LAB SIX
Due Date: Mon.Oct. 7; bring papers to
lecture.
Choose one option and prepare a report of 2-3 pages in length of
double-spaced type. Be sure to indicate which option you have chosen in
the heading of your paper and follow other expectations for format and writing
criteria.
Option One
View one of the videos in the music library featuring music from the Americas.
On reserve are:
- Rhythm of Resistance: Black Music in South Africa
- Shotguns and Accordions: Music of the Marijuana Regions of Colombia
- Tex-Mex: Music of the Texas-Mexican Borderlands
- The Spirit of Samba: Black Music of Brazil
- Roots Rock Reggae: Jamaican Music
- Salsa: Latin Pop in the Cities
In your report answer the following questions.
- What are the distinctive features of the music you heard?
- What makes the music important to those who play it and respond to it? (For example, consider how the music might help its practioneers project a sense of identity.)
Overall your discussion should include reference to specific characteristics such as, rhythm, instrumentation, form, lyrics, performing approaches occasions, venues, historical associations.(Who plays, when and where? How do people play, dress, move, and
respond?)
Option Two
Locate a recording featuring multiple examples of one type of music
mentioned in chapter six or in lecture. (Try the music library, especially
the reserve shelf, or try a local record store.)
In your report answer the following questions.
- What do you learn about the tradition from hearing multiple examples?
- What features are shared between the selections?
- As completely as possible, provide a discographic reference indicating the title of the recording, the recording company, the recording number, and the date of release.
Option Three
Locate an Internet Site offering more details on one of the types of music
covered in chapter six.
In your report answer the following questions.
- Did you find it more useful to search by style, or by area of the world?
- How does the author of your chosen site position the particular music featured there? (Discuss, for example, whether the music is presented as popular; commercial; hip; similar to some other style; connected to an artist, a community, a label, etc.).
- How does the classification in your chosen site compare to Willoughby's approach to that type of music?