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SHANA TUCKER

About Shana Tucker WEDNESDAY

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With a deep respect for lyrical storytelling, cellist/singersongwriter Shana Tucker delivers a unique voice through her self-described genre of ChamberSoul ™. Shana ‘s melodies weave strong hints of jazz, classical, soulful folk, acoustic pop and a touch of R&B into a distinctive rhythmic tapestry. Having opened for internationallyacclaimed artists including Norah Jones, Sweet Honey in the Rock the Blind Boys of Alabama and Indigo Girls, Shana’s vocals and cello are featured on several studio and live recording projects by both independent and signed label artists and producers. Shana’s Sponsored by style and sound have been described as a blend of Dianne Reeves, Joni Mitchell and Tracy Chapman with an efficient complexity that is reminiscent of Bill Withers.

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TAPESTRY OF SONGWRITING The “Tapestry of Songwriting” workshop will result in increased awareness, recognition, and a basic understanding of how to construct a song based on the most common practices of songwriting.

Participants will be able to recognize the essential elements of a song (verse, chorus/hook, bridge, intro, outro), and will have the basic tools required to construct a simple song with their peers that they can use as a blueprint for future independent songwriting efforts.

VOCABULARY • Music - the artful combination of sounds and melody • Allegro - a fast speed/tempo • Andante - a strolling, “walking” speed/tempo • Beat - a steady pulse of the music • Dynamics - the variation in loudness between notes or phrases • Form - the structure of a musical composition or performance • Harmony - simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches (tones, notes), or chords.

• Largo - a slow speed/tempo • Rhythm - the combination of long and short sounds and silence organized into patterns • Pitch - the frequency (speed) of sound waves, determining a sound’s high-sounding or low-sounding pitch • Presto - a very fast speed/tempo • Tempo - in music, the frequency of beats per unit of time • Texture - the density of sound in a piece of music, usually effected by the number of instruments or voices and the relationship between their parts • Timbre - (pronounced “TAM-bur”) the characteristic sound of a particular instrument or voice, sometimes referred to as the “quality” or “tone color” Created in partnership with

The Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) is a multidisciplinary research center at Florida State University. FCRR explores all aspects of reading research—basic research into literacy-related skills for typically developing readers and those who struggle, studies of effective prevention and intervention, and psychometric work on formative assessment.