Wednesday 9/14

Objectives:
- Review Appreciation
​-T-pain Activity

Assignments:
-DUE TODAY - Signed Syllabus
-DUE TODAY - Movie Assignment

Review: 

• What are the two parts to FULLY APPRECIATING MUSIC?
• Is Music something we USE? Do we listen to Music with and Intended outcome?
• Is listening to music a skill? I.e.  can you be skilled at it? develop or getbetter at it?

In-Class Review Activity:
Listed below are several activities. Imagine you were participating in these activities or in these situations  and listening to music while doing so, What type of music would you be listening to? Give a (1) genre and possible (2) artist that YOU might be listening to.

Example:
         Jon's Choice:
         Working   -   Acoustic  Singer/Songwriter  -  Elliot Smith

1. Driving
2. Working out/exercising/at the gym
3. Studying
4. Partying/Social Gathering
5. Cleaning
6. Going to Sleep
7. When you are Angry
8. When you are Sad
9. Dinner

Intro to Judging Music

Things to think about when judging music....



What questions are we trying to answer when judging a song?           

Possible Questions:

•   "Is this a good song?" 
•   " Do I like this song?"

If we are going to ask these questions, we must get a better idea of what we mean by "Like" and "Good"

These terms are really very VAGUE ......  Lets think about some other things we judge on a regular basis

Movies:

• If we are trying to decide whether or not we "Like" a movie, there are many factors that go into that decision
  • WHAT do we like about it? 
    • the actors/actresses, the storyline, the set, The lines, the special effects? 
• If we are trying to decide whether or not movie is good , there are also many factors that go into this
  • WHAT is it "good" for and WHY is it "good"? 
    • Is it good for:  watching with friends? alone? with family? a date? 
    • is it good because: it makes you laugh? it makes you excited? 

Food:

• If we are trying to decide whether or not we "Like" a movie, there are many factors that go into that decision
  • WHAT do we like about it? 
    • the taste? how it looks? how it smells?
      • food is unique because of course it is implied that we are referring to how it tastes 
  • If we are trying to decide whether or not movie is good , there are also many factors that go into this
    • WHAT is it "good" for and WHY is it "good"? 
      • Is it good for: breakfast? lunch? dinner? snack? 

So really what we are asking about MUSIC is;

   --------    What is it good For   -------

Remember we should think about USING music as a SKILL
Music has USES and ACTIVITIES it is useful for accompanying

Is it good for:
​Working out? 
Eating dinner?
Falling Asleep?

        --------       What do we like about it        ---------

Exactly what aspects or characteristics of the song do we like or dislike? 

Do we like: 
The Artist?
The message of the song?
​the actual lyrics?
The Instruments?

So we are trying to create a CRITERIA for judgement

This will help us describe HOW we judge