Instructions: The objective of this assignment is to give you an opportunity to experience a live musical performance of music from one of the cultures studied (African, Indigenous, Asian, etc.). Due to Covid-19 there are no bay area live performances that would normally be a part of this assignment. However, you will be required to view a performance (with real musicians/singers) via Youtube (May not be a "music video"). You will identify a world Ethnic music performance that is NOT from your own cultural background. The goal is to have you venture outside of your "comfort zone" so to speak and experience a musical performance that you might not otherwise listen to/view.
Requirements: Attend 1 live music performance (at least 1-2 full songs of a recorded live musical performance and submit a 2-3 page critical reflection along with a LINK to the performance. Your written reflection will be based on your analysis of the musical performance. Your Essay will need to address the following:
- Timbre, Pitch, Rhythm, Dynamics, (refer to Chapter 2)(6 points)
- Types of Instruments (Sachs-Hornbostel system, see Chapter 2) (6 points)
- Melodic contour of music performed (Chapter 2) (6 points)
- Phonic Structure (Chapter 2) (6 points)
- Cultural Context including Etic vs. Emic (See Chapter 3) (6points)
Evaluation: Your written reflection will be graded based on how thoroughly you’ve integrated our key concepts and your ability to apply these concepts appropriately to your written analysis.
Criteria Checklist:
The following is a checklist that can help you make sure you have all required elements:
My paper is/has:
- A cover page with my name, class/section, assignment, professor names, and date
- List the performance event by including a working LINK to the performance.
- Formatted with 1” margins all around
- Double‐spaced
- Typed in 12‐point Times New Roman
- Numbered on all pages
- Spell‐checked
- Carefully edited and proof‐read
- A clear thesis, supporting evidence from readings/lecture
- A clear introduction, body and conclusion and clear paragraph structure.
- Coherent and follows a clear structure that addresses all 5 requirements.
- Self-Evaluation typed at the end of your essay.
- Uploaded to Canvas by due date (as PDF or Word Doc, docx, doc.). DO NOT SUBMIT A "GOOGLE DOC" LINK.
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