All good listening maps, whether animated or not, draw attention to important elements and nuances of the music and thus help students perceive, understand, and make connections about the composer's intentions for the piece. Animated maps have a notable advantage over static maps in their ability to highlight musical events as they occur, without teacher input. Animated maps also intrigue students via interesting graphics, icons, cartoons, line drawings, color changes, as well as musical notation and terminology.

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