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Collaborative song writing
Collaborative song writing

Duration: 04:07

Band members of 'Dog Eat Dog' reflect on their collaborative, often anarchic approach to songwriting in a style which fuses metal and rap.
metal, rap, collaboration, riff, songwriting
 
How a choir works – choral polyphony
How a choir works – choral polyphony

Duration: 02:01

Choral polyphonic texture is explored through performance and commentary by choral experts including Gareth Malone who demonstrates this device by conducting a choir who perform William Byrd's 'Mass for Three Voices'.
texture, polyphony, parts, voices, Byrd, Mass for 3 voices, harmony, choir, Gareth Malone
 
Using environmental sound to make music
Using environmental sound to make music

Duration: 02:14

An engineer on the London Underground has used his unique access to record the strange sounds of the capital's transport system.
digital technology, performance, recording, sampling, electronic music, engineering
 

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