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Term Quiz
****Open Note**** ****No PHONES****
1. Define Music Appreciation. (Class definition - how do we appreciate music ?)
2. Observe the Picture to the right : What is the instrumentation of this performance ? 3. Define Timbre: 4. Define Genre: 5. True or False : The way we classify a song's genre can be effected by Instrumentation. 6. True or False : A musical ensemble is made up of at least 3 or more musicians. 7. True or False : A song can only be performed using 1 specific instrumentation . 8. What is an instrumentation you listen to ? |
Review
Instrumentation
Observing it's Physical Characteristics
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(1) How many instruments are there
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(2) What are they
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(1) How many instruments are there
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(2) What are they
***** Can we HEAR this as a listening exercise ? (without actually seeing a visual of the ensemble ?) ********
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What effect do the physical characteristics have on the Feel/Vibe/Energy/Genre/Use ??
(The best way to do this is to re-arrange the instrumentation of an existing song and make some observations directly)
*****Up until this point all of these observations are OBJECTIVE - IE Not influenced by your personal feeling or taste - We are making CONCRETE / PHYSICAL observations*******
What effect do the physical characteristics have on your taste / judgement / feeling toward the song ?
****(Ultimately , The subjective part is more important, because that is how you explain / justify your objective answer)****
****(Ultimately , The subjective part is more important, because that is how you explain / justify your objective answer)****
Genre
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Songs classified in a certain category because of Shared tradition or set of conventions
Shared traditions / set of conventions = Rules / Characteristics
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Songs classified in a certain category because of Shared tradition or set of conventions
Shared traditions / set of conventions = Rules / Characteristics
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Instrumentation is one of the main defining factors (rule/characteristic) when deciding on Genre
(Remember : We do this automatically without really thinking)
(Remember : We do this automatically without really thinking)
??? What are some of the other main factors when putting a song in a certain Genre ???
1.Instrumentation
2._______________
3._______________
4._______________
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Activity Review
Homework : What Are Your Stereotypes ?
For each of the popular music genres, go through and tell me 10 things that fall on your list of what a song must have to be considered part of that particular genre. I.E. What characteristics would your stereotypical country song have ? These should be concrete characteristics that you can point to either visually or aurally and say "Because I can hear _____________ , I know this song belongs to the _______________ Genre"
Genres :
1. Rock
2. Pop
3. Hip Hop
4. Country
5. Jazz
Here are the four genres for which you will come up with stereotypes. I have put links for the billboard top charts in each genre respectively - you should listen to the top songs in each genre and see what they all have in common ? These shared characteristics are actually a 'shared set of conventions' that will make up your stereotype.
****One wrinkle to this is that we may all have our own personal checklist that is different from the common stereotype - that's ok ! Include those in your list *****