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Understanding Music Course Pack MUS.131.PCI1 COTTON FACILITY FALL 2020 Instructor: Brian Ketner # of copies: 0 Table of Contents Syllabus pg 1 Course Block and Due Dates Schedule pg 2 Video Lesson Schedule pg 3 J-Pay Interactive Question Guidelines pg 4 Assignment Packet Instructions pg 5 Chapter Summary Guidelines pg 6 Writing Assignment Guidelines pg 7 Reading Guidelines pg 8 Writing Assignment Prompts pg 9 Appendix: Motown Pages pg 19 Instructions and Guidelines 1 Syllabus: Understanding Music MUS.131.PCI1 Fall 2020 Number of Credits: 3 Days Class Meets: N/A Location: Internet Based Learning Instructor: Professor Ketner Course Description Lecture and directed listening on the elements, forms, and historic chronology of Western music. Course Goals To equip students with tools to listen to and appreciate multiple genres of music, to increase comprehension of musical form, style, and other musical concepts, and to recognize the historical development of Western music. Textbook • The Enjoyment of Music, 12E, by Forney, Dell’Antonio, and Machlis Expectations • Students are expected to check J-Pay regularly and interact with the question prompts. (This is also how I keep track of attendance. If you are not checking J-Pay, then you are not participating, and risk being dropped from the class.) • Students are expected to watch every class video and process it alongside reading. • Students are expected to be familiar with all reading assignments. • While listening to examples in the videos, students are expected to listen attentively. Use this time to practice observing and noticing specific details in the music. • Students are expected to turn in all assignments by the listed due dates. (see Course Blocks) Assignments • J-Pay Interactive Questions – Guidelines pg 4 • Chapter Summaries and Writing Assignments – Assignment Packet Instructions pg 5 Grading Scale GPA GRADE RANGE GRADING 4.0 94-100% Chapter Summaries: 40% 3.5 89-93% 3.0 84-88% Writing Assignments: 40% 2.5 78-83% 2.0 72-77% J-Pay Interactive Questions: 20% 1.5 66-71% 1.0 60-65% 0.5 55-59% 0.0 0-54% Instructions and Guidelines 2 Course Block and Due Dates Schedule The Reading and Assignments are split into 10 Course Blocks, which will be submitted in 5 Assignment Packets. Note: Course Block topics DO NOT line up with Video Lessons. Please reference the Video Lesson Schedule. COURSE WRITING CHAPTER SUMMARIES ASSIGNMENT PACKET BLOCK ASSIGNMENT 1 Part 1: Prelude 1, Chapters 1-12 #1 - Instruments #1 - Due 10/9 2 Part 2: Prelude 2, Chapters 13-19 #2 - Renaissance #1 - Due 10/9 3 Part 3: Prelude 3, Chapters 20-27 #3 - Baroque #2 - Due 10/23 4 Part 4: Prelude 4, Chapters 28-35 #4 - Classical #2 - Due 10/23 5 None #5 - Beethoven #3 - Due 11/6 6 Part 5: Prelude 5, Chapters 36-43 #6 - Romantic #3 - Due 11/6 7 Part 5: Chapters 44-51 #7 - Late Romantic #4 - Due 11/20 8 Part 6: Prelude 6, Chapters 52-61 #8 - Modern #4 - Due 11/20 9 Part 7: Prelude 7, Chapters 62-69 #9 - Post-Modern #5 - Due 12/4 10 None #10 - Motown #5 - Due 12/4 Instructions and Guidelines 3 Video Lesson Schedule The Video Lessons are split into 10 videos. Please be familiar with the associated Chapters. I recommend re-reading before and after watching the videos. Repetition leads to Comprehension! Note: Video Lesson topics DO NOT line up with Course Blocks and Assignment Packets. Please reference the Course Block and Due Dates Schedule. LESSON UNITS (“PARTS”) COVERED IN VIDEOS VIDEO TOPICS Materials of Music Part 1: Materials of Music I Focus: Melody and Rhythm Part 2: Middle Ages and Renaissance Middle Ages and Renaissance Music Focus: Instruments II Part 3: The Baroque Era The Baroque Period Instrumental Music and Opera Baroque Sacred Music III Part 3: The Baroque Era Focus: Harmony Keyboard Music / J.S. Bach The Classical Period IV Part 4: Eighteenth Century Classicism Focus: Forms and Genres Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven Classical Opera V Part 4: Eighteenth Century Classicism Mozart and Beethoven Focus: Beethoven’s 5th Symphony The Romantic Period VI Part 5: The Nineteenth Century Art Songs Romantic Piano Music Romantic Opera VII Part 5: The Nineteenth Century Contemporary Cinema Romantic Program Music VIII Part 5: The Nineteenth Century Impressionism Modernism IX Part 6: Twentieth Century Modernism Early Popular Music Part 7: Postmodernism: The Twentieth Postmodernism X Century and Beyond Post-War Popular Music Instructions and Guidelines 4 J-Pay Interactive Question Guidelines I will be sending regular updates weekly via J-Pay. Each of these updates will include questions for you to discuss in a reply. Specific details will be included with each question. General Guidelines: Questions will be sent each Monday. You are required to reply BEFORE Friday of that week. Your response will also be how I keep track of regular participation and attendance. I submit attendance on Friday of each week. Failure to respond the first week, or any 2 weeks in a row may result in being dropped from the class. Please answer the questions thoughtfully and thoroughly. I expect 1-2 solid paragraphs for each answer. Grading Each answer will be given up to 3 points. Submitting an answer = 1 point Answer demonstrates understanding of the question = 1 point Answer is of sufficient length = 1 point J-Pay Interactive Questions are worth 20% of the final grade. Instructions and Guidelines 5 Assignment Packet Instructions - Assignments and Reading are split into 10 Course Blocks. Course Blocks are grouped into 5 Assignment Packets. - Please turn in ONLY the assignments for the appropriate Course Blocks. DO NOT turn in assignments early. I don’t want all your assignments at once. - Note: The Course Block assignment topics DO NOT line up with the Video Lesson topics. - Please clearly label all assignments with your name and class (MUS.131.PCI1) on every page. Packet #1: Due: 10/9 Course Block 1: Chapter Summaries (Part 1: Prelude 1, Chapters 1-12) Writing Assignment #1 Course Block 2: Chapter Summaries (Part 2: Prelude 2, Chapters 13-19) Writing Assignment #2 Packet #2: Due: 10/23 Course Block 3: Chapter Summaries (Part 3: Prelude 3, Chapters 20-27) Writing Assignment #3 Course Block 4: Chapter Summaries (Part 4: Prelude 4, Chapters 28-35) Writing Assignments #4 Packet #3: Due: 11/6 Course Block 5: Writing Assignment #5 Course Block 6: Chapter Summaries (Part 5: Prelude 5, Chapters 36-43) Writing Assignment #6 Packet #4: Due: 11/20 Course Block 7: Chapter Summaries (Part 5: Chapters 44-51) Writing Assignment #7 Course Block 8: Chapter Summaries (Part 6: Prelude 6, Chapters 52-61) Writing Assignment #8 Packet #5: Due: 12/4 Course Block 9: Chapter Summaries (Part 7: Prelude 7, Chapters 62-69) Writing Assignment #9 Course Block 10: Writing Assignment #10 Instructions and Guidelines 6 Chapter Summary Guidelines Note: Our textbook uses the term “Part” for their units. Each “Part” begins with a “Prelude” and is followed by several “Chapters”. “Preludes” are to be included as “chapters” for the purposes of this assignment. Chapter Summary Assignment - For each chapter listed as part of the Course Block, please read and then write a 2-4 sentence summary (or more if you desire). - Please clearly head each summary with the following: “Part (), Chapter ()”, filling in the appropriate numbers. In the case of a Prelude, write “Part (), Prelude ()” - Then summarize the information presented in that chapter. Please speak academically on the topic for 2- 4 sentences. You may add additional sentences with your own reactions or thoughts on the topic. Note: Reading a chapter multiple times will allow you to absorb and process the information better before attempting to write a summary. Submission Chapter Summaries will be submitted in Assignment Packets on the given due dates (see Assignment Packet Instructions). Please write your name and class (MUS.131.PCI1) on every page. Grading Each Chapter Summary will be scored out of 5 based on the following: 1) Summary is in your own words and not copied from the text. 2) Summary demonstrates understanding of the chapter. 3) Summary is well thought out and easy to understand. Chapter Summaries are worth 40% of the final grade. Instructions and Guidelines 7 Writing Assignment Guidelines Instructions: For each Course Block you will be given a Writing Prompt (See Writing Assignment Prompts, pg 9). For each prompt, write a one-page paper following the instructions given in the prompt description. (3-4 paragraphs. Fill the page.) Please be thorough and precise. Format: Please title each worksheet as “Understanding Music Writing Assignment #()”, filling in the appropriate number. Include your name and class (MUS.131.PCI1) in the upper right of every page. Number the pages if necessary. How to do this assignment: 1) Use the textbook for your information. You may also use any other source you may have access to. 2) Please give credit to the source of your newly obtained information about this topic by citing to that source. a) If you have put all the information you learned this week into your own wording and your own sentence structure, then just give a citation at the end of a paragraph that has lots of that information. Write this at the end of the paragraph: (Forney, et al, p. 39). b) If you copy any sentences straight from your source, remember to put that direct quote in quotation marks (“ “) and use the same citation form immediately after the direct quote, like this: (Forney, et al, p. 39). Note: Please try to use direct quotes sparingly. A good rule of thumb is to only use a direct quote when it cannot possibly be stated any other way without losing its meaning.
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