Extended Techniques

This lesson is part of the Style & Compositional Techniques category.

Objectives

• Students will explore various extended techniques of different instruments and the voice.

Resources

Readings

• Cage, "How the Piano Came to be Prepared"

Listening or Videos

• Wired:
  • Butterscotch, "13 Levels of Beatboxing: Easy to Complex"

Tools

• John Cage Prepared Piano (app for iOS and Android)

Class Activities

• Discussion and exploration of extended techniques of different instruments
• Analysis of music which features extended techniques
• Improvisation using beatboxing or other extended techniques

Assignments

• Analysis of extended techniques in written and recorded music