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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Posture Video

Have a video on posture!

David Tocknell

Nov 25, 20191 min read

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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