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Tuesday  9/5

​​Objectives:

-  Listening Exercise
-  Judging / Comparing music - Intro
Assignments: 

Judging / Comparing Music

One of the most useful ways to examine different examples of music
​is to examine their differences
Example: 
We are trying to discover something about someone's taste in music (i.e. why you like what you like'): 
If we listen to something they like, and immediately  after play something they hate, 
The differences between those songs can give us some information about their musical preferences 
Think about it in terms of Food Preferences (or movies...books... etc):
Jon Loves Steak, but hates Baby Carrots.  

Think about the different characteristics these foods have: 
Steak:  Cooked, Meaty, Salty, Crispy
Carrot:  Raw,  cold, crunchy, tastes earth/dirt, 

Chances are good that  I am probably going to like other foods that are cooked, meaty, salty, Crispy 
Chances are also good that I will DISLIKE things that are raw, cold, crunchy (broccoli)
For Music
Let's say you hate Beethoven but love The Roots,
if we examine the 

differences between those artists and their songs, 
we can make some discoveries about

Wh
at type of thing you like to listen to 

Judging / Comparing Music

Judge = Form an opinion or Conclusion

If we are going to judge or form an opinion,  we need some Judgment Criteria

When Judging a song, it is really insufficient to simply say , "This is a good song" or " That song sucked" .....   

What is it good for? 
What is good about it?  
The lyrics? The Instruments? The Singers Voice? The guitar solo? The drum groove?

What Specifically Sucked about the song?    
It didn't keep you entertained?  You couldn't understand the lyrics?  There Were no lyrics? 

AND..

It's totally possible that you enjoy certain parts of the song more than others...

Examples:  Maybe a song has great guitar solo and great lyrics but the singer has a terrible voice  (Neil Young)

​Maybe a song has Funny lyrics, but the music is simple and there is no depth to the content (Weird Al / Tenacious D)

Maybe the Lyrics contain a message that you like but you hate the genre of the song (Country-pop)




1. Artistic/Musical Skill:
This is a rating of how much musical Skill you think it took for the artist to create the song 


Very Musical
Stevie Wonder
Wynton Marsallis  

Bohemian Rhapsody
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Un-Musical
 Whip/NaeNae  
Shots 
Wobble Song
,

2. Social Value:
Is this song Socially Accepted? Is it generally accepted in a Social Setting?
Think of this: if this song were to 
come on at the party/bar/club/wedding etc. would people like it or hate it?
Very Social
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Not Social
3. Monetary Value
Simply put, How much money would this song make in the music industry. How many Copies would this song sell?
Monetary Success
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Monetary Failure

​

Judgment Criteria Homework

Examples:  Find examples of songs that you think fit to following Criteria.  Give an explanation about why you think it fits (i.e. give proof for your opinion - if you think it has low social value tell why you think so, if you think it has high musical value tell what it musically impressive about it)
1.   High Social Value    VS    Low monetary value

2.   Low Social Value     VS   High Monetary Value

3.   High Musical Value    VS   High Monetary Value

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