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Participation Post for “Music in Concert”, Week of 3/18-3/25
To receive participation points for this unit, please leave a comment on this post with your responses to the questions asked in the lecture videos for the week of 3/18-3/25. Like with our blog posts, you are also expected to leave a substantial comment in response to one of your classmates. You can access the […]
Prompt for Blog 4
Pick one of the following film clips: Opening Scene from Get Out (2017) Ride of the Valkyries/Helicopter Attack from Apocalypse Now (1979) 1.21 Gigawatts from Back to the Future (1985) If you aren’t already aware of the story for the scene you picked, look it up online; in a few sentences, tell us what’s going on in your clip and the […]
Prompt for Blog 3
Select a piece of musical technology such as a musical format, an instrument, a mode of instruction, software, etc. This can be anything related to music that fits our definition of technology: “Knowledge, techniques, and tools that help humans (or animals!) achieve certain goals.” Referring to your textbook, notes, and any online sources you find […]
Prompt for Blog 3–Still Postponed
Hi everyone! I mistakenly mentioned in class that there is a blog due this weekend. In fact, Blog 3 is not scheduled for this weekend. Like I wrote in my previous update post, the prompt for our next blog will be posted on Wednesday March 4 with a due date of Sunday March 8. Apologies […]
Prompt for Blog 3–POSTPONED
Because of our canceled classes, there will be no blog due for this weekend (2/23). Instead, take this time to review for our upcoming quiz on Wednesday February 26 or begin researching a topic for the Music and… Playlist. The prompt for our next blog will be posted on Wednesday March 4 with a due […]
Prompt for Blog 2
REMINDER: I will be collecting your notes worksheet on the musical elements on Wednesday 2/19. Paper copies only. Under Monday 2/10 in the schedule, I’ve included links to three pieces of assigned listening: Alapana from Sitar, Sarode, and Tabla; Kyrie (monophonic); and Kyrie from the Pope Marcellus Mass. For this blog, you will pick two […]
Prompt for Blog 1
Based on the first letter of your last name, you will write a blog on one of the six historical periods of Western Art music described in Chapter 1. Medieval: A-D Renaissance: E-I Baroque: J-K Classical: L-M Romantic: N-V Twentieth Century: W-Z Some questions to answer after reading the textbook’s description of the period and […]
Welcome!
Thanks for creating a Commons account and joining our course site. I’m excited to read your thoughts about music in each of your blogs throughout the semester. Please comment below to briefly introduce yourself (name, year, major, and a musician/song/group/composer that you like). Feel free to share a music recording from Youtube. For example, here’s […]
Posting Guidelines
In your blog posts, I expect two to three paragraphs (around 180 words) in which your ideas are supported by musical or textual evidence. This means that along with giving your thoughts or opinions, you need to provide specific reasons why you have given that answer. Points are given based on your use of evidence and the length of […]
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