Author: Roger Watt

Haydn Symphony 22 E♭ major

Adagio: very reflective sounding Presto: a real awakening after the slow start. Nice duets between wind and strings. Arresting rhythm figure. Menuetto & Trio: jolly sounds. I get a good sense of ensemble – the parts all joining together so the players fit into the whole without losing their individual identity. Finale (Presto): Haha – … Continue reading Haydn Symphony 22 E♭ major

Haydn Symphony 46 B major

Vivace: Feels slightly more controlled than others from this period. Poco adagio: Restless, inventive and full of nice colours but an overall dark effect. Doesn’t move me much though. The second half has some very nice moments. Menuet: This is interesting – and the Trio is very effective. In this one, Haydn is playing with … Continue reading Haydn Symphony 46 B major

Haydn Symphony 1 D major

A truly remarkable start to a long career. Presto: it’s like “let’s roll our sleeves up and show them we’ve arrived”. It’s all there in a few bars: scales, arpeggios, songs. Fireworks basically. Every detail fits and you feel the music is inescapable. The recapitulation is so securing. Andante: And already there’s Haydn himself with … Continue reading Haydn Symphony 1 D major

Haydn Symphony 49 F minor

  Adagio: mysterious to say the least. Second theme is a lovely song, full of quietly intense passion. Allegro di molto: bustle again – very restless. Some nice sustained chord progressions above the bustle. This feels like a Haydn characteristic. Menuet: Hardly a jolly dance this time. Lovely horn & oboe contributions. The Trio is … Continue reading Haydn Symphony 49 F minor

Haydn Symphony 39 G minor

Quick notes 4 horns including 2 high horns Allegro Assai: An arresting start: quiet, gentle but bustling with an unexpected pause very early on. The energy persists throughout – the basses are quavers throughout except for just 4 bars of marcato crotchets. Andante: Begins with a descending figure from dominant to tonic. Once again basses … Continue reading Haydn Symphony 39 G minor

Heart Rate Variability

Our heart rate varies from moment to moment. That variability is driven by many different causes and mainly aims to ensure homeostasis – that the body’s stability is preserved in the face of fluctuating environmental demands. When we think of variability, we think naturally of measuring it with variance or more usually its square root … Continue reading Heart Rate Variability

Updating PSYU914 to meet new situation

Delivery The current PSYU914 has a delivery mechanism with 4 parts: Online video recordings covering all matters conceptual Workbooks that cover: demonstrations of concepts practicalities of data analysis Tutorials focussed on the workbooks: emphasise the conceptual elements assist with the practicalities Live lectures covering wider context Assuming that the basic curricular content remains unchanged, then … Continue reading Updating PSYU914 to meet new situation

Teaching Statistics

To be clear, teaching statistics is about leadership: leading students through the material. Initially you take some of the responsibility for their learning – pointing them in the right direction from the right starting point. But the most important thing is to hand that responsibility over to them when they are ready. The students’ trajectory … Continue reading Teaching Statistics

The Campaign to Abolish Ordinal Variables

In stats classes, we are taught that there are 4 types of variable, (and mysteriously given more than 4 names for them): Categorical (aka Nominal): categories, groups or labels (eg. dog, cat, goat, parrot) Ordinal: ordered values (eg single cream, double cream) Interval: numbers where doing addition and subtraction makes sense (eg age – in … Continue reading The Campaign to Abolish Ordinal Variables

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