Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The beginning of a journey.
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Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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Music:
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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The beginning of a journey.
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Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
----------
Music:
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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Contact Information:
Questions and comments can be directed to:
nerdofclassical [at] gmail.com
Tumblr:
classical-nerd.tumblr.com
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All images and audio in this video are for educational purposes only and are not intended as copyright infringement. If you have a copyright concern, please contact me using the above information.
![What is Sign Language Music? [with Dr. Anabel Maler]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tUaG7_fAdgs/mqdefault.jpg "What is Sign Language Music? [with Dr. Anabel Maler]
🎶 Support the channel: http://www.patreon.com/classicalnerd
(Patrons have access to the uncut and unedited interview, which is about twenty minutes longer and covers a somewhat wider variety of subjects.)
0:00 Types of sign language music
2:51 How Dr. Maler found this academic niche
7:00 Deaf education; oralism’s repercussions
10:40 How can hearing folks respectfully engage with signed music?
14:41 Is there a sign language music “common practice?”
18:13 Use of three dimensions of space
19:14 “Dip-hop” and its appeal
22:11 Rhymes in sign language
23:58 Where there’s no sound at all, how is signed music still music?
29:09 More about percussion songs
30:58 How signed music has affected Dr. Maler’s other musical experiences
📚 Sources/further reading:
Seeing Voices: Analyzing Sign Language Music by Anabel Maler (Oxford, 2024)
https://time.com/5655889/twista-sign-language-interpreter-amber-galloway-gallego/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wdv88jNKAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CVbUfuqXuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUup3Qzvpr8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcTlI2l0T_k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRtDjTQHG-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brfnC9NQbgo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKk7bNkNraw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChbNS4zhnyU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3kflAc2KCE
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