Category: Music

Write a 6 paragraph essay describing the history of Western European Music from the perspective of this course and the material you studied the 15 week of this semester. 
Your essay must consist of each of the eras studied replete with examples of musicians, seminal compositions and genres of music. 
Paragraphs must be at least five sentences long.
Upload your Word document into the module–be sure to save a copy of your final exam.

I’ve provided a picture of both the assignment guidelines and the motive that needs to be developed within the assignment. The piece is in D minor and is in 3/4 time, and has to start with this measure and a half motive that I provided.

This assignment is meant to test your active listening skills by asking you to analyze a performance in the video provided. The music being performed in the video will be unfamiliar as it will not have been covered in the course yet, or at all. 
You are not expected to correctly guess the type of music, but rather, are expected to “show your work” in written form as you analyze the music. You will document your entire analysis process, taking into consideration musical and socio-cultural phenomena you see and hear in the video. You will be evaluated based on how you use pertinent musical terminology (e.g., heterophony, homophony, etc.), apply material covered in lecture and in readings, and your ability to recognize musical phenomena and connect those to the cultures we’ve covered in the course. You will then supplement your analysis with scholarly research, which you will use to support your analysis and evaluation of the performance.
Your analysis will culminate with:
A guess of where in the world this music is being performed and why.
A guess of what type of music is being performed (i.e., the genre) and why.
Once again: You will not be expected to “guess correctly”; You will be expected to analyze as best you can, using your active listening skills, and understanding of music within cultural contexts developed thus far in the course. Remember that you are expected to credible sources (i.e., peer-reviewed journal articles, books, interviews, etc.) and cite them to support your analysis. 
Listen to the provided video and write a response, wherein you guess the genre of music being played, where in the world it is being played, and your analysis.
You should address the following questions:
What is the musical texture present in this performance?
What are some of the instruments being played in this video?
What languages do I hear being sung/spoken?
Where in the world do I think this is being played? Why?
What genre of music do I think this is?
Be sure to assess:
Musical textures
Musical Instruments
Venue and Audience demographics (if applicable)
Rhythmic Characteristics
Harmonic characteristics
Requirements and formatting for your paper:
Submitted as a PDF.
Is written in MLA format (in-text citations) with a corresponding Works Cited page (as a separate page at the end of your paper).
Must utilize at least 10 sources.
Must be no less than 1,500, but no more than 2,500 words.
Has your name and student ID at the top left of the first page.
Make sure to address all of the questions given above and document your thought process as thoroughly as possible. Approach the video as if you were a detective, trying to figure out the genre given the clues that you can see in the video. You’ll use all of the musical terminology and cultural topics we’ve covered in this course to do this completely. Be sure to support your analysis with scholarly research.
Here is the link of video that you need to watch:

Describe the expanding role of popular music (jazz, country, and rock) in films from during the 1950s. Be sure to mention films from the textbook.

Watch the video posted above of Symphony No. 6 in F Major by Ludwig van Beethoven. Write a
three page paper (double spaced, 12 point font) describing your observations of the composition
and this video performance, drawing on aspects of our class lectures and textbook readings.
Some important concepts to discuss include the following:
-Melodies and themes and when they reappear and when they are varied. Mention specific
examples.
-The different sections of the orchestra (strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion) and their
respective tone colors and how they are used by the composer throughout the composition.
Mention specific examples.
-The form of the individual movements and the overall structure of the piece. Mention specific
examples.
-The role of the conductor in shaping the interpretation and expression of the piece. Mention
specific examples.
-dynamics, both sudden dramatic shifts and gradual changes. Mention specific examples.
-In what specific ways do the different movements of the piece contrast in rhythm, meter, key,
tempo, and mood to create variety within the composition as a whole. Mention specific
examples.
Any outside sources that you use for information including the textbook must be cited with
proper MLA format.  

Educational theories, ideologies, and practices have influence on the quality and effectiveness of a curriculum. In this task, you will select a curriculum for high school music. You will then determine the learning theories and ideologies that inform its design and the extent to which the curriculum adheres to the principles of design. You will then outline a plan for evaluating your chosen curriculum using the context, input, process, and product (CIPP) evaluation model.
A.  Select a curriculum for high school music and then do the following:
1.  Describe the curriculum, including the following: 
•  title
•  source or creator
•  content area
•  grade or level
•  goal(s) or objective(s)
2.  Discuss how well the curriculum adheres to two design principles (i.e., scope, relevance, balance, integration, sequence, continuity, articulation, transferability). Include one example from the curriculum for each design principle to support your discussion.
3.  Discuss the ideology (e.g., scholar academic, social efficiency, learner-centered, social reconstruction) most apparent in the design of the curriculum. Include two examples from the curriculum to support your discussion.
a.  Discuss how the ideology from part A3 helps support the goal(s) or objective(s) of the curriculum.
4.  Discuss the learning theory (i.e., behaviorism, constructivism, cognitivism) most apparent in the design of the curriculum. Include two examples from the curriculum to support your discussion.
a.  Discuss how the learning theory from part A4 helps support the goal(s) or objective(s) of the curriculum.
B.  Using the CIPP evaluation model, outline a plan for evaluating the curriculum from part A by doing the following:
Context
1.  Determine a need or problem you wish to address by using the curriculum.
Input
2.  Discuss two components of the curriculum that address the need or problem from part B1. 
3.  Discuss the information or resources you will gather in order to evaluate the curriculum.
Process
4.  Discuss the process you will follow to implement the curriculum. 
5.  Discuss the process you will follow to monitor the effectiveness of the curriculum.
Product
6.  Discuss how you will determine whether the curriculum ultimately met the need or problem from part B1.
7.  Discuss how you will make decisions about the curriculum based on the determination from part B6.
C.  Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
D.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.