MUS 331 featuring Professor Daniel Boner

Accession No.: 
CO6-14-006

Kristi Guillory's Cajun Vocal class gets a visit from Professor Daniel Boner - Director of Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University

00:00:00 - The class sits and practices a waltz that Kristi identifies as an Elita Hoffpauir song

00:04:00 - Boner theorizes the similarites of Cajun Music and other Traditional Styles in reference to the importance of singing posture

00:06:00 - The class takes notes as Boner explains textbook singing posture techniques and specifics
00:10:07 - Everyone stands together to practice
00:11:25 - Same song from earlier, this time using his prescribed tips
00:12:05 - Boner explains intonation

00:14:50 - The class rehearses the tune again, focusing on it's intonation, then Kristi pops a guitar string
00:16:45 - Boner goes around the class, and each of the students sing individually
00:21:50 - The group explains the song's meaning and Boner shares his thoughts
00:24:40 - Boner and Guillory answer questions
00:33:47 - Daniel Boner sings a song for the class
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Media Type: 
Video
Collection: 
Comeaux Chair
Subject: 
Singing, Vocals, Cajun, Creole, French, Songwriting, Traditional Music, Bluegrass
Creator: 
Dr. Mark DeWitt
Informants: 
Kristi Guillory, Daniel Boner, Dr. Mark DeWitt
Recording date: 
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Tommy Comeaux Endowed Chair
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
00:39:00
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, June 24, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, June 24, 2019
Original Format: 
MPEG-2
Digital Format: 
MOV
Storage Location: 
Born Digital