September 20th, 2012

9/20/12

In Class:
Checked for homework completion. Returned pocket notebooks.

Pop quiz: describe "Generic Imperative." For extra credit, discuss the early Baroque notion of categorizing music by emotion rather than style.

Constructed a lyrical line of seven syllables, emphasizing the second and sixth syllable, to correspond to a given melody.

Guided Work Period for final project:
  - Complete homework, if not yet finished.
  - Identify three genres you'd potentially like to study.
  - Look up each of those three genres on Wikipedia. Skim the articles and decide which you would like to learn more about.
  - Copy down the 'external links' / 'references' from the Wikipedia page; these may be valuable resources for your research.
  - Identify three artists that exemplify your chosen genre.
  - Identify three songs that exemplify your chosen genre.
  - When the term or label for your genre arise? What does it mean?
  - What subgenres or offshoots exist for your genre?
  - What musical characteristics (instrumentation, sound, song structure, tempo, etc.) typically represent your genre? What variations/exceptions are notable?
  - What lyrical characteristics (stylistic, song structure, word choice, figurative language) typically represent your genre? What variations/exceptions are notable?
  - What affective characteristics (tone, emotional moment) typically represent your genre? What variations/exceptions are notable?
Submit the genre you are studying by the end of the class period.

Homework:
Continue research for final project.
Find and copy/print a definition of "perform."
If you end up on Pearl Street this weekend, make note of street performers' styles and techniques.