...
David Tocknell
Nov 25, 20197 min read
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Flat.io Review
Overall Flat.io is an online freemium music notation program. Flat.io allows composers to edit, annotate and listen to compositions in...
David Tocknell
Nov 25, 20196 min read
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Playing with the left hand
A more up-to-date version of the left hand video. Still requires some music, but its getting pretty close now!
David Tocknell
Nov 25, 20191 min read
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Posture Video
Have a video on posture!
David Tocknell
Nov 25, 20191 min read
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First Edit
Here is a first edit for one of the videos in my project. For those who don't know, my project involves creating videos for parents of...
David Tocknell
Nov 25, 20191 min read
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Creating A Scottish Reel - Presentation!
NOVEMBER 5 Presented the tune to the composition class. People seemed to enjoy it, and I was able to explain how I created the piece and...
David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
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Creating A Scottish Reel - The Day of Writing
NOVEMBER 4 I decided, as a challenge for myself, to see if I could write the rest of the tune in just one day. Specifically, the Monday...
David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20194 min read
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Creating A Scottish Reel - Inspiration Strikes in Class
OCTOBER 29 In class on this day we had a look at how a modern Australian composer used ideas from a Beethoven piano piece to create a...
David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
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Creating A Scottish Reel - Following Feedback
OCTOBER 25 I revisited the bars that my colleague had commented on and spent some time working on different ways to make the bar sound...
David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
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Creating A Scottish Reel - Friendly Feedback
OCTOBER 20 Had a conversation with one of my colleagues who traveled with me to Stringmania. She had a listen to what I had done and...
David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
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Creating a Scottish Reel - Getting Ready for a Tutorial
OCTOBER 8 This was the day which I had to present some material for the composition. Although I had some outlines of ideas (as shown in...
David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
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Creating a Scottish Reel - Composition Assessment
OCTOBER 7 To begin the process, I took out my viola and started experimenting with ideas. I started by playing the tunes I had learnt a...
David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20192 min read
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Went to Stringmania and learnt some tunes
From the September 30 to October 7, I was a part of an awesome strings camp down in Warburton in Victoria called Stringmania. At this...
David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20193 min read
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